Cal Poly Humboldt Recruits Chrissy Holliday as their VP for Enrollment Management and Student Success
Press release from Cal Poly Humboldt:
Dr. Chrissy Holliday
Chrissy Holliday has been appointed Vice President for Enrollment Management & Student Success at Cal Poly Humboldt. She begins her tenure January 1, 2023.
Holliday will lead the recruitment of new students and support the retention and success of current students. She will lead the Division of Enrollment Management & Student Success (Admissions, Financial Aid, and the Registrar’s Office), which includes the Office of the Dean of Students, EOP/TRiO programs, Cultural Centers for Academic Excellence, Student Health & Wellbeing Services, and Housing & Residence Life.
“I am so impressed by Chrissy’s experience and knowledge, and I think she is going to make a big impact at Humboldt. She has a deep commitment to access, supporting students from diverse backgrounds, and creating a positive campus experience,” says Cal Poly Humboldt President Tom Jackson, Jr. “We’re excited to welcome Chrissy to Cal Poly Humboldt and to the entire Lumberjack community. ”
Holliday brings with her nearly two decades of higher education experience. Currently a senior system liaison for rural education and workforce initiatives for Colorado State University Pueblo, Holliday connects Southern Colorado with the resources of the Colorado State University system to ensure access to higher education and efforts that support regional workforce development needs.
“As someone who has focused on enrollment and student success throughout my higher ed career, I’m looking forward to being part of Humboldt’s polytechnic transformation,” Holliday says. “I’m excited to help lead an institution focused on access for underrepresented students, and my family looks forward to calling Humboldt home.”
She has served as Colorado State University Pueblo’s vice president of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs and director of Admissions, successfully enhancing strategic planning and forming strong partnerships across campus and within the local community. She was the director of Enrollment Management at the University of South Carolina Salkehatchie. Holliday also has extensive experience outside higher education, including in higher education consulting, marketing, public relations, and journalism.
Holliday holds a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication from Campbell University. She earned a master’s degree in Education with a specialization in Enrollment Management from Capella University, and she earned a Ph.D. in Education and Human Resource Studies/Higher Education Leadership from Colorado State University.
Born in South Carolina and raised in Lincolnton, North Carolina, Holliday is the first in her immediate family to go to college. She says this experience has informed her commitment to increasing access to higher education. “I understand the challenges and concerns of first generation students. Their struggles and their determination to succeed inspire me to do what I do every day,” Holliday says. She looks forward to relocating to the area with her husband, Jason, and their son in December.
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Welcome to decaying and dying Potlandia. We understand that your stint will likely be just a few years as you further build your resume and come to know that Humboldt can be nice to visit but the rot runs deep and better to keep moving along.
I’m with you, and highly qualified individuals can sometimes be attracted to tough areas to fill positions, temporarily…
I can’t understand how a less than desirable town was chosen to have a CSU campus build-out, in their tiny location which lacks everything from housing to decent health-care…
Eureka isn’t exactly Santa Rosa, and Arcata just can’t be Santa Cruz, which is an impossible logistical problem to live nearby, and incrediblly expensive at the same time…
If I was a carpenter, I’d build a new Campus, some dorms and apartments, and build it far away from Arcata…
Good Luck Dr Chrissy, and remember: “There’s no bad experience, but there are bad experiences…”
Ms Holiday. I hope you stop recruiting in minority neighborhoods until you can tackle the community racism in arcata. And provide support and safety to the black and brown students living here. Even if they graduate here the likelihood that a minority will be hired for a good job here is slim because our county is not welcoming or safe.
Farmer, I tend to agree with you. I worked for the City of Eureka for eleven months and was the only hisspanic there. When measure z money did not come through, I was the first one let go. It was sad because I loved my job helping others.
I’m sorry to hear that. The reality here is really backward
Best of luck to you Chrissy.