Mohammad Qayoumi
{{short description|Afghani-American engineer and university administrator}}
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| name = Mohammad Qayoumi
| image = Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi, Chief Adviser for Infrastructure, Human Capital and Technology to the President of Afghanistan - 2016.jpg
| caption = Mohammad Qayoumi in 2016
| birth_name = Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|12|14}}
| birth_place = Kabul, Kingdom of Afghanistan
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| office1 = Finance Minister
| predecessor1 = Eklil Ahmad Hakimi
| successor1 = Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal
| office2 = Chief Adviser on Infrastructure and Technology to the President of Afghanistan
| term_start2 = 2015
| term_end2 = March 2020
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| office3 = 28th President of
San José State University{{cite web|title=Biography - Office of the President|url=http://www.sjsu.edu/president/about/|website=San Jose State University|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712040520/http://www.sjsu.edu/president/about/|archivedate=July 12, 2015}}
| term_start3 = July 1, 2011
| term_end3 = August 17, 2015
| predecessor3 = Don Kassing
| successor3 = Susan Martin
| office4 = 4th President of
California State University, East Bay{{cite web|title=Office of the President|url=http://www20.csueastbay.edu/about/administration/|website=California State University, East Bay|accessdate=26 February 2015}}
| term_start4 = 2006
| term_end4 = 2011
| predecessor4 = Norma Rees
| successor4 = Leroy Morishita
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|fields = Engineering
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| alma_mater = University of Cincinnati (Ph.D., M.B.A., M.S., M.S.)
American University of Beirut (B.S.){{cite web|title=Mohammad H. Qayoumi|url=http://www.calstate.edu/administration/bios/presidents/Qayoumi.shtml|website=The California State University|accessdate=26 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302094736/http://www.calstate.edu/administration/bios/presidents/qayoumi.shtml|archive-date=2 March 2015|url-status=dead}}
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Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi (born December 14, 1952)[http://www.leadershipdirectories.com/profiles/Mohammad-Qayoumi-President-San-Jos%C3%A9-State-University.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006063315/http://www.leadershipdirectories.com/profiles/Mohammad-Qayoumi-President-San-Jos%C3%A9-State-University.htm|date=October 6, 2015}}{{Cite web |url=http://www20.csueastbay.edu/about/files/pdf/Qayoumi_Vitae_CSUEB.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528045030/https://www20.csueastbay.edu/about/files/pdf/Qayoumi_Vitae_CSUEB.pdf |archive-date=2010-05-28 |url-status=dead }} is an engineer and professor who formerly served as acting Minister of Finance and as the Chief Adviser on Infrastructure and Technology to the President of Afghanistan.{{Cite web|url=https://live.worldbank.org/experts/mohammad-hamayon-qayoumi|title=Mohammad Hamayon Qayoumi|date=2018-10-04|website=World Bank Live|language=en|access-date=2019-05-10}} He previously served as President of San José State University where he was appointed on March 23, 2011.{{cite web|last=Lopes Harris|first=Pat|title=CSU Trustees Appoint Mohammad Qayoumi as President of San José State|url=http://blogs.sjsu.edu/today/2011/csu-trustees-appoint-mohammad-qayoumi-as-president-of-san-jose-state/|publisher=SJSU Today|accessdate=10 July 2011}} Prior to that, he served as the fourth president of California State University, East Bay. He has worked in university administration for more than 30 years and has a background in both engineering and business. Qayoumi was born in Afghanistan and is the first Afghan-American to head a major U.S. university.{{cite news |url=http://www20.csueastbay.edu/news/category-pages/archive-pre-2009/news/top-stories/article-22.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623133902/http://www20.csueastbay.edu/news/category-pages/archive-pre-2009/news/top-stories/article-22.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-06-23 |title=Mo Qayoumi Selected as Next President |work=CSUEB News |date=2006-05-17 |accessdate=2010-01-05 }}
In June 2010, Qayoumi contributed a photo essay to Foreign Policy magazine about Afghanistan in the 1960s, which led to an interview on the NPR program Morning Edition (aired June 18, 2010).
Personal and education background
Born near Kabul, Afghanistan, Qayoumi earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from American University of Beirut in 1975. He holds four degrees from the University of Cincinnati: a Master of Science in nuclear engineering (1979), a Master of Science in electrical and computer engineering (1980), an MBA (1984), and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering (1983).
He was a tenured professor of engineering management at California State University, Northridge.
Career
=Engineer=
Before coming to the United States, Qayoumi worked as an engineer in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. From 1979 to 1986, he held positions at the University of Cincinnati including staff engineer, director of technical services, and director of utilities and engineering services. In 1986, he took a position as associate vice president for Administration at San Jose State University. He served as vice chancellor for administrative services at University of Missouri–Rolla from 1995 to 2000. He then moved to California State University, Northridge, where he served as vice president for Administration and Finance and chief financial officer, as well as a tenured professor of engineering management until 2006.{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-26-me-23431-story.html|title=CSUN Appoints New Finance Official|last=Moore|first=Solomon|date=2000-04-26|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2019-05-10|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}} In 2004, Qayoumi's professional engineer registration expired.{{cite web |url=http://www2.dca.ca.gov/pls/wllpub/WLLQRYNA$LCEV2.QueryView?P_LICENSE_NUMBER=14039&P_LTE_ID=746 |title=License lookup is temporarily unavailable during maintenance — California Department of Consumer Affairs |publisher=.dca.ca.gov |date=2010-11-30 |accessdate=2013-12-22 |archive-date=2013-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224105921/http://www2.dca.ca.gov/pls/wllpub/WLLQRYNA$LCEV2.QueryView?P_LICENSE_NUMBER=14039&P_LTE_ID=746 |url-status=dead }}
= President of Cal State East Bay =
Upon taking office at CSUEB in 2006, Qayoumi identified his top priorities as enrollment growth; improved financial stability and transparency; increasing tenure track faculty; and enhancing facilities and campus physical maintenance.{{cite web|title=President's Friends Letter, Fall 2008 (PDF) |url=http://www20.csueastbay.edu/ua/communications/files/pdfs/PresFriendsLetter_Fall08.pdf}} He has overseen development of a new physical master plan for CSUEB's Hayward campus.
Under his leadership, the university adopted new long-range academic and strategic plans in 2008 with a focus on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and on modeling and teaching sustainability. In 2009, he announced the university's first comprehensive fundraising campaign{{cite web|title=President's Friends Letter, Fall 2009 (PDF) |url=http://www20.csueastbay.edu/ua/communications/files/pdfs/PresFriendsLetter_Fall09.pdf}} to help underwrite this change in institutional emphasis while maintaining and increasing student access, particularly among underserved populations.{{cite web|title=President's Friends Letter, Winter 2008 (PDF) |url=http://www20.csueastbay.edu/ua/communications/files/pdfs/PresFriendsLetter_Winter08.pdf}}
= President of San Jose State University =
In March 2011, Qayoumi was appointed president of San Jose State University, effective July 1.{{cite web|last=Lopes Harris|first=Pat |title=CSU Trustees Appoint Mohammad Qayoumi as President of San José State|url=http://blogs.sjsu.edu/today/2011/csu-trustees-appoint-mohammad-qayoumi-as-president-of-san-jose-state/|publisher=SJSU Today|accessdate=10 July 2011}}[https://www.calstate.edu/bot/Agendas/may11/UFP.pdf Agenda: Committee on University and Faculty Personnel]. California State University. May 10, 2011. Accessed March 27, 2016. Qayoumi's tenure as president has been marked by controversy for low faculty morale resulting from alleged lack of effective governance,{{cite web|title=Sense of the senate resolution requesting that chancellor Tim White undertake a prompt review of SJSU governance|url=http://www.sjsu.edu/senate/docs/SS-F13-5.pdf|publisher=SJSU Faculty Senate|accessdate=25 November 2013}} explorations in alternate online education formats,{{cite web|last=Lopes Harris|first=Pat |title=Chronicle of Higher Education: As MOOC Debate Simmers at San Jose State, American U. Calls a Halt|url=http://blogs.sjsu.edu/today/2013/chronicle-of-higher-education-as-mooc-debate-simmers-at-san-jose-state-american-u-calls-a-halt/|publisher=SJSU Today|accessdate=9 May 2013}} and for his response to a racially motivated hate crime against an African-American student in the dormitory.{{cite web|last=Lopes Harris|first=Pat |title=President's Update: Racial Intolerance|url=http://blogs.sjsu.edu/today/2013/presidents-update-racial-intolerance/|publisher=SJSU Today|accessdate=21 November 2013}}
Qayoumi created a Special Task Force on Racial Discrimination in Spring 2014[http://blogs.sjsu.edu/today/2014/presidents-update-task-force-recommendations/] and the President's Commission for Diversity in 2014–15.{{cite web|url=http://www.sjsu.edu/president/diversity-communications/|title=Toward a More Welcoming Community - Office of the President - San Jose State University|website=www.sjsu.edu|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
He has also emphasized capital improvements to the campus.{{cite web|url=http://www.sjsu.edu/fdo/departments/pdc/projects/|title=Planning, Design & Construction Projects - Facilities Development and Operations - San Jose State University|website=www.sjsu.edu|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
On July 13, 2015, Qayoumi announced that he would be resigning on August 17 to take a position with the government of Afghanistan.{{cite news|last1=Sulek|first1=Julia Prodis|title=San Jose State University president leaving school for job in Afghanistan|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_28477120/san-jose-state-university-president-leaving-school-job|accessdate=July 13, 2015|work=San Jose Mercury News|date=July 13, 2015}}
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External links
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- [http://www20.csueastbay.edu/about/files/pdf/Qayoumi_Vitae_CSUEB.pdf Mohammad Qayoumi Full curriculum vitae (PDF)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528045030/https://www20.csueastbay.edu/about/files/pdf/Qayoumi_Vitae_CSUEB.pdf |date=2010-05-28 }}
- [http://www20.csueastbay.edu/index.html CSUEB Web site]
- [http://www20.csueastbay.edu/about/strategic-planning/academic-plan.html CSUEB Academic plan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623133738/http://www20.csueastbay.edu/about/strategic-planning/academic-plan.html |date=2015-06-23 }}
- [http://www20.csueastbay.edu/about/strategic-planning/index.html CSUEB Strategic planning] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716083014/http://www20.csueastbay.edu/about/strategic-planning/index.html |date=2015-07-16 }}
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{{s-ttl|title=Minister of Finance|years=2018–2020}}
{{s-aft|after=Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal}}
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Category:Afghan emigrants to the United States
Category:American electrical engineers
Category:American University of Beirut alumni
Category:California State University, East Bay faculty
Category:California State University, Northridge faculty
Category:Ministers of finance of Afghanistan
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Category:Presidents of San Jose State University
Category:Engineers from California
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