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announced his retirement on March 22, 2009. After a nationwide search, Cruzado was one of three finalists. Cruzado was offered the presidency of MSU on
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College of Technology–Great Falls programs, renamed Gallatin College MSU, moving to campus in August of that year and initially offering programs in aviation,
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Sciences, but after serving only a few months she was appointed as dean. Cruzado left UPRM in 2003 to become dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at
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Department of Humanities at the University of Puerto Rico at MayagĂĽez (UPRM) in 1990, and in 1999, became a full professor. Former students later described her as a good teacher, and one called her "charming, witty, outgoing and eloquent."
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Educator of the Year by the
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education partners in West Africa. In 2015, Cruzado hosted the board at
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facilities. On January 17, 2013, Cruzado met face-to-face with three faculty members who facilitated the off-campus meeting Taking the concerns "very seriously"
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