The position of Colorado Mesa University Student Trustee was created in 2003 with the adoption of H.B. 1093, sponsored by Colorado State Sen. Ron Teck and Colorado State Rep. Gayle Berry, which created an eleven-member independent Board of Trustees (nine gubernatorially appointed and confirmed by the Colorado State Senate, one elected by the Student-body of Colorado Mesa University, and one appointed by the members of the academic faculty). Colorado Mesa University (Grand Junction, CO) was founded in 1925 and in 2011 the Board of Trustees asked the Colorado General Assembly to become a university and to change the entity's name from Mesa State College. The University President is appointed by and reports to the Board and is responsible for day-to-day management of the campus and its employ