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Dr. Steve Goldstein, vice chancellor for health affairs at the University of California, Irvine, promised to advocate for students and faculty as he addressed the University of New Mexico on Tuesday.

Goldstein is the fourth of five finalists to be UNM鈥檚 24th president after the retirement of President Garnett Stokes at the end of this school year. 

鈥淚 believe in the power of higher education to expand opportunity and improve lives,鈥� Goldstein said.

Goldstein, a pediatric cardiologist and professor of physiology and biophysics, told the audience he became an administrator because he saw students, faculty and staff who were unsupported.

鈥淭hat made me angry because it was antithetical to the whole purpose of higher education.鈥�

Goldstein holds a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Brandeis University, where he later served as provost, and an M.D. and Ph.D. in immunology from Harvard University.

He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

UNM is in the midst of a major expansion of its own health sciences programs 鈥� the university plans to double the size of its medical school in the coming years and recently opened a new critical care tower in a bid to serve more patients at its overcrowded hospital.

At UC Irvine, Goldstein oversaw the opening of two new schools within the College of Health Sciences, pharmacy and public health. Like UNM, UC Irvine is the region鈥檚 only academic health system. Goldstein said under his leadership, the university expanded clinical care fourfold.

Despite his background in health sciences, Goldstein told the audience he believed firmly in academic freedom and diversity of thought.

鈥淲hy do we want to keep people healthy? So they can do the arts, so that they can read so that they can hike, so they can be in the world,鈥� he said. 鈥淭his is as essential to society as our STEM programs.鈥�

Goldstein, like many of the other presidential finalists, said he would work to improve UNM鈥檚 lower-than-average graduation rates while raising the university鈥檚 profile nationally.

Goldstein said he would increase UNM鈥檚 visibility by leaning into its burgeoning athletics programs. 

鈥淚n a state without professional teams 鈥� you鈥檙e it,鈥� he said.

UC Irvine is a Hispanic-serving institution made up of 45% first-generation college graduates, which Goldstein said makes him suited to attend to UNM's diverse student body.

He formed the Office of Diversity at Brandeis, and was the dean and chief diversity officer of the medical school at Loyola University Chicago.

Because New Mexico is a majority-minority state, UNM has a 鈥渞esponsibility to take care of our students, our faculty and our staff,鈥� he said.

That responsibility extends to working with UNM鈥檚 faculty and graduate student unions if chosen as president, Goldstein said.

鈥淚 think unions are essential, because individuals by themselves cannot generally raise their voice adequately when they're really against a larger organization,鈥� he told the audience.

Nahir Ota帽o Gracia, an assistant professor of English at UNM, said she thought Goldstein answered questions from the audience with energy, conviction and specificity.

鈥淚 want a president that is going to stand for all New Mexicans, and to stand for what I think makes New Mexico great, which is its diversity,鈥� she said. 

Goldstein is the penultimate finalist to visit campus after Eric Barker, vice president for health affairs at Purdue University; Ashwani Monga, executive vice chancellor at the University System of Georgia; and Liz Watkins, provost at the University of California, Riverside.

The last of the five finalists, Eric Link, provost at the University of North Dakota, will visit campus Wednesday at 1:15 p.m. The Board of Regents is expected to announce its choice to replace Stokes shortly after.

Natalie Robbins covers education for the Journal. You can reach her at nrobbins@abqjournal.com.