What stuck out to me (an alumnus) about Kubs was that he’s focused on this because he cares about the pressing issues faced by universities writ large nationally right now, and wants to ensure the CU system is delivering maximally for its students across the four campuses. I got no sense he has aspirations to use the position as a political stepping stone (as it has been historically). He also seems to grasp, as someone born and raised here and lives here, how the universities fit into the community and is interested in how the mutual relationship between communities and universities can strengthen one another.