(PUEBLO) — The Colorado State University (CSU) System announced on Friday, Jan. 31 that it accepted CSU Pueblo President Armando Valdez’s resignation effective immediately after he was found to have violated policy.

According to a statement, CSU performed an independent investigation and was found to have violated a university policy.

“While Mr. Valdez disagrees with the conclusions of that investigation, he recognizes that it has caused him to lose the confidence of the Board of Governors and CSU System leadership,” CSU wrote. “As a result, to allow the university to move forward, he resigned his role.”

FOX21 News reached out to CSU, who said they are not commenting on personnel issues.

The board has asked Rico Munn, former superintendent of Aurora Public Schools, to serve as interim president. Munn is a past chair of the Board of Governors and past executive director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education. Most recently, he served as VP for Metro Denver Engagement and Strategy, overseeing the CSU Spur campus, and CSU strategy in Denver, after two years as chief of staff to CSU President Amy Parsons.

“Rico Munn brings deep knowledge of higher education and education as a whole and knows the mission and role of CSU Pueblo well,” Board Chair John Fischer said. ‘We are confident in his ability to help steer the campus forward during this interim period, with the support of the university’s excellent Cabinet-level leadership team.”

Fischer said the focus has been ensuring there is solid and effective leadership moving forward at CSU Pueblo.Search details and next steps will be announced at a later date.

“The CSU System Board of Governors, the CSU System Chancellor and System leadership team are – and will continue to be – invested in the success of CSU Pueblo and will maintain support of CSU Pueblo administrators, faculty, staff and students,” Fischer said.