Former Fresno State president and CSU chancellor Dr. Joseph Castro in hospice care

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Dr. Joseph Castro, erstwhile president of Fresno State and chancellor of the California State University system, is successful hospice care.

Action News confirmed the long-time pedagogue entered hospice connected Wednesday.

The Valley autochthonal led Fresno State for much than 7 years.

He made past arsenic the archetypal California autochthonal and Mexican-American to go chancellor of the CSU strategy successful 2021.

Dr. Castro resigned from that presumption a twelvemonth aboriginal amid disapproval of however helium handled intersexual misconduct allegations against a Fresno State administrator.

In 2023, helium returned arsenic a prof astatine Cal Poly San Luis Obispo but aboriginal announced his status owed to superior wellness issues.

This week, friends and assemblage members person been sending prayers and words of enactment to Castro's household connected societal media.