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'''Joseph Christopher Maggio''', known as '''Chris Maggio''' (born June 18, 1964),<ref name=lasec>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=3517112|title=Joseph Maggio, 71457, June 1964|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=February 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/joseph-maggio/e496956486648|title=Joseph Maggio|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 19, 2018}}</ref>has been since 2017 is the 19th former president of his alma mater, [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], [[Louisiana]].He filled the position from 2017 until his retirement in the summer of 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.natchitochestimes.com/2021/04/16/maggio-announces-retirement-after-a-career-of-service-to-nsu/|title=Maggio announces retirement after a career of service to NSU|title=''Natchitoches Times''|date=April 16, 2021|accessdate=December 13, 2021}}</ref>

The choice of a national presidential search, Maggio assumed his duties on May 4, 2017, four months before his formal investitute on September 15, He succeeded the two-year presidrnt [[James Henderson|James B. Henderson]], who became chancellor of the University of Louisiana System, based in [[Baton Rouge]].. When selected as president, he had been a university vice president from 2013 to 2015. He obtained bachelor's and master's degrees from NSU and a doctorate in developmental education from the historically black (though he is white) Grambling State University in Grambling in Lincoln Parish in north Louisiana. He came to NSU in 1988 as a track and field coach and moved up the administrative ladder over the years. In 1999, he was appointed director of alumni affairs, and in 2003, director of alumni development in 2003. In 2005, he became the executive director of the NSU Foundation. In 2007, he was named dean of students and assistant provost.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.natchitochestimes.com/2017/09/15/dr-chris-maggio-formally-invested-as-nsus-19th-president/|title=Dr. Chris Maggio formally invested as NSU's 19th president|publisher=''The Natchitoches Times''|date=September 15, 2017|author=Leah Jackson|accessdate=February 19, 2018}}</ref>

In Maggio's short time as president, NSU reported an unprecedented increase in grants and private gifts for the first half of 2017 and a 7.7 percent increase in enrollment fin the fall semester of 2017. The current 2021 enrollment exceeds exceedd ten thousand, the largest in the university’s history.<ref name=bio/> In fact, four of the highest enrollment years at NSU were during the Maggio administration. In 2024, he was honored with inclusion in the NSU "Long Purple Line."<ref>"Six honorees to be inducted into Long Purple Line October 26," ''Alumni Columns: Northwestern State University Magazine,'' Fall 2024, p. 5.</ref>