These include improving graduation rates, creating a user-friendly campus, strengthening the University's connections to the community, and increasing fundraising.
In spring 2006, CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed and the Board of Trustees completed its second three-year performance evaluation of President Koester.
The public summary concluded that Dr. Koester "continues to deliver an outstanding performance as president of a very large urban university."
[7][8] She also oversaw several major building projects on the campus during her tenure, including the $125 million Valley Performing Arts Center.
In 2008, Koester presided over CSUN's celebration of its 50th anniversary as the only public university located in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, home to about 1.8 million residents.