Search Timeline

Late August/Early September 2008:

• Chuck Bunting and his colleague, Lesley Boyd, from Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates will be on campus to meet with a diverse range of individuals and groups to better understand the university's current and future needs and challenges and to obtain advice on leadership priorities and qualifications.
• Members of the search committee, together with our consultants, will reach out to more than one hundred individuals from a diverse group of university constituencies to become educated on the abovementioned issues.
• A formal leadership profile or description of the position, which will be the primary search tool, will be developed.

September 2008:

• The leadership profile will be presented to the board of trustees at the September board meeting and finalized shortly thereafter.

October & November 2008:

• The most intensive part of the recruitment process will be during these two months.

December 2008:

• The search committee will meet to review applicants and later that month, meet in person with the top candidates for interviews.

January 2009:

• The top two or three candidates will come to the campus to make formal presentations as well as engage with our faculty, staff and students.
• Following these on-campus sessions and all the input received, the search committee will make a recommendation to the board on the next president.

February 2009:

• The Board of Trustees will confirm the recommendation at its February meeting.