Presidential search committee narrows list
Dana Bruxvoort
Issue date: 11/19/09 Section: News
"There's different aspects that the president has to face. It has to be internal - toward the faculty, staff and students, but also outwards, towards, say, alumni, toward the state for funding. Basically, the president has to be both the internal facing and the external facing embodiment of the University. So I think the candidates are quite qualified for that."
Sumter said the committee has achieved consensus in its decisions thus far, and the selection process is going as scheduled.
"Everything is going very smoothly," he said. "I was actually expecting things to take longer than they were, but we're almost ahead of schedule."
Ken Read, chairman of the presidential search committee, said he would like to have the new president selected as soon as possible, but by its nature, such a process is time-consuming.
"It's the kind of subject that takes time, and there's so many people involved and so many people have a stake in this that you have to make sure they're all included," Read said.
He said the committee hopes to have a president selected by the end of Feb., but wants to makes its decision carefully.
"We want to get this right," Read said. "We only want to do this one time. I personally would like to see, for whoever the candidate is, or the final pick is … that it would be for a good, long term - for stability for the University and [to] bring in a program and move it forward over a period of years."
Sumter said the committee has achieved consensus in its decisions thus far, and the selection process is going as scheduled.
"Everything is going very smoothly," he said. "I was actually expecting things to take longer than they were, but we're almost ahead of schedule."
Ken Read, chairman of the presidential search committee, said he would like to have the new president selected as soon as possible, but by its nature, such a process is time-consuming.
"It's the kind of subject that takes time, and there's so many people involved and so many people have a stake in this that you have to make sure they're all included," Read said.
He said the committee hopes to have a president selected by the end of Feb., but wants to makes its decision carefully.
"We want to get this right," Read said. "We only want to do this one time. I personally would like to see, for whoever the candidate is, or the final pick is … that it would be for a good, long term - for stability for the University and [to] bring in a program and move it forward over a period of years."
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