ULS president reassures Grambling family
By: Randy Moffett
Issue date: 2/4/10 Section: Voices
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The search for a university leader is one of the most important jobs the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System undertakes. While this may be a new and uncertain process to some, rest assured our Board has developed a tried and true presidential selection process that has yielded tremendous leaders throughout our system.
Allow me to outline this open process for you:
1. The Board Chair appoints a search committee, comprised of board members and a faculty representative. Advisory, non-voting student and community members may also be appointed. As the president of our system, I serve as the non-voting chair of the search committee.
2. A tentative timeline is developed by the search committee, which includes a priority date for applications and a target date to select the new president.
3. Early in the process, a search committee meeting is held on-campus to solicit input on desired qualifications for a new president.
4. Advertisements are placed in publications throughout the country and a search firm may be engaged to seek qualified candidates.
5. As completed applications are submitted to the UL System office, they are scanned and posted on a special presidential search section of our web site.
6. Semi-finalists are brought to campus to meet with various campus constituencies and have public interviews with the search committee.
7. The search committee presents its recommendation, usually two or more names, to the UL System Board of Supervisors.
8. Public finalist interviews take place in Baton Rouge with the full Board of Supervisors.
9. The Board selects a new university president based on the recommendation of the UL System President.
Board Chair Winfred Sibille has already appointed the 12-member search committee, which includes Grambling faculty member Dr. Matthew Ware and SGA President Steven Jackson.
Community member Wilbert Ellis will serve as a non-voting, advisory member. The first meeting of the search committee was held in conjunction with the McNeese State University Presidential Search Committee on Jan. 29, in Baton Rouge.
The Grambling search committee will hold a public forum on campus at 1 p.m., on Feb. 11, in the School of Nursing Auditorium. All meetings are open to the public.
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