UNC President Erskine Bowles gave the Search Committee his criteria for a new chancellor:

  1. A leader who is as driven as Pat Sullivan to take UNCG to the next level
  2. A good administrator and manager
  3. Someone who cares and cares deeply about this university
  4. Enormous people skills
  5. Strong commitment to undergraduate education and research
  6. Someone who would buy into the UNC Tomorrow report
  7. A good partner for Chancellor Stanley Battle at A&T in a cooperative relationship, not just with the Gateway University Research Park, but other academic and research endeavors
  8. Someone who will work with the UNC system and with the other universities
  9. A community activist
  10. A proven fund-raiser

 

Chancellor Search

  2. Latest Search News
  3. About the Search Process
    1. Confidentiality of Search
    2. Search Schedule
  4. Search Committee
    1. Committee Structure
    2. Search Committee Members
    3. Meetings & Minutes
  5. Request for Comments
  6. Public Forums
  7. Institutional Profile
  8. Position Specification
    1. Advertisement
    2. Full Text
  9. Application Information
  10. About Chancellor Sullivan
  11. Contact the Search Committee

Search Schedule

December 2007

  • Chancellor Sullivan announces her retirement, effective July 31, 2008
  • Board of Trustees announces search and appoints Search Committee

January 2008

  • Search Committee holds its kick-off meeting; President Bowles gives his charge
  • Search Committee selects a search consultant
  • Search Committee holds public forums
  • Search Committee creates position profile

February 2008

  • Search consultant advertises position
  • Search consultant begins accepting nominations and applications

March 2008

  • Search consultant screens nominations and applications

April 2008

  • Search Committee interviews top 10-12 applicants
  • Search Committee narrows candidate list to semifinalists.
  • Search Committee recommends 3 finalists to the UNCG Board of Trustees
  • Board of Trustees recommends finalists to UNC system President Erskine Bowles

May 2008

  • President Bowles interviews finalists

June 2008

  • President Bowles recommends new chancellor to the UNC Board of Governors

July 2008

  • Chancellor Patricia Sullivan retires

August 2008

  • New chancellor begins work at UNCG

Page updated: 26-Feb-2008

Accessibility Policy

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Chancellor Search Committee
Street Address: 1202 Spring Garden Street, Greensboro, NC 27412
Mailing Address: PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
Voice: 336.334.3218
Fax: 336.256.0408
Email: chancellorsearch@uncg.edu