Posted on November 12, 2019

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The search committees for the next provost and executive vice chancellor and for the next vice chancellor for business affairs have been selected. The search committee for the provost position will convene on Nov. 20. The committee anticipates the next provost will be named in May.

The business affairs VC search committee has already begun its work. The new vice chancellor for business affairs will likely be named mid-Spring semester.

Look for a future CW piece about the best ways the campus community can provide input, for each of these searches.

 

Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor

Search Committee:

  • Andrea Hunter, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and immediate past Faculty Senate Chair (chair of search committee)
  • Cathy Akens, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
  • Mac Banks, Dean, Bryan School of Business and Economics
  • Kelly Burke, Dean, Graduate School 
  • Anthony Chow, Associate Professor of Library and Information Science and Chair of Faculty Senate 
  • Jewell Cooper, Associate Dean and Professor, School of Education 
  • Andrew Hamilton, Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Success and Dean for Undergraduate Studies
  • Greg Hodges, Associate Vice Chancellor, Planning and Performance Management
  • Julia Jackson-Newsom, Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategy and Policy
  • John Kiss, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Esther Leerkes, Associate Dean and Professor, School of Health and Human Sciences 
  • Pamela Johnson Rowsey, Professor and Department Chair, Adult Health Nursing
  • Alejandro Rutty, Associate Professor of Music
  • Terri Shelton, Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement
  • Olivia Tarpley, Class of 2020
  • Waiyi Tse, Chief of Staff (staffing committee)

 

Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs 

Search Committee:     

  • Jerry Blakemore, General Counsel
  • Alan Boyette, Senior Vice Provost
  • Beth Fischer, Vice Chancellor for Advancement
  • Donna Heath, Vice Chancellor for Information Technology Services
  • Jeanne Madorin, Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources
  • Scott Milman, Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Enterprises and Real Estate
  • Randy Penfield, Dean of School of Education
  • Jeff Shafer, Vice Chancellor for Communications
  • Kim Littlefield, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement
  • Waiyi Tse, Chief of Staff (staffing committee) 

Post was updated Nov. 19, 8 a.m., to add one name to VC for BA committee list.

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