Interested people invited to listening sessions with search committee
Jackson, Miss. – The Mississippi Board of Trustees of State
Institutions of Higher Learning’s search committee for the next
chancellor of the University of Mississippi plans to meet with various
UM constituency groups Feb. 17, beginning at 7:45 a.m.
The purpose of the meetings is to learn what qualities UM groups are
looking for in their next chancellor, so they can be included in the
job description for the position.
Board President Amy Whitten of Oxford is chairing the search committee.
Serving with her are trustees Stacy Davidson of Cleveland, Bob Owens of
Jackson, Aubrey Patterson of Tupelo, Alan Perry of Jackson, Christine
Pickering of Biloxi and Doug Rouse of Hattiesburg.
Most of the listening sessions take place in Ballroom Sections C and D
at The Inn at Ole Miss. Exceptions are noted below. All meetings are
open to the media.
Sessions in Ballroom Sections C and D will be webcast via UM’s Web page at a later date.
Listening sessions for various groups (subject to change) follows:
* 7:45-8:45 a.m.: Vice chancellors and athletics director, breakfast session (McMillan Boardroom)
* 9-9:45 a.m.: Deans, associate vice chancellors and associate deans
* 9:45-10:30 a.m.: Alumni Association board members
* 10:30-11:15 a.m.: Assistant vice chancellors, assistant deans,
academic and non-academic department chairs, department heads and
directors
* 11:15 a.m.-noon: Faculty Senate
* 12:15-1:10 p.m.: Foundation board members, lunch session (Ballroom Section A)
* 1:15-1:45 p.m.: Staff Council and professional and support staff
* 1:45-2:30 p.m.: UM Medical Center faculty and staf
* 2:30-3:15 p.m.: General faculty
* 3:15-4 p.m.: UM alumni, community leaders and general public
* 4-4:30 p.m.: UMAA Foundation board members (McMillan Boardroom)
* 4:30-5 p.m.: Undergraduate and graduate student leaders and general student body
Interactive video links and locations will be provided to Medical Center faculty and staff on UM’s Web page at a later date.
Members of the general public interested in submitting their ideas on
the qualities needed in UM’s next chancellor may do so by filling out
the Search Feedback Form located here:
http://www.mississippi.edu/ieo/um?search.asp .
The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning’s
institutional executive officer search process allows Mississippi to be
on the consideration list of the highest caliber professionals in
higher education. The process is open, transparent and
representative-based, and works in accordance with today’s recruitment
standards for high-level institutions of higher learning. For more
information on the board’s institutional executive officer search
process, including a timeline of events, visit
http://www.mississippi.edu/ieo/um?search.asp .
Under the leadership of the Board of Trustees, IHL governs
Mississippi’s eight public universities: Alcorn State, Delta State,
Jackson State, Mississippi State, Mississippi University for Women,
Mississippi Valley State, and the University of Mississippi and
University of Southern Mississippi.