7/29/2011 - Jackson, Miss.
Commissioner of Higher Education Dr. Hank M. Bounds announced today the Campus Search Advisory Committee to aid in the search for the next president of Mississippi University for Women.
The members of the Mississippi University for Women Campus Search Advisory Committee include:
Alumni/Foundation
Renee Flynt, Emily Myers Garner, Ruth Jones, Brandon Newsome, Andrea Overby
Faculty & Staff
Nora Miller, Dr. Sue Jolly-Smith, Dr. Mark Bean, Dr. Gloria Bunnell, Dr. Dionne Fortenberry, Dr. Kimberly Taylor-Gathings, Cathy Young, Jessica Harpole, Phillip Cockrell
Students
Jenna McMurphy, Carlos Williams
Community Members
Kathy Dyess, Bobby Harper, Joe Higgins, Alma Turner
Members of the Campus Search Advisory Committees will participate in the campus listening sessions, which will include discussions on the qualities and qualifications stakeholders believe the next institutional executive officers should possess.
The Campus Listening Sessions will be held in the Cochran Hall Ballroom on the Mississippi University for Women campus in Columbus on Thursday, August 25, 2011.The sessions begin at 7:30 a.m. and conclude at 3:45 p.m. While all sessions are open to the public, each session focuses on the needs of a specific constituency group.
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Tentative Schedule | |
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Time |
Meeting |
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7:30 a.m. |
Community Leaders |
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9:15 a.m. |
President’s Cabinet |
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10:00 a.m. |
Deans and Senior Program Officers |
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10:45 a.m. |
Division Chairs and Department Heads |
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11:30 a.m. |
Student Representatives |
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12:30 p.m. |
Faculty Representatives |
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1:15 p.m. |
Professional Support Representatives |
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2:00 p.m. |
National Alumni Association/Development Foundation President and Alumni Representatives |
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2:45 p.m. |
Open Meeting for Campus and Community |
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3:45 p.m. |
Campus Search Advisory Committee |
Applicants for the position may apply until September 2, 2011, for best consideration. For more information on the application process, visit the Parker Executive Search Web site.
Following the best consideration deadline, Campus Search Advisory Committee members will submit no fewer than five candidates unranked to the Board Search Committee and select the Interview Search Advisory Committee. The Board will select the candidates to be interviewed.
The candidates for president of Mississippi University for Women will be interviewed later this fall, with a campus visit by the preferred candidate to follow.
For more information and to track progress on the presidential searches, visit the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning’s Web site.
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John Sewell
Director of Communications
Telephone: 601.432.6333
