Trustees to pick new president next month

Posted 1/28/20

LARAMIE (WNE) — The University of Wyoming’s trustees are hoping to have a new president selected by the end of February.

During the trustees’ meeting Friday, search committee …

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Trustees to pick new president next month

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LARAMIE (WNE) — The University of Wyoming’s trustees are hoping to have a new president selected by the end of February.

During the trustees’ meeting Friday, search committee chairman John MacPherson said the quality of the candidates who’ve applied for the job has “been a lot better than I originally anticipated.”

MacPherson said the search firm hired by the university, Parker Executive Search, provided the search committee with a list of more than 60 candidates this week.

The bulk of those candidates come from academia; MacPherson said about 10% are current or former presidents, about 20% are deans, about 10% are provosts and about 27% are other administrators.

The search committee plans to meet today (Tuesday) to decide which candidates they’ll interview by video conference on Feb. 4 and 5, MacPherson said.

The board of trustees will then select and conduct interviews with semi-finalists off-campus on Feb. 12 and 13. During Friday’s meeting, Faculty Senate chair Ken Chestek asked the trustees’ permission for he and Staff Senate President James Wheeler to be present during those interviews; Board of Trustees Chair Dave True said he’ll take that request “under advisement.”

After interviews, True said the board will select a few finalists and publicize their names — assuming they’re all still interested in the job.

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