Search firm is hired and contract signed

Vacancy announcement is issued

Open forums are held for faculty, staff, students,

alumni, and off-campus community

August 31, 2016 September 1, 2016 September 6-23, 2016

Application materials are received. Those who clearly do not meet minimum qualifications are notified.

Identify a pool of approximately 10-15 top candidates.

References are checked on the group of 10-15.

Reviews applications and identifies a pool of semi-finalists.

Conduct off-site interviews with the semi-finalists.

With permission of the candidates, a deeper reference check is conducted including names off the list. In

addition, a background check is done for each remaining candidate.

Reduce pool of semi-finalists to a group of finalists.

Applicants not considered viable are notified of their status in the search.

Names of finalists are released to the public along with information about each finalist.

Finalists are invited to campus to meet with various constituent groups.

Optional: One or two Presidential Search Committee members visit the campus of some or all finalists.

Gather feedback from those who meet with the candidates.

Consolidate information on each candidate: candidate's application materials; Presidential Search Committee's

assessment of each candidate; feedback from constituent groups; and anything else that is relevant.

Presidential Search Committee submits a list of names to the Board of Regents and includes all of the relevant information about each candidate.

Board of Regents identifies their preferred candidate.

Board of Regents negotiates a contract with preferred candidate.

Board of Regents announces the new president.

All steps beginning with the issuance of the vacancy announcement will be done with the assistance of the search firm.

All dates are estimated. Any change in dates will be announced to all parties.

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