Campus Listening Sessions Scheduled for University of Mississippi

Photo by Robert Jordan, Ole Miss Communications

Members of the Board Search Committee leading the search for the next Chancellor of The University of Mississippi will hear from constituency groups in Campus Listening Sessions on Tuesday, July 14, 2015.

The discussions will center on the qualities and qualifications stakeholders believe the next institutional executive officer should possess.

The Campus Listening Sessions will be held in the Inn at Ole Miss Ballroom on the Oxford Campus and include a morning session for alumni and an afternoon session for faculty staff and students. These sessions will also be webcast. The schedules are 11:00 to 11:45 a.m. for the alumni, and 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. for the students, faculty and staff.

The University of Mississippi Alumni Association Board of Directors will meet with the Board Search Committee at 9:00 a.m. and the University of Mississippi Foundation Board of Directors will meet with the Board Search Committee at 10:00 a.m. The Campus Search Advisory Committee will have an orientation meeting, beginning at 12:00 p.m. All meetings will be held in the Inn at Ole Miss Ballroom.

Alan Perry, Chair of the UM Board Search Committee said, “We hope to have strong participation from all segments of the campus community. It is important that the Board Search Committee hears many different voices and viewpoints on what is needed in the next Chancellor.”

Additional Listening Sessions will be held on Thursday, August 20, 2015, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center campus in Jackson and on Thursday, August 27, 2015, on the Oxford campus.

The Board of Trustees invites letters of nomination, applications (letter of interest, resume/CV, and references), or expressions of interest to be submitted to the search firm assisting the Board, via email to krisha.creal@rwilliamfunk.com. Additional contact information is available on the search firm’s Web site at rwilliamfunk.com. Applicants for the position may apply until September 1, 2015, for best consideration.

For more information and to track progress on the chancellor search, visit the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning’s Web site at mississippi.edu/ieo or on Twitter @UM_Search.