{"50853":{"#nid":"50853","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Provost Search Committee Reviewing Nominations","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFollowing last month\u0027s call for nominations, the Provost Advisory Search Committee is actively reviewing each candidate\u0027s information in advance of the suggested application date of March 15. The committee, chaired by Steve Salbu, Dean and Stephen P. Zelnak, Jr. Chair in the College of Management, plans to invite selected finalists to campus later this spring.\n \n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We initiated the search process in December,\u0022 Salbu said. \u0022President Peterson met with the committee then to discuss the search and provide guidance. Since that time, we have finalized and posted the position ad and have been meeting with the search firm to discuss the process and the characteristics of the ideal candidate. We have also been gathering nominations of prospective candidates.\u0022\n \n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo maximize the pool of qualified candidates, the committee retained the services of a respected executive search firm, R. William Funk \u0026amp; Associates, that has particular expertise in higher education recruitment. As a proactive agent, the firm will aid in identifying and referring potential candidates to the committee. In addition to many leadership position searches at leading universities and peer institution, Funk and Associates has worked with Georgia Tech on the presidential search and other recent dean searches.\n \n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech community is invited and encouraged to submit nominations of \ncandidates and can do so by contacting Mr. William Funk at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:krisha.creal@rwilliamfunk.com\u0022\u003Ekrisha.creal@rwilliamfunk.com\u003C\/a\u003E. More information about the search can be found at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.provost.gatech.edu\/search\u0022\u003Ewww.provost.gatech.edu\/search\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Finalists expected to be named later this spring"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Following last month\u0027s call for nominations, the Provost Advisory Search Committee is actively reviewing each candidate\u0027s information in advance of the suggested application date of March 15. The committee, chaired by Steve Salbu, Dean and Stephen P. Zelnak, Jr. Chair in the College of Management, plans to invite selected finalists to campus later this spring.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Finalists expected to be named later this spring"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2010-02-08 10:44:51","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:16","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-02-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-02-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.provost.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of the Provost"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"937","name":"provost"},{"id":"170806","name":"salbu"},{"id":"169394","name":"Search Committee"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jennifer.herazy@carnegie.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJennifer Herazy\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of the Provost\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-3037\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}