Presidential search entering next step

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The Presidential Search Advisory Committee is still hard at work selecting the next president for Western Michigan University. Continuing this, the committee is now entering the review phase.











 






While they were accepting applications, they encouraged students and faculty to let their voice be heard by allowing the community to submit their choice for who should become the next president of WMU, in the most recent update at the Faculty Senate meeting on March 2 that revealed they had successful feedback from the community.





 





Faculty Senate president Suzanne Ayers spoke on behalf of the Presidential Update Committee.





 





“Interest in our position remains high and market feedback positive,” Ayers said. “Thank you to those of you who have made nominations as we have seen an uptake in the number of nominations from the campus community.”





 





Reviewing candidate material will begin next week in preparation for airport interviews on March 22 and 23, Ayers added.





 





In other news, the President Dunn farewell tour coming to the tail end of the event, the bus was traveling toward Traverse City and was unable to complete that stop of their trip due to unsatisfactory weather conditions.





 





Provost Timothy Greene announced president Dunn’s apologies at the Faculty Senate meeting.











“Last night he was supposed to be in Traverse City for an event, but they ended up somewhere short, because of the snow” Greene said. “He did find a hotel, they did not sleep on the bus”






















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