Category: Chancellor

The University of Wisconsin System announced the four finalists being considered to be the next chancellor at UW-Madison.

Four finalists will be interviewed for the position of University of Wisconsin chancellor, according to a release from the UW System.

The names of four finalists to become the next chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison were made public Thursday, and the thing that jumps out is the absence of either a sitting president or any internal candidate from the UW campus.

The search for UW-Madison?s next chancellor continues on schedule, and seven of the 69 candidates? names are now known. They include no big names and no comically underqualified applicants, as happened when a pharmacist, Fed Ex courier and Epic analyst threw in their names for the football coaching job.The university released the names in response to a State Journal open records request for all candidates who did not opt out of public disclosure.

Like many on the UW-Madison campus these days, neuroscientist Ron Kalil is following closely the search for a new chancellor.

Members of the University of Wisconsin community began the search for the university?s next chancellor this semester in effort to find a replacement for Interim Chancellor David Ward by July 2013.

UW-Madison?s next chancellor could be the campus? first paid more than half a million dollars per year, if the University of Wisconsin?s Board of Regents approves a salary bump for the position. One faculty and staff representative was concerned that pushing the chancellor?s pay past $500,000 each year ? along with perks like a university car, a generous health and retirement package and living cost-free in Olin House ? could send the wrong message on a campus tightening its belt amid cuts in state funding, increasing tuition and stagnated faculty and staff wages.

Interim Chancellor David Ward knows what to expect in the search for the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s next chancellor.

After all, Ward has done the job – twice. From his perch inside Bascom Hall, the energetic, English-born academic has seen the nation?s higher education landscape transformed and buffeted by economic challenges, social change and political turmoil.

The University of Wisconsin?s Chancellor Search and Screen Committee met with members of the city?s business community Wednesday as the group reaches a transitional point in its process to find a replacement for Interim Chancellor David Ward.

The University of Wisconsin?s search for a new chancellor officially kicked off Tuesday when the committee charged with finding a new leader for the university posted the position opening online.

University of Wisconsin?s Chancellor Search and Screen Committee has commissioned an outside firm in hopes of alleviating difficulties in the search process.

Chancellor search: UW-Madison will continue its search for a new chancellor with an online chat including members of the search committee from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. All are welcome to join the chat, offering suggestions and questions for the panel about the chancellor search. Go to wisc.edu to join the chat.

Are there particular characteristics or skills you think UW-Madison?s next chancellor should possess? Or would you simply like to learn a bit more about the chancellor search process? The university is hosting a web chat from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday that?ll feature members of UW-Madison?s chancellor search-and-screen committee, including chair David McDonald, who is a history professor.

In a concluding round of public forums, University of Wisconsin?s Chancellor Search and Screen Committee held its third and final town hall meeting Friday, focusing primarily on the importance of the Wisconsin Idea in looking for a chancellor candidate.

Maybe it was the 7 a.m. start time. Or perhaps it was because the event was held on the western edge of the UW-Madison campus. Whatever the reasons, initial efforts Tuesday morning to gather public input about what characteristics or attributes people would like to see in UW-Madison?s next chancellor largely failed to garner a wide range of thoughts. About half of those on the 25-member search-and-screen committee tasked with helping to identify the next chancellor were in attendance for the public forum held at the Health Sciences Center, which is adjacent to the sprawling UW Hospital and Clinics complex.

In the face of low turnout at a forum Tuesday morning, the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Chancellor Search and Screen Committee heard its first taste of public opinion on the qualities the next leader of Wisconsin?s flagship university should have. The committee aimed to solicit input from faculty, staff and the community at the 7 a.m. forum in the Health Sciences Learning Center. However, with only approximately 15 in attendance, turnout was lower than expected according to Jason Chiang, a student representative on the committee.

As UW-Madison starts public meetings Tuesday on who should be its next chancellor, the university can depend on one well-placed person to sell the job: David Ward, who?s been interim chancellor since 2011. He said that the relationship between the flagship campus and the University of Wisconsin System has improved since former chancellor Biddy Martin unsuccessfully sought to split UW-Madison from the UW System.

A committee searching for the UW-Madison?s next chancellor is looking for the public?s thoughts on what makes a good leader. The committee has scheduled three public forums on campus next week to discuss the abilities the next chancellor should possess. The first forum is set for Tuesday.

The general public will be able to get involved with the search for the University of Wisconsin?s next chancellor through three public forums set to take place next week.

UW-Madison interim chancellor David Ward was a bit of a godsend for UW System when then-chancellor Biddy Martin left Madison abruptly in June 2011 to take a new job at Amherst College in Massachusetts. System leaders were able to tap Ward ? a smart, nationally known administrator who had led the Madison campus successfully as chancellor from 1993 to 2001 ? to step in and lead again, initially on a one-year basis that was quickly extended to a two-year interim role. Now, the search to find a permanent replacement for Martin is gaining steam, starting with three public forums next week where the campus community and larger community can offer input to the 25-member search committee.

A time table and a process have been set in the search for University of Wisconsin-Madison?s next chancellor, with a goal of having a new chancellor in place by July 1, 2013.

The search timetable calls for the 25-member search and screen committee to identify at least five qualified candidates in February.

The public will have a say in who is tabbed as the next UW-Madison chancellor. The university announced on Thursday that three forums will be held on campus, to give both the public and the university staff a chance to offer their views on the talents and qualities the next chancellor should have.

University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly formally charged the Chancellor Search and Screen Committee with finding UW-Madison?s next chancellor in the committee?s first official meeting Wednesday. In the coming months, the 25-member committee will nominate and conduct interviews with national and international candidates to fill the top leadership position at Wisconsin?s flagship university.

As University of Wisconsin?s Interim Chancellor David Ward readies to end his two year term, UW system President Kevin Reilly announced the 25-member committee yesterday that will be responsible for the search and screen of the university?s next chancellor.

After having a temporary, albeit familiar, chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for more than a year, the UW System is looking for a permanent replacement.

University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly on Monday appointed a 25-member search and screen committee to help identify a successor to UW-Madison Interim Chancellor David Ward, who has served in an interim role since July 2011, with the the departure of former Chancellor Biddy Martin.

History professor David McDonald will chair the 25-member search-and-screen committee that?s charged with helping to identify the next chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. UW System President Kevin Reilly announced the body Monday afternoon as the process to find a successor to UW-Madison interim Chancellor David Ward ramps up.