USI President Search - Charge to the Committee

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University of Southern Indiana Board of Trustees

Charge to the Presidential Search and Screen Committee

The Presidential Search and Screen Committee, appointed to advise the University of Southern Indiana Board of Trustees, is broadly representative of the University’s constituencies. The Committee’s chair and spokesperson is Board Chair John Dunn.

The Presidential Search and Screen Committee is charged with recommending to the Trustees, no later than March 1, 2009, an unranked list of no more than five individuals who, in the Committee’s judgment, are well qualified to lead the University of Southern Indiana as its next president. The Search and Screen Committee is asked to base its recommendations upon the leadership criteria which will be adopted by the Board of Trustees before the search ensues, as well as upon the Trustees’ established policies with respect to Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action.

The Board asks the Presidential Search and Screen Committee, in discharging its duties, to conduct the following activities:

Draft and place advertisements for the position, using the statement of leadership qualities as the basis for advertising;
Actively solicit nominations and applications from a diverse group of well-qualified persons, including women and minorities;
Oversee the receipt of and responses to applications and nominations from all sources;
Screen applications using the leadership criteria as the basis for choice;
Select and interview semi-finalist candidates;
Assist in arranging campus visits for finalist candidates and spouses/partners if applicable;
Report to the Board a summary of campus and community assessments of finalist candidates;
Ensure that appropriate information about the University and the presidency is provided to candidates at each stage of the screening process; and
Ensure that confidentiality is strictly observed with respect to applicants and to the Committee’s internal deliberations.

The Board of Trustees extends its gratitude to the members of the Presidential Search and Screen Committee for accepting this demanding assignment, and offers its good wishes for a successful outcome.