The UW-Madison Chancellor Search and Screen Committee will narrow the candidates to succeed current Chancellor John Wiley at a closed meeting Tuesday, making its final recommendations to the UW System Board of Regents afterward.
“At this point our process comes to an end and the UW System takes over,” Marsha Mailick Seltzer, chair of the search committee, said of Tuesday’s meeting.
Seltzer said a UW spokesperson will announce the final candidates Wednesday.
UW System spokesperson David Giroux said the number of final candidates will be selected “somewhere in the neighborhood of five” during the search committee’s Tuesday meeting.
David Musolf, spokesperson for the Chancellor Search and Screen Committee, said he was unable to discuss specific details about the meeting.
“At this stage it’s still pretty confidential,” he said.
The committee’s final recommendations will come after a long process of seeking nominations, viewing applications and conducting interviews of a variety of applicants. Fifty-five individuals submitted applications to replace Wiley, who will step down in September 2008.
According to the UW-Madison chancellor search website, candidates will be evaluated on a variety of professional and personal characteristics including academic accomplishments, leadership qualities and their commitment to enhancing the university experience.
Musolf said the position description is “quite comprehensive and does speak to the qualities the committee is looking for.”
According to Giroux, once the final candidates’ names are announced Wednesday, the “public phase of the search begins.”
“[Finalists] are invited to campus for a whole series of presentations, meetings, different types of venues in which people will have the opportunity to see them and interact with them,” Giroux said.
The public appearances on campus are tentatively scheduled the week of May 12. UW-Madison students, faculty and community members will then be allowed to e-mail input based on the campus visits.
Musolf said he expects the Board of Regents to approve the new UW-Madison chancellor at its meeting the first week in June.
