Dear Faculty and Staff:
Welcome to the 2016 spring semester! I am writing to provide you
updates on our EVCAA search and on the upcoming town hall meetings. As I
indicated to you in December, I am working with the Registry to
identify candidates for the interim EVCAA position. During the winter
break, I spoke with Registry staff about our particular needs and
interests in an interim EVCAA. They will have resumes for me to review
within the next few days, and they are working with me to reach our goal
of having an interim in place by the first of February. Dr. Schokker
will remain in the EVCAA position until the interim is on campus, and as
I communicated previously, she will complete the promotion and tenure
recommendations for this academic year.
I am also planning the search process for a permanent EVCAA. At this
point, I have developed a preliminary search calendar that includes
interviewing candidates on campus in April prior to the end of the
semester. I am working on building the search committee and I will
ensure opportunity for significant campus input in the interview
process. We will conduct a thorough national search, with assistance
from Academic Search, and I encourage you to network with your national
and international colleagues you feel will be right for this position.
Our pool of candidates will be stronger if we have nominations and
contacts from UMD faculty and staff.
I encourage you to attend the town hall meeting for your group. The faculty meeting is January 14, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. in the Kirby Ballroom and the staff meeting is January 21, 2016 from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
also in the Kirby Ballroom. We will use a format similar to the
retention and student success town hall last semester. During the first
half of the town hall, you will sit at tables and discuss the faculty questions or staff questions
I distributed in December. The second half of the meeting will
consist of a discussion of the ideas generated at the tables and
discussion of possible scenarios for change.
The goal of the
town hall meetings is to develop recommendations for how we will move
forward within our current resources, and whether our administrative and
academic structures best support our strengths and opportunities.
Results of the town halls will be shared with the Strategic Planning and
Budget Committee, and I will consider their recommendations prior to
making decisions about next steps. It's important to me and to the
campus to have, within the next few months, a specific action plan which
will be implemented over the next few years.
Here are links to two documents to assist our discussions at the town hall meetings: a summary document of the UMD expenditure budget by unit over the past three years and enrollment trends by college/school over the past five years.
You have my best wishes for a productive semester. I look forward to seeing you at the town hall meetings.
Sincerely,
Lendley C. Black
Chancellor
