Dear Colleagues,
Last week our campus community had a chance to
participate in listening sessions related to the search for the new
President of the University of Minnesota. In Duluth, representatives of
the Presidential Search Advisory Committee met with students, faculty,
staff, and community members. I want to thank those of you who were able
to attend and who provided valuable insight to the committee. Multiple
committee members told me the comments and questions from UMD were
thoughtful and displayed extreme passion for our mission and our
students. Thank you for representing UMD so well.
If you did not
have a chance to attend, please consider providing your input online
through the presidential search website (scroll down to the form at the
bottom of this community input page).
I
would also like to recognize and thank Rajiv Vaidyanathan and Lynne
Williams who were selected to serve on the presidential search
committee. Nearly 400 individuals were nominated to serve on this
important and time-intensive committee. If you are interested, you can
review the full list of committee members.
As the search proceeds, I encourage you to follow search updates on the Presidential search website.
Best wishes,
Lendley C. Black
Chancellor
