{"id":17566,"date":"2021-04-06T18:32:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T02:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/?p=17566"},"modified":"2021-04-06T18:32:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T02:32:40","slug":"committee-searches-for-new-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/committee-searches-for-new-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee searches for new president"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Board of Trustees has assembled an advisory committee to assist in the search for an interim president<\/em><\/p>\n

Sydney Carpenter<\/strong> | News Editor <\/span><\/p>\n

On Oct. 8, 2020, current university president Rex Fuller sent out an email to colleagues announcing his plans to retire in fall 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the announcement, the Board of Trustees has approved of new \u201cBoard Statement on Presidential Vacancies\u201d search guidelines for <\/span>the interim president \u2014 mid-summer 2021 to June\u2013July 2022 \u2014 <\/span>and search guidelines for the regular president. The newly assembled advisory committee consists of Betty Komp, <\/span>Ryan Hagemann, Jon Carey, Dr. Vivian Djokotoe, Sandra Holland, Dr. Bojan Ilievski, Malissa Larson, Mike Morgan, Nathan Sauer, Dr. Rob Winningham and Alex Ped. The titles of each committee member can be viewed on the presidential vacancy website at wou.edu\/presidentialvacancy.<\/span><\/p>\n

For student representation, the Associated Students of ÀÖ²¥ÊÓƵ President NJ Johnson was tasked to suggest a candidate to the board.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI advocated for more students to be on the committee,\u201d said Johnson, \u201cbut that was not what the Board of Trustees voted on and the Board of Trustees is the governing board.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In his recommendation, Johnson chose junior criminal justice major and ASWOU Senator Elizabeth Braatz.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI selected Elizabeth because I knew that she could represent the student body in a way that we could be proud of,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cElizabeth has a really diverse range of student leadership experiences from University Housing and including ASWOU.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

However in the finalized committee, Betty Komp decided to implement her own candidate, Alex Ped, a nontraditional Western student since 2002.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI asked for suggestions and made it clear diversity was important,\u201d said Komp, \u201cbut ultimately I make the decision on who\u2019s on the committee.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At this time, the final committee containing 11 community members consists of one person of color.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Board of Trustees office has selected March 12 at 11 a.m. to hear from the campus community\u2019s thoughts on how the committee should go about looking for an interim president. The committee will begin to review application materials on March 15.<\/span><\/p>\n

The story will be updated as more information is released.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Contact the author at scarpenter18@mail.wou.edu\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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