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Clausen will be the next Commisioner of Higher Education After Dr. S is out of the way and becomes President of UL.
Take that wherever you want to...
... also remember Clausen's ties to SLU and that SLU is within a couple dozen students from being the largest U in the UL system.
man... I love Louisiana!
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The list of who could be UL's next president looks something like this:
A chemical engineer now working to create a national wind energy research center in Texas.
An academic vice president with 31 years at the university he now hopes to lead.
A Marine who's commanded thousands of Marines and sailors and is president of a national organization that raises and distributes scholarship money.
A violinist serving as CEO of a campus of 5,000 students.
And the state's commissioner of higher education who's overseen the state's colleges and universities for the past 11 years.
But is one of them right to be UL's next president?
The community isn't completely won over.
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"For vice presidents at Big 10 and ACC schools who want to go on to a Virginia or a Berkeley, UL would be a great springboard, but we didn't see any of those people," said Joseph Abraham, founder of the nonprofit Acadiana Educational Endowment. "I don't feel the candidates are strong."
A few faculty members also have questioned how the selection committee went about the business of paring down the candidates and the time it took. The committee met in executive session for about two hours and emerged with a short list for interviews.
The process wasn't a two-hour meeting, said UL System President Sally Clausen, who chairs the search committee as a nonvoting member.
"Individual search committee members have been doing their homework and referencing early on. When they came to the two-hour committee discussion, it was about why certain candidates did rise to the level of an interview," Clausen said.
When faculty questions were first addressed by The Daily Advertiser last week, Clausen was unavailable for comment.
"There is no intention here to be secretive," Clausen said, "because the intent is to try to encourage public involvement. The only reason for an executive session is when you're discussing personnel matters, you have to be candid in your questions and answers."
John Meriwether, who represents the faculty on the committee, could not be reached for further comment, but he stood by the committee's decisions in an earlier interview.
Student representative Candace Urbanowski said it would have been impossible to make the decision had committee members not done their homework before the meeting.
"It wasn't an easy task to narrow it down, but everybody listened to what the public wanted," Urbanowski said. "I'm very pleased with the five candidates and I think any of them are more than qualified to meet the needs of our university."
Ron Cheek was one of the faculty members who's questioning e-mail to Meriwether was sent anonymously to reporters at media outlets in Lafayette. When reached Thursday, Cheek didn't comment further about his statements but rather questioned the "silence" from business and community leaders.
"When a decision that can impact us for years and years to come - where's the leadership of the community? Where's the community leaders? Why haven't they stepped up and been counted?" Cheek questioned.
He said he thinks the university needs, "vibrant, innovative leadership" but wouldn't comment on the five candidates.
There was also complaints that two candidates - state higher education commissioner Joseph Savoie and UL vice president of academic affairs Steve Landry - are marked as "insiders" and have an automatic advantage over the other candidates: Raymond Flumerfelt, director of University of Houston; Karen White, regional chancellor for the University of South Florida at St. Petersburg; and Clifford Stanley, a retired Marine major general and president of Scholarship America, a private organization that awards scholarships to college students across the country.
Only one candidate makes it clear in his introductory letter that he was contacted by the system to think about applying for the job.
In Flumerfelt's introductory letter, he thanks Clausen for contacting him about the position.
Savoie states that he's accepting a nomination from one of the state's higher education regents, Richard D'Aquin. No nomination was necessary to apply for the position.
Complaints that not all of the candidates have Ph.Ds aren't exactly justifiable, according to Clausen.
All hold a doctorate from an accredited institution, which was one of the desired qualifications expressed by the public.
Two of the candidates have Ph.Ds -Flumerfelt's is in chemical engineering; Landry's is in computer science.
Two candidates have doctor of education degrees focused on higher education or administration -Savoie, educational leadership and administration, and Stanley, higher education management.
White's doctorate is in musical arts, violin performance. She's also the only candidate who is currently leading a campus - the University of South Florida's St. Petersburg campus with 5,000 students.
The public had a chance to express comments and concerns prior to the selection meeting via public hearings, voicemail and e-mail.
The business community wasn't absent from the second hearing.
Abraham and other leaders, including Lafayette Economic Development Authority President Gregg Gothreaux were among those who stepped up to add to the wish list of qualifications during the meetings.
Gothreaux said his only objection to the process, at first, was that it was open, but the opportunity to participate in the hearings converted his opinion.
"If it had to be an open process, I think the process has been fair. If it's out in the open, people don't have a right to complain," Gothreaux said.
He admitted that he has not had an opportunity to review the backgrounds of the five candidates, but expects that LEDA's executive committee will meet to do its research and prepare questions for the interviews.
The public will have the same chance when the interviews begin Nov. 12-13.
Clausen said the five candidates have the qualifications to face the public's questions that will come next month.
"We believe that we have some good candidates and we believe that they'll stand up to the scrutiny of public inquiry," Clausen said. "If we're wrong, that too will be revealed publicly."
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Here's the list of committee members:
Search committee chair
UL System President Sally Clausen, nonvoting member
Clausen has served as University of Louisiana System president since 2001. Her prior positions include, secretary of education, commissioner of higher education and president of Southeastern Louisiana University.
Voting members
Paul Aucoin: UL System board member since February 2007. He is an attorney who lives in Thibodaux.
Elsie Burkhalter: Vice chair of the UL System Board. Burkhalter is the current president of the St. Tammany Federation of Teachers and School Employees and served as a teacher for the St. Tammany Parish School System.
Jeffrey Jenkins: UL System Board member since 2005. He's an attorney employed by The Shaw Group, where he serves as vice president of special projects.
Renee Lapeyrolerie: UL Board member since February 2007. She is the public information officer for the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Office and press secretary to Criminal Sheriff Martin Gusman.
Jimmy Long Sr.: Chairman of the UL System board. Long is from Natchitoches and served eight terms in the Louisiana House of Representatives.
John Meriwether: UL faculty senate representative. Meriwether is a UL physics professor and is the executive officer of the faculty senate. He joined the UL faculty in 1966.
Wayne Parker: UL System board member. Parker is a resident of Ruston and a graduate of Louisiana Tech University.
Olinda Ricard: UL System student board member. She attends Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, where she serves as the SGA president.
Winfred Sibille: UL system board member. Sibille is serving his second term as a board member. He was initially appointed in 1995 and reappointed in 2007. Sibille, of Sunset, is a UL alumni.
Non-voting advisory members
Jim Prince: UL Foundation board trustee and retired Lafayette businessman. He had served as the chief financial officer of Stone Energy in Lafayette.
Candace Urbanowski: Urbanowski serves as UL's Student Government Association president.
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blah blah stop crying, no one is ever happy
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I want to thank The Daily Advertiser for the recent article on the UL president search.
This is the single most important decision to be made in Acadiana in many years. The University of Louisiana affects every aspect of our lives - educational, economic, political, intellectual and cultural.
UL has the single largest financial impact on our region of any entity - rapidly approaching $1 billion - and it is the most important tool we have for improving our quality of life. It should also be noted that UL is one of the two largest universities in the three-state region of Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas, and we are showing explosive growth in research, grants funding, donations, graduate programs, economic development and selective admissions.
The process, however, is at variance with searches held in every other state, and the low application numbers give one pause. A former president of a significant doctoral institution noted to the selection committee that when he was chosen to head that university, he was selected from a field of 450 applicants. That university is less than half UL's size, and yet we did not receive 10 percent of its applicant pool.
One small correction to the article: My comment was not that the applicants were not strong but that not all of them are strong. Fortunately, our two local products are strong candidates.
I hope that the UL system performs future presidential searches in a manner that conforms with the accepted practices across the nation.
Joseph Abraham Lafayette
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for the area or authement?
I'm famous: Letter to the Editor
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Reorganization could cut deans’ jobs
Two Fayetteville State University deans, including one who oversees the nursing program, could lose their positions under a reorganization plan.
The plan calls for two separate schools — the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the College of Basic and Applied Science — to be shifted to the College of Arts and Science by January.
The decision to move the schools into one college, which was made by interim Chancellor Vic Hackley, undoes a decision by former Chancellor T.J. Bryan to separate them.
News of the pending merger reached the faculty in September, when University Provost Dr. Juliette Bell told an FSU Faculty Senate Committee that the restructuring was being done because of FSU’s small size.
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Initially, the decision upset some faculty members, who felt they were left out of the decision-making process.
But a resolution criticizing the reorganization was defeated by a 13-3 vote during a Faculty Senate meeting Thursday night.
It was unclear Friday whether the deans of the two colleges — Dr. David Barlow and Dr. Valentine James — would remain with the university in new positions.
Barlow declined to comment, referring all questions to university administrators. As dean of the College of Basic and Applied Sciences, Barlow oversees nursing, criminal justice, psychology, natural sciences, mathematics and computer science.
James, who had until recently been a candidate for the presidency of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, could not be reached for comment. University officials did not respond to questions about the matter.
Staff writer Corey G. Johnson can be reached at johnsonc@fayobserver.com or 323-4848, ext. 487.
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"James, who had until recently been a candidate for the presidency of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, could not be reached for comment. University officials did not respond to questions about the matter. "
Geez, he spends $0.42 or whatever to mail in a resume and suddenly he adds "candidate for the presidency" of UL to his resume as if he was a serious contender. Maybe I should have mailed mine in as well so I could bring that up at parties. Makes a hell of a pick up line "Hi. Did I mention that I was recently a candidate for the presidency of UL?" MAn I hope MIT or Harvard has a presidential vacancy soon!
Do we have a president yet?
fifty views... and no answer.
i'm guessing no?
Not yet. I'm expecting an announcment to come late this month or in December.
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UL's moving closer to the transition that will affect the entire community as interviews for the president's position are set to begin next week.
For those candidates who have never visited the campus, a 60-plus page guide was released by the system last week that points out the university's strengths, as well as its weaknesses. It also draws 36 recommendations that the next president may want to consider when moving into Martin Hall.
Because the review includes interviews from across the campus and the community, it can have a major influence on how a new president approaches his or her transition.
"It's an up-to-date assessment from various constituents that gives you a good grounding going into that position as far as pros, cons and challenges," said Randy Moffett, who became president at Southeastern Louisiana University in 2001.
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But at the top of the priority list should be an examination of existing administrative resources, said James Fisher, the consultant hired to lead the national search for Ray Authement's replacement. Fisher also headed up the team of consultants who reviewed the university. More than 250 people - staff, students, faculty and community members - were interviewed in the three-month study of the university.
"I would do some assessment of the staff in terms of both vacancies and the present officers to be certain that there are officers in place presently or in the near future who are exceptional, who will be extraordinary delegates," Fisher said.
But then, the priority should be on fundraising - particularly a capital campaign, Fisher added.
"There should be an appointment of experienced VP of advancement, a person with a record of generating private support, virtually at once," Fisher said.
The review found that only 8 percent of alumni give to the university.
The university will also be losing its financial mastermind - Ray Authement, its president for the past 34 years. Currently, there is no vice president of finance. The duties are shared by two assistant vice presidents, one over business services and the other over finance services.
"That should be reconsidered," Fisher said. "This president is well-versed in finance and you can't assume that the next president will be. It's better to have one person delegated with the financial accountability."
It's possible that as Authement leaves, several of his staff members may chose to end their tenure with the university, as well.
It wouldn't be out of the ordinary, according Fisher, who added that it's not unusual for sitting vice presidents to submit undated letters of resignation to their new president as a sign of their fidelity to the new administration.
Not many staff changes were made when Moffett stepped up into his new role from his existing position as the university's provost.
"I think the first thing is you look at the people in those roles or the people you need in those roles because you can't accomplish those goals without the right team players," Moffett said. "I had three vice presidents in place that were capable, skilled and experienced. I only had to choose someone to be the vice president for academic affairs and provost. I didn't have to do a turnover or many changes."
One of the most recent appointments within the system as Horace Judson in 2004 as president of Grambling State University.
The review was instrumental in Judson's transition, said Michael McKinely, who works closely with Judson as his executive assistant and cabinet member. Judson was traveling with the Grambling football team Friday.
Grambling took off with several of the recommendations that were made in the review and has made progress in one area - improving its infrastructure and grounds, McKinley said.
The recommendations made in the review help a new president formulate his or her own vision for the institution, McKinley said.
At Grambling, one of the recommendations included improving infrastructure on campus.
"That's exactly what Dr. Judson has done," McKinley said. "We've built new housing, which was completed and we're about to launch phase two. We've also been improving the grounds. We're busy landscaping and renovating buildings on campus."
While UL's review includes recommendations for the new president to consider, including delegating more responsibilities to staffers, streamlining existing processes from hiring to expense report approvals, and building a more diverse faculty in terms of ethnicity, gender and geography.
The review isn't a "to-do" list for the new president, but rather an inventory of what's working at the university and what initiatives could make it better, Fisher clarified in a recent interview.
"It's an attractive situation there because the condition of the university is extraordinary," Fisher said. "The key to a successful institution, wherever, from Harvard to Stanford, is a strong president. That review clearly indicated as much."
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Karen White was called "an ace of a candidate" by the University of Louisiana system president.
Karen White, regional chancellor at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, has emerged as a top candidate for the presidency of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, school officials confirmed Wednesday.
White, 56, was among 38 candidates who applied to lead the 16,000-student university. She is one of five finalists who will be interviewed for the job next week.
"When the search firm representing the system contacted me, I was not seeking an outside position," White said in a written statement. "I allowed a nomination to move forward because of my long-term associations with the state and its universities."
University of Louisiana system president Sally Clausen said she has been courting White since the early phase of the search in spring. She said she became interested in White when a faculty member at Southeastern Louisiana University, where both Clausen and White have worked, recommended her.
"I think I have an ace of a candidate here," Clausen said. "A lot will depend on if she likes the environment and if we can convince her to relocate."
A member of the Southeastern Universities Research Association, UL Lafayette offers 80 undergraduate degree programs and 29 master's degree programs. The Carnegie Foundation has designated the school as a research university with high research activity, putting it among the ranks of Clemson, Auburn and Baylor universities.
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White came to USF St. Petersburg in 2003 after serving as dean of the college of fine arts at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. It was a crucial time for the waterfront campus as it gained autonomy from the main campus in Tampa.
In addition to earning separate accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, USF St. Petersburg grew its student body from 4,000 to more than 5,000 and built its first residence hall during White's tenure.
State Rep. Bill Heller, who preceded White as dean at USF St. Petersburg, said he had heard she was being courted.
"She's certainly been a steady force," Heller said. "I think the campus has benefited from her being there. If she left I would wish her the best. If she stays, I would continue to give her my full support."
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Think we are about to get screwed by Sally.
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yay...
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Thanks for your interest...don't call us, we'll call youQuote:
Originally Posted by NewsCopy
why can't we ever get on track as a university?
read this thread and find out...
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WTH, a good ole girls network?
Now we have something in common with Bernie Boudreaux. :hot:Quote:
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IMO ain't gonna happen. Fix has been in for T. Joe or Landry since the beginning or before. This is smoke to make it look like a process or some Florida paper intererested in writing a story ...Quote:
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I tend to agree with you, after all, Sally does not have a vote in the selection. However, just the fact that this is someone she wanted, and was a person who made it on the final list, it just makes one nervous.Quote:
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hasn't Louisiana learned it's lesson with Blanco and her hubby running something
What? You think that is a first for Louisiana? That, my friend, is the status quo for this state. :hot:Quote:
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Remember, there is a new sheriff in town. Bobby Jindal will have a big say in this selection.