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Search committee requests feedback from campus community

Message from George Stanton, April 10, 2008

Dear Colleagues,

As I write this, we are nearing the end of the visit from Dr. Hynes, our first presidential candidate. I want to remind you again that, if you have had the opportunity to observe candidates, you are able to play a meaningful role in this selection process. As I dressed this morning, I fell into the professorial mode and developed a model for three ways in which students, faculty, and staff may make constructive input.

You may lobby individual members of the search and screening committee, telling them who you like and who you may not care for. The possible outcome is that you will persuade one or more committee members to cast votes in the way you prefer.
• You may contribute in a democratic fashion by submitting an e-mail to HeadCougar_Hunt@colstate.edu and vote "yea" or "nay." The outcome will be that a tally will be presented to the committee and may (should) influence the final vote.
• You may contribute in an academic manner by submitting an e-mail to HeadCougar_Hunt@colstate.edu and provide a bullet-point list of perceived strengths and weaknesses. The outcome will be that a composite list of strengths and weaknesses will be provided to the committee and, from it, the committee will build a final list to submit to the special Regents committee, the chancellor, and the executive vice chancellor. In this case, you may even influence the final choice.

No one other than Dr. Norris or I will see your identity, and that will be noted only to ensure that you are a member of the CSU family and that no vote is counted more than once. After that, your input will be copied and dropped into a spreadsheet and separated from your name. At the conclusion of this process, all e-mails received will be deleted. Anyone who knows Dr. Norris knows of his ability to maintain confidence of even the most sensitive information, and if you knew what my memory has been like these days, you will understand that if more than ten respond, I won't remember who responded anyway. But I also pledge not to release any information regarding the identity of anyone who responds.

Note: If you come across any information regarding these candidates on the web, please send that to the e-mail address as well and provide the URL. The more eyes we have on that task the better. If you have colleagues who know any of these candidates, you may provide us with their impressions as well. However, to be useful, you will need to identify your sources.

George

Members of the Presidential Search and Advisory Committee are:

• Dr. George Stanton, vice president of academic affairs, chair of search committee
• Dr. Floyd Jackson, associate professor and chair, chemistry and geology
• Dr. Barbara Hunt, professor and chair, English
• Dr. Tom Loughman, professor, marketing & management
• Ms. Beverly Davis, dean, University College
• Mr. Alex Acton, president, Student Government Association
• Mr. Ray Lakes, executive director, Columbus State University Alumni Association
• Mrs. Pam Siddall, publisher, Wichita Eagle, alumna
• Mr. James Yancey, retired chairman of the board of Synovus, Columbus State Foundation