Meramec hosts listening sessions for new provost:
By: BRIANA HEANEY NEWS EDITOR:
In the search for a new campus provost, Meramec hosted listening sessions to hear what students and faculty have to say. The listening sessions for the new provost for the Meramec and Forest Park campuses were not held in an open forum, but the office was instead open for two days, one four-hour time slot on Thursday April 4 in the Student Center 201, and one two-hour time slot on Tuesday, April 9 in Business Administration 105.
“The goal here is to get a candidate picked and approved by the beginning of the fiscal school year,” said Fuller. As the current provost, Carol Lupardus, is leaving to take over as provost on the Wildwood campus. The search committee has asked students and faculty to complete a questionnaire to describe what they are looking for in the new provost.
“The ones we look at are all qualified. We are going to find the ones that we think are the most qualified,” said Fuller. After the committee selects a group of applicants, the chancellor and the vice chancellor will interview and pick an applicant to go before the board of trustees, who will be responsible for approving the candidate. “They will actually be the ones to offer the position,” said Fuller in regard to the board of trustees. “After the position is offered, the individual will hopefully accept that position.”
