SUNY Potsdam Announces Campus Visits for Presidential Search Semi-Finalists

The State University of New York at Potsdam will Welcome Five Candidates for Presidency to Campus, Starting Next Week

POTSDAM, NY (02/13/2014)(readMedia)-- The SUNY Potsdam Presidential Search Committee has identified five excellent candidates to invite to campus for interviews over the next three weeks. There will be two open forums for each candidate. The community is invited to attend the afternoon open forums, along with faculty, staff and students.

The community open forums will be held as follows:

  • Candidate 1: Wednesday, Feb. 19, from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m., in the Barrington Student Union Fireside Lounge
  • Candidate 2: Thursday, Feb. 20, from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m., in the Dunn Dance Theater
  • Candidate 3: Monday, Feb. 24, from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m., in the Dunn Dance Theater
  • Candidate 4: Thursday, Feb. 27, from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m., in the Dunn Dance Theater
  • Candidate 5: Monday, March 3, from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m., in the Dunn Dance Theater

Information about each candidate will be shared with campus and local media via email, and posted to the SUNY Potsdam website, 48 hours prior to their arrival in Potsdam. The messages will be sent two days before the candidates' visits, even if the date falls on a weekend.

Feedback from the campus community will be important to the process. There will be an online survey for all who attend forums with the candidates, so that faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members can share their impressions.

Following the campus visits, the Presidential Search Committee will make recommendations to the SUNY Potsdam College Council, which will send three names to the Chancellor for review. SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher will make the final recommendation to the SUNY Board of Trustees, which is the appointing authority.

For more information about the presidential search at SUNY Potsdam, visit www.potsdam.edu/about/administration/president/search.

Founded in 1816, and located on the outskirts of the beautiful Adirondack Park, The State University of New York at Potsdam is one of America's first 50 colleges. SUNY Potsdam currently enrolls approximately 4,300 undergraduate and graduate students. Home to the world-renowned Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam is known for its handcrafted education, challenging liberal arts and sciences core, excellence in teacher training and leadership in the performing and visual arts. Empowered by a culture of creativity, the campus community recently launched Take the Lead: The Campaign for Potsdam, which aims to raise $27 million by the College's bicentennial in 2016.

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