Nominations and Feedback Welcome in Presidential Search Process

The Presidential Search Committee, chaired by Robert E. Richardson Jr., has begun steps that will lead to the selection of the next president of the University of Cincinnati. The search committee has begun

meeting

and a Presidential Search

website

is now live.

Both the campus community and wider community are invited to make

nomination suggestions

or provide general feedback for review by search firm

Witt/Keiffer

and the search committee.

Contact information

to make a nomination or general feedback to search firm Witt/Keiffer can be found on the recently created Presidential Search web site.

A brief feedback

survey

is also found on the new Presidential Search web site.

Prompt questions on this survey are

  • Identify the greatest strengths and most attractive features of the University of Cincinnati.

  • What are the immediate or short-term challenges for the next president?

  • Where should the University be after five years under the next presidentÂ’s leadership?

  • What are the key personal qualities and characteristics we seek in the next president?

  • What are the professional qualifications and credentials the president needs to meet these challenges and aspirations?

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