Syracuse University officials hope to have the search committee to select the next chancellor in place by Jan. 1, 2013.

Bruce Carter, chair of University Senate’s Agenda Committee, announced the projected timeline for the search committee during Wednesday’s USen meeting held at 4 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium. The committee will aim to have SU’s 12th chancellor in place within a year to a year and a half, Carter said.

The Board of Trustees formally establishes the search committee, which according to university bylaws must have “appropriate representation to students, faculty, exempt staff and trustees,” after consulting with USen’s Agenda Committee on representation.

Carter and Richard Thompson, chairman of the Board of Trustees, began discussion of forming the search committee in October. Carter said he expects there will be about 20 people on the committee, with about an equal representation between the Board and faculty.

A letter will be sent out in the near future to the faculty inquiring about nominations for the committee, Carter said. In the past, chancellor search committees have included two undergraduate students and one graduate student. Student Association and Graduate Student Association will be vetting students and sending their recommendations to the committee, Carter said.

It may not be possible to have representation from every school on the committee, but Carter said it would aim to have a group with diverse backgrounds and many perspectives.

“We hope that everyone who is on the committee will be representing not their own particular unit, but representing the university,” he said.

Current Chancellor Nancy Cantor announced on Oct. 12 that she planned to leave the university when her contract expires in 2014. She became SU’s 11th chancellor in 2004 and has led the university for nearly a decade with a focus on expanding the SU name worldwide and strengthening the ties to the city through programs such as the Connective Corridor.

Published on November 8, 2012 at 12:57 am

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