UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH COMMITTEE APPROVES TIMELINE, INTERIM PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED

The University of New Orleans Presidential Search Committee voted to accept their charge and approve the search timeline at today’s inaugural search committee meeting. The timeline is subject to change at the committee’s discretion.

础耻驳.听4听– Preferred date for applications
Aug. 11聽– Committee receives list of candidates
Aug.17聽– Committee meets in Baton Rouge to review applicant materials and select semifinalists
础耻驳.听28聽– On-campus interviews occur this week and finalists selected
厂别辫迟.听14听– Finalists presented to full Board of Supervisors and president selected

Following the Search Committee meeting, the聽Executive Committee of the Board of Supervisors for the University of 亚洲自慰视频 named the System鈥檚 vice president for academic affairs and provost, Dr. Jeannine O鈥橰ourke, interim president for the University of New Orleans effective July 1. Dr. O’Rourke holds more than 30 years of higher education experience and received her doctorate from UNO in 2001.聽Dr. O鈥橰ourke will return to her duty as System provost upon selection of a permanent president.

Additionally, Dr. Kedrick Nicholas, McNeese State University’s dean of student affairs, will chair the transition process working with the UNO faculty delegate to the Search Committee Dr. Chris Broadhurst, student leadership, staff, and interim president Dr. O鈥橰ourke. That team will engage in a robust institutional review to produce a plan instructive to the Search Committee, Board, and new president.聽He will report directly to 亚洲自慰视频 System President and CEO Dr. Jim Henderson. Dr. Nicholas will begin this work June 1.

Information regarding the search will be housed on the System鈥檚 website at聽ulsystem.edu/uno-presidential-search. A聽recording of today’s Search Committee聽meeting is available聽.

Dr. John Nicklow has served in the University of New Orleans’聽top post since March聽2016 after a year as the institution’s聽provost and vice president for academic affairs. Dr. Nicklow was named聽the president of Florida Institute of Technology and will assume that position聽on July 1.