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BOG hosts community input meetings in search for new president
Straayer: Frank has good judgement, should be elected president
Emily Johnson
Issue date: 5/8/09 Section: News
The CSU System's governing board is holding public meetings today to gather community input regarding criteria for a permanent replacement for former university President Larry Penley.
The meetings will occur two days after the board became embroiled in a legal battle with two Colorado newspapers for holding private interviews with System chancellor candidates.
The purpose of the meetings is to obtain ideas from the campus community regarding what attributes a university president should have, and the board said now that the new chancellor is in place, they will be focusing on hiring a permanent president as soon as possible.
However, political science professor John Strayyer said he is unsure what impact the stakeholder meetings will have on the president selection, nor does he have much faith in the process as a whole.
"I was surprised that the board president issued his memo announcing another round of "stakeholder" sessions. In view of the entire chancellor/system set up, and the process of hiring, I am perplexed as to the effect of the 'stakeholder' meetings in that instance, so I guess I am beyond suggesting that I know anything about how and what this board is thinking, much less what it is likely to do," Straayer said.
Board Chair Doug Jones will facilitate the meetings, which will be held at the Lory Student Center's Grey Rock Room. All meetings will be recorded and transcribed and six separate sessions will be held to accommodate staff, faculty, students, alumni and the public.
"The Board wants to hear from the entire community about what attributes and characteristics they'd like to see in a permanent president," Michele McKinney, spokesperson for the BOG, said. "It could be that the community likes how things are going or maybe they might want to see some change."
Associated Students of CSU President Taylor Smoot said the meetings are "great" and are an important forum for the CSU community to contribute to the process.
The meetings will occur two days after the board became embroiled in a legal battle with two Colorado newspapers for holding private interviews with System chancellor candidates.
The purpose of the meetings is to obtain ideas from the campus community regarding what attributes a university president should have, and the board said now that the new chancellor is in place, they will be focusing on hiring a permanent president as soon as possible.
However, political science professor John Strayyer said he is unsure what impact the stakeholder meetings will have on the president selection, nor does he have much faith in the process as a whole.
"I was surprised that the board president issued his memo announcing another round of "stakeholder" sessions. In view of the entire chancellor/system set up, and the process of hiring, I am perplexed as to the effect of the 'stakeholder' meetings in that instance, so I guess I am beyond suggesting that I know anything about how and what this board is thinking, much less what it is likely to do," Straayer said.
Board Chair Doug Jones will facilitate the meetings, which will be held at the Lory Student Center's Grey Rock Room. All meetings will be recorded and transcribed and six separate sessions will be held to accommodate staff, faculty, students, alumni and the public.
"The Board wants to hear from the entire community about what attributes and characteristics they'd like to see in a permanent president," Michele McKinney, spokesperson for the BOG, said. "It could be that the community likes how things are going or maybe they might want to see some change."
Associated Students of CSU President Taylor Smoot said the meetings are "great" and are an important forum for the CSU community to contribute to the process.
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