Presidential Search Update

6/17/08

Presidential search committee meeting notes

• The presidential search committee met on June 17. The next meeting is Aug. 25.
• Academic Search President Jamie Ferrare, who will conduct the presidential search for the College, was introduced by Dr. Jerry Baur, of the Board of Trustees.
• Ferrare presented an overview of the company and its work.
• The C of I search is currently in the “pre-search phase.” Ferrare is talking to people on campus, reviewing the College website and meeting with the committee to find out what the College is looking for in a president.
• Academic Search will use national advertising, requests for nominations and personal contacts to find potential candidates.
• Anyone who would like to nominate a candidate should contact Ferrare (James.Ferrare@academic-search.com), presidential committee chairman John McGee (johnmcgee@cableone.net) or Jennifer Oxley (joxley@collegeofidaho.edu).
• After reviewing CV’s, cover letters and recommendations, the committee will select approximately 6-10 candidates who will participate in an off-site interview with the committee.
• Following the off-site interviews, the committee will pick the finalists for on-campus interviews.
• The committee will recommend one or more candidates to the Board of Trustees.
• The Board of Trustees will make a decision about whom to offer the position. The process is on track to have a candidate selected by late November or December.
• Ferrare will assist the College with its transition process once the search is complete.
• The committee reviewed the presidential characteristics it discussed at its first meeting and refined them, and discussed some campus priorities for the new president.
• President Bob Hoover and Leslee Hoover joined the meeting to discuss the qualities the committee should look for in a president and presidential spouse.

5/30/08

Board of Trustees approved Academic Search, Inc.

The College of Idaho Board of Trustees approved Academic Search, Inc. as the firm to assist with the College’s presidential search. Academic Search President James P. Ferrare will personally direct the search. Ferrare has been with Academic Search for seven years and is the former dean of the school of education at Drake University.

5/15/08

Presidential Search Committee met May 12

Three national search firms have been contacted to assist the College with its presidential search. All of them will be on campus before the end of the month to meet with the Governance Committee, which is also the Presidential Selection Committee. The GC would like to have the search firm identified by May 30.

The Presidential Search Committee discussed a list of the qualities that are important to have in the next president.

5/08/08

C of I Presidential Search Committee finalized

The College of Idaho Presidential Search Committee has been finalized and will hold its first meeting Monday, May 12. Sen. John McGee (‘95), a C of I trustee, will chair the committee. Members are:

• Brian Bava, director of admission
• Dr. James Bewley, alumnus, Class of 2001
• Judge Candy Dale, trustee Class of 1979
• Mary Jo Hayes, assistant controller
• Don Hendrickson, trustee, Class of 1962
• John Klockentager, vice president of enrollment management
• Jasper LiCalzi, political economy professor and department chair
• Don Mansfield, biology professor and department chair
• Ray Melville, trustee, Class of 1973
• Jim Mertz, trustee
• Mayor Garret Nancolas, city of Caldwell
• Bobby Powers, ASCI president elect
• Sue Schaper, associate professor of English and division chair
• Jeff Shinn, alumnus, Class of 1973
• Steve Tobiason, parent of a student
• Martine Troy, student

Communications director Jennifer Oxley will serve as an ex-officio (non-voting) member. The Presidential Selection Committee, which is the College’s Governance Committee, is reviewing proposals from several national search firms. The firm will be announced once a decision has been made.

4/10/08

C of I Trustees forming Presidential Search Committee

The Board of Trustees of The College of Idaho is in the process of forming a search committee to find a new College president to replace President Bob Hoover who is retiring in June 2009. 

Trustee John McGee (‘95) has been named the chairman of the search committee. Membership on the committee will include representatives from The C of I faculty (3), students (2), staff (2), alumni (2), parent (1), administration (1) and trustees (4). There will also be one representative from the Caldwell community.  

Letters have been mailed to the leadership of these constituent groups asking them to select representatives for the committee.

The College will hire a national search firm to assist with the review of candidates. The Board of Trustees Governance Committee will meet next week to decide which firms should be invited to participate.

The search committee has been asked by the Board of Trustees to bring three finalists forward for review by a selection committee. The trustees hope to have a new president identified at the end of 2008.