UH advertising for new chancellor at Manoa
Three finalists are due to the university president by January
The University of Hawaii has placed a "help wanted" ad in a higher-education journal seeking nominations and applicants for a new chancellor at UH-Manoa.
The next leader of the state's flagship research university "is expected to foster a vibrant academic climate and support outstanding scholarship, cultivating an environment in which effective, creative teaching, research, and application can flourish," according to the ad in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
The ad goes on to note that the university has a "special responsibility to Hawaiians -- the indigenous people of Hawaii" and states that the chancellor "works to empower Native Hawaiians in higher education."
"The university is embedded in an island society that is also internationally connected, with special ties to the Pacific and to Asia," reads the job description. "The chancellor will lead the university into its new century."
About 100 people showed up at a UH-Manoa Faculty Congress meeting on the chancellor search Wednesday.
Jim Tiles, the chairman of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, said people are looking for a problem-solver in the next chancellor.
"It's got to be someone who can make things happen," Tiles said, noting that the university has a deteriorating physical plant, along with financial and academic needs. "We want to see some improvement."
Former chancellor Peter Englert's contract was not renewed last July. Denise Konan has been acting as interim chancellor since August of last year.
Jim Manke, a UH spokesman, said Konan is still deciding whether to apply for the permanent job.
Englert was hired in 2002 from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, at a salary of $254,000.
The university hired the search firm of Isaacson and Miller at a cost of $103,550 plus expenses to help the university's search committee find a new chancellor.
Nominations and applications can be sent to Isaacson and Miller in Los Angeles.
The university is scheduled to begin reviewing possible candidates on Oct. 1.
The search committee is expected to submit three finalists to UH President David McClain by January. The finalists will be invited to campus to meet with students, staff and faculty.
McClain will then decide which candidate will be hired and negotiate a contract. McClain's recommendation will then be submitted to the Board of Regents for approval in March.
The new chancellor is expected to start next summer.