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The University of Hawaii's Board of Regents is looking for five civic-minded people who want to help select the next president for the statewide university system. The job is voluntary and offers no pay. UH wants help
selecting next leaderBy Suzanne Tswei
Star-BulletinThe five will represent the community at large in the search to replace university President Kenneth Mortimer, who will step down June 30. They will be part of a 17-member advisory committee that will review applications and select at least five semifinalists.
Interested persons should contact the board at the university's Manoa campus. The rest of the committee will be made up of regents, administrators, faculty, students and professional support staff.
The board plans to form the advisory committee sometime in September, said David Iha, board secretary. Also next month the board plans to draft the wording for an advertisement for a new president and place the ad in Hawaii newspapers and the Chronicle of Higher Education, a trade publication.The ad, to run for four weeks about September, will include qualities that Heidrick & Struggles, the mainland-based executive search firm hired as consultants in the search, identifies as important in the next president, Iha said. The firm plans to submit its recommendations next month.
To identify the qualities the new president should possess, two representatives from the firm are in Hawaii this week, meeting with Gov. Ben Cayetano and leaders from the university, the community and the legislature.
Charles Knapp, a partner in the firm, said he and William Bowen, vice chairman, are scheduled to meet with more than 60 people in 30 separate meetings in two days.
Five people will represent the community in UH's search. Nominations may be submitted Wanted: Civic-minded volunteers
To: Board of Regents, University of Hawaii.
Knapp said his firm already has begun looking for potential candidates and "very shortly will be contacting individuals" to determine their interest in the job.
According to a timetable guideline the board approved yesterday, applications are expected in October, and the advisory committee should begin to narrow down the pool to five semifinalists by November or December.
The final candidates and their spouses are expected to visit the university at the end of the year or early next year. The new president is expected to be appointed in March to allow for about three months of transition time before Mortimer departs.
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