November
Candidate visits

A number of candidates were invited to Rolla to participate in a second round of interviews and conversations with members of the Chancellor Search Committee, Interim President Owens and Vice President for Human Resources Betsy Rodriguez.

After a successful round of visits, there was further reduction of the candidate pool. Candidates continue to be very interested in the chancellor position at Missouri S&T. The system president will make the appointment of the Missouri S&T chancellor. Therefore, the candidates have been asked to wait about three to five weeks. An update will be provided to these candidates after the new UM System President is named.

The confidentiality of this search continues to be an extremely important factor in its final outcome.

October
Interviews and reference interviews

Round one interviews and reference interviews were conducted by the Missouri S&T Chancellor Search Committee. The committee continues its due diligence on the remaining candidates in the search.

August 30
Search committee narrows field of candidates

The committee charged with searching for a new chancellor for Missouri S&T met on Friday, Aug. 26, to review more than 50 candidates for the position. The committee plans to conduct interviews with candidates in early October but will continue to accept and review nominations until that time.  Submit your nomination

The search committee is co-chaired by Dr. Larry Gragg, Curators’ Teaching Professor and chair of history and political science at Missouri S&T, and Cheryl Walker, a 1986 electrical engineering graduate of Missouri S&T, curator emeritus and an attorney with Bryan Cave in St. Louis.

August 1
Interim chancellor appointed

Interim President Owens announced that Missouri S&T Provost Warren K. (Kent) Wray would become interim chancellor effective Sept. 1. Read more...

June-August
Developing the candidate pool

Over 500 nominees, prospects and sources have been contacted about the chancellor position. Conversations with nominees and prospects continue. The search committee is tentatively scheduled to review a prospects list in late August.

June-July
Ad placement

The advertisement for the Chancellor’s position ran online at The Chronicle, Diverse, Hispanic Outlook and Inside Higher Ed. Print advertisements appeared in the June 17 and July 1 issues of The Chronicle of Higher Education. See advertisement?

April 29
Search committee charge

The search committee met for the first time and received its charge on April 29. Among other things, the committee will assist the interim president in identifying the qualifications and initiating the search process for the next Missouri S&T chancellor.

The committee’s work and the search will be closely coordinated with the search for the next UM system president. (see search timeline?) The committee will assist the next president in the selection of Missouri S&T’s chancellor. Along the way, the committee will be supported by Vice President for Human Resources Betsy Rodriguez, Chief of Staff Kathy Miller and Acting General Counsel Phil Hoskins. Additionally, the executive search firm Greenwood/Asher & Associates has been retained (see search firm?). Greenwood/Asher & Associates was instrumental in bringing Chancellor Carney to Rolla and is currently assisting in the UM system presidential search.

April 22
Search committee appointed

After reviewing over 100 nominations for committee service, Interim President Owens announced the appointment of a 17-member search committee on April 22. The committee is comprised of a good cross section of Missouri S&T students, faculty, staff and alumni and is co-chaired by Dr. Larry Gragg, Missouri S&T Curators’ Teaching Professor, Dept Chair of History and Political Science, and Cheryl Walker, EE ’86 UMR, JD ’90, Emeritus Curator and attorney with Bryan Cave in St. Louis. See search committee?

April 14-15
Chancellor search forums

On Thursday, April 14, University of Missouri System Interim President Steve Owens, UM Vice President Betsy Rodriguez and Chief of Staff Kathy Miller met with several Missouri S&T faculty, students and staff to gather input on what qualities the S&T community would like to see in the campus’s next chancellor. The meeting was well-attended, and Interim President Owens received several suggestions from the group. Also during their visit to Missouri S&T on Wednesday and Thursday, they heard the comments and suggestions of Chancellor Carney, members of the chancellor’s cabinet and visiting members of the Missouri S&T Board of Trustees.