Over the summer, I have been serving on the PJC Presidential Search Process Committee. This committee had 5 charges from the Board of Trustees: to recommend (1) the job description for the new PJC President, (2) the required and preferred qualities of the new president, (3) a tentative schedule for the search process, (4) a proposed screening committee list and (5) a list of search firm consultants.
At the June Board of Trustee's meeting, the Board accepted the recommendations. Now the real work begins!
PJCFA has been asked to nominate 3 full-time faculty to serve on the Presidential Screening Committee. This will be a very serious undertaking which will demand a great deal of time and attention from each committee member.
The schedule calls for the first meeting of the screening committee to be held September 14th. There will be three or four public hearings in September to get input from PJC faculty and staff as well as the Pensacola area community. Committee members are expected to attend these.
The first viewing of the applications will be at mid-November. The expectation based on previous searches is that there will be from 30-50 applicants who will make it through the initial screening process and will be considered by the committee. Each committee member will have to review and score each application. There will be committee meetings to discuss the application reviews as well as committee assignments.
On December 3rd, the committee will recommend 4-8 applicants to the Board of Trustees.
That's a lot of work to be done in a short time, but very important work.
If you are interested in serving on this committee or would like to nominate a faculty member (with his or her permission), please let me know by July 16th. My email is csweeney@pjc.edu. The PJCFA Executive Board will be meeting on July 18th to discuss the nominations.
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