{"155961":{"#nid":"155961","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Provost Announces Search Committees for Academic Leadership Positions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProvost Rafael L. Bras has formed two search committees, each with the responsibility for identifying candidates to assume principal leadership positions at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe action follows recent announcements that \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=145161\u0022\u003ECollege of Architecture Dean Alan Balfour\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=146431\u0022\u003ECollege of Sciences Dean Paul Houston\u003C\/a\u003E intend to resign from their roles and return to the faculty at the end of the academic year. Professors Terry Blum and David McDowell have accepted invitations to chair the respective committees. Blum is director of the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship and the Ted Muchchak chair in the Scheller College of Business. McDowell is a Regents\u2019 Professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoth committees will have the assistance of a firm \u2014 R. William Funk and Associates \u2014 which specializes in higher education search consulting. For a detailed description of the positions, committee members and search timelines, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.provost.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.provost.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProvost Rafael L. Bras has formed two search committees, each with the responsibility for identifying candidates to assume principal leadership positions at Georgia Tech. \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professors Blum, McDowell to chair search for deans in Architecture, Sciences"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2012-09-20 18:13:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:50","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-09-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-09-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/provost.gatech.edu\/dean-architecture","title":"College of Architecture Dean Search"},{"url":"http:\/\/provost.gatech.edu\/dean-sciences","title":"College of Sciences Dean Search"}],"groups":[{"id":"131901","name":"Provost"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"175","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"288","name":"Leadership"},{"id":"937","name":"provost"},{"id":"167629","name":"sciences"},{"id":"169394","name":"Search Committee"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EVictor Rogers\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of the Provost\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6398\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}