{"56302":{"#nid":"56302","#data":{"type":"news","title":"William Koros Heads Search for New Provost","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA search committee has been formed to find a person to replace Jean-Lou Chameau as provost and vice-president of Academic Affairs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe goal is to have a new person in place before Chameau leaves for CalTech this September.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022You never want to have a gap,\u0022 said Bill Koros, a professor in the school of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Roberto C. Goizueta chair that is heading the search committee.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Koros, Institute President Wayne Clough is starting a number of new initiatives and the plan is to have someone in place, so those initiatives can go forward.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The provost runs campus. He handles the day to day affairs of campus as well as policy matters. The provost is the key to the whole operation,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe search is being conducted within the University System of Georgia.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Clough challenged the committee to search the University System of Georgia to find adequate candidates,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Koros, eight candidates completed the nomination packet.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Eleven people were nominated, but three declined. We are in the process of interviewing and meeting with them to determine a set of finalists. All the candidates are very impressive and have experience with one aspect or another,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe list of candidates has not been released, yet. According to Koros, the finalists will probably be publicized.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETech has a history of finding provosts from within the ranks of its faculty and administration. Chameau was promoted from within when he became provost in 2001.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We advertised throughout the University System of Georgia, but all of the candidates are probably from Tech,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChameau leaves for CalTech in September and Koros said the time line is to have a person in place before then.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our optimistic goal is to be done by the end of August if everything goes well. We won\u0027t rush things to where we don\u0027t feel comfortable about the process. The president feels that if we can pull [the internal search] off it makes great sense to do this. The end date depends somewhat on the president and how long he wants to think about the person we have selected,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEveryone has had a say in what type of person is selected to replace Chameau.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The president had a session for faculty and staff in which the faculty and staff were invited to give input,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe majority opinion was to find someone who was similar to Chameau.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are placing a high emphasis on finding someone who values diversity. The word used most often was transparent, meaning a person who uses clear communication and knows what he is doing,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Koros, the committee came up with a list of seven characteristics and capabilities that they want to see in the new provost.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022If anyone was a zero in a category, we would have a great deal of concern. No one will say they aren\u0027t for something but when you ask for examples to shed light on a person\u0027s true nature.\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Koros, the search committee should be able to find somebody in this group of candidates.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There are impressive individuals in that group. We have high quality people in the administration. We have a very good group of candidates and it\u0027s encouraging and impressive to have this many credible candidates,\u0022 Koros said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBy James Stephenson\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNews Editor\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nA search committee has been formed to find a person to replace Jean-Lou Chameau as provost and vice-president of Academic Affairs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe goal is to have a new person in place before Chameau leaves for CalTech this September.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022You never want to have a gap,\u0022 said Bill Koros, a professor in the school of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Roberto C. Goizueta chair that is heading the search committee.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Koros, Institute President Wayne Clough is starting a number of new initiatives and the plan is to have someone in place, so those initiatives can go forward.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The provost runs campus. He handles the day to day affairs of campus as well as policy matters. The provost is the key to the whole operation,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe search is being conducted within the University System of Georgia.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Clough challenged the committee to search the University System of Georgia to find adequate candidates,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Koros, eight candidates completed the nomination packet.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Eleven people were nominated, but three declined. We are in the process of interviewing and meeting with them to determine a set of finalists. All the candidates are very impressive and have experience with one aspect or another,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe list of candidates has not been released, yet. According to Koros, the finalists will probably be publicized.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETech has a history of finding provosts from within the ranks of its faculty and administration. Chameau was promoted from within when he became provost in 2001.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We advertised throughout the University System of Georgia, but all of the candidates are probably from Tech,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChameau leaves for CalTech in September and Koros said the time line is to have a person in place before then.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our optimistic goal is to be done by the end of August if everything goes well. We won\u0027t rush things to where we don\u0027t feel comfortable about the process. The president feels that if we can pull [the internal search] off it makes great sense to do this. The end date depends somewhat on the president and how long he wants to think about the person we have selected,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEveryone has had a say in what type of person is selected to replace Chameau.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The president had a session for faculty and staff in which the faculty and staff were invited to give input,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe majority opinion was to find someone who was similar to Chameau.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are placing a high emphasis on finding someone who values diversity. The word used most often was transparent, meaning a person who uses clear communication and knows what he is doing,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Koros, the committee came up with a list of seven characteristics and capabilities that they want to see in the new provost.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022If anyone was a zero in a category, we would have a great deal of concern. No one will say they aren\u0027t for something but when you ask for examples to shed light on a person\u0027s true nature.\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Koros, the search committee should be able to find somebody in this group of candidates.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There are impressive individuals in that group. We have high quality people in the administration. We have a very good group of candidates and it\u0027s encouraging and impressive to have this many credible candidates,\u0022 Koros said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBy James Stephenson\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNews Editor\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nA search committee has been formed to find a person to replace Jean-Lou Chameau as provost and vice-president of Academic Affairs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe goal is to have a new person in place before Chameau leaves for CalTech this September.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022You never want to have a gap,\u0022 said Bill Koros, a professor in the school of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Roberto C. Goizueta chair that is heading the search committee.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Koros, Institute President Wayne Clough is starting a number of new initiatives and the plan is to have someone in place, so those initiatives can go forward.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The provost runs campus. He handles the day to day affairs of campus as well as policy matters. The provost is the key to the whole operation,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe search is being conducted within the University System of Georgia.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Clough challenged the committee to search the University System of Georgia to find adequate candidates,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Koros, eight candidates completed the nomination packet.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Eleven people were nominated, but three declined. We are in the process of interviewing and meeting with them to determine a set of finalists. All the candidates are very impressive and have experience with one aspect or another,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe list of candidates has not been released, yet. According to Koros, the finalists will probably be publicized.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETech has a history of finding provosts from within the ranks of its faculty and administration. Chameau was promoted from within when he became provost in 2001.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We advertised throughout the University System of Georgia, but all of the candidates are probably from Tech,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChameau leaves for CalTech in September and Koros said the time line is to have a person in place before then.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our optimistic goal is to be done by the end of August if everything goes well. We won\u0027t rush things to where we don\u0027t feel comfortable about the process. The president feels that if we can pull [the internal search] off it makes great sense to do this. The end date depends somewhat on the president and how long he wants to think about the person we have selected,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEveryone has had a say in what type of person is selected to replace Chameau.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The president had a session for faculty and staff in which the faculty and staff were invited to give input,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe majority opinion was to find someone who was similar to Chameau.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are placing a high emphasis on finding someone who values diversity. The word used most often was transparent, meaning a person who uses clear communication and knows what he is doing,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Koros, the committee came up with a list of seven characteristics and capabilities that they want to see in the new provost.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022If anyone was a zero in a category, we would have a great deal of concern. No one will say they aren\u0027t for something but when you ask for examples to shed light on a person\u0027s true nature.\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Koros, the search committee should be able to find somebody in this group of candidates.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There are impressive individuals in that group. We have high quality people in the administration. We have a very good group of candidates and it\u0027s encouraging and impressive to have this many credible candidates,\u0022 Koros said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"(By James Stephenson, New Editor, The Technique)"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"A search committee has been formed to find a person to replace Jean-Lou Chameau as provost and vice-president of Academic Affairs.\n\nThe goal is to have a new person in place before Chameau leaves for CalTech this September.\n\n\u0022You never want to have a gap,\u0022 said Bill Koros, a professor in the school of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Roberto C. 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