2008 Woodie Awards
Search for new SJSU president continues
Liza Atamy
Issue date: 3/17/08 Section: News
A closed meeting of the Trustee's Selection Committee about choosing SJSU's next president was held Friday morning at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library.
"Today, the search advisory committee will go through all of the candidates that have indicated an interest in the presidency of SJSU," Chancellor Charles Reed said before the two-hour meeting.
Reed said the aim of the meeting was to narrow the list of candidates so the committee could begin first interviews.
Reed detailed the criteria for the nominees: outstanding leadership, a vision for SJSU, willing to work seven days a week and 24 hours a day, and willing to bring the entire San Jose community together.
"It will be very hard to fill Don Kassing's shoes," he said, "but that's what we're supposed to do."
According to Reed, the committee must narrow the candidates down to "more than five, and less than 10."
Reed said the next meeting is scheduled to be some time in April, but it has not yet been scheduled. That meeting will be the third meeting so far this school year. The first was the only public meeting and was held over winter break.
The confidentiality of Friday's meeting was "necessary in order to attract the very best candidates," Reed said. "Also, these people have really good jobs, and it may jeopardize their current position if you're out advertising their interest in SJSU."
Reed said the final candidates will be notified that their nominations will become public. According to Reed, the nominees will be announced around May 1, and they will be interviewed again by the full Board of Trustees.
"Comments about the candidates will be allowed only after they are made public and come to the campus," he said.
Kenneth Peter, professor of political science at SJSU, and Benjamin Henderson, president of Associated Students at SJSU, both declined to comment when asked about the meeting.
"They have made it very clear to us that we are not allowed to talk about it," Peter said.
Reed was asked to comment after the meeting, and declined to give any information about its progress.
He said, though, that there were fewer candidates after the meeting than beforehand.
As for the inauguration of SJSU's new president, "that becomes a negotiable item," Reed said. "I would very much like to see a new president on this campus after the first of July, but again that depends on what the person has to disengage from."
"Today, the search advisory committee will go through all of the candidates that have indicated an interest in the presidency of SJSU," Chancellor Charles Reed said before the two-hour meeting.
Reed said the aim of the meeting was to narrow the list of candidates so the committee could begin first interviews.
Reed detailed the criteria for the nominees: outstanding leadership, a vision for SJSU, willing to work seven days a week and 24 hours a day, and willing to bring the entire San Jose community together.
"It will be very hard to fill Don Kassing's shoes," he said, "but that's what we're supposed to do."
According to Reed, the committee must narrow the candidates down to "more than five, and less than 10."
Reed said the next meeting is scheduled to be some time in April, but it has not yet been scheduled. That meeting will be the third meeting so far this school year. The first was the only public meeting and was held over winter break.
The confidentiality of Friday's meeting was "necessary in order to attract the very best candidates," Reed said. "Also, these people have really good jobs, and it may jeopardize their current position if you're out advertising their interest in SJSU."
Reed said the final candidates will be notified that their nominations will become public. According to Reed, the nominees will be announced around May 1, and they will be interviewed again by the full Board of Trustees.
"Comments about the candidates will be allowed only after they are made public and come to the campus," he said.
Kenneth Peter, professor of political science at SJSU, and Benjamin Henderson, president of Associated Students at SJSU, both declined to comment when asked about the meeting.
"They have made it very clear to us that we are not allowed to talk about it," Peter said.
Reed was asked to comment after the meeting, and declined to give any information about its progress.
He said, though, that there were fewer candidates after the meeting than beforehand.
As for the inauguration of SJSU's new president, "that becomes a negotiable item," Reed said. "I would very much like to see a new president on this campus after the first of July, but again that depends on what the person has to disengage from."
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