A Message from Search Committee Chair Sandra Woodley 10-15-14

Updates on the Grambling State University Presidential Search.
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A Message from Search Committee Chair Sandra K. Woodley:

UL System President Sandra K. Woodley

October 15, 2014


The committee charged with selecting a new Grambling State University president will meet in Baton Rouge at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday, October 23, to discuss the revised tentative timeline, advertisement schedule, and search firm.  We will webcast the meeting live at http://streaming.louisiana.gov

As I shared with you previously, the original goal to name a new president in October will be extended into Spring 2015 in order to comply with the state’s Request for Proposals (RFP) process. Following the May 8, 2014, inaugural meeting and public hearing of the Grambling Presidential Search Committee, UL System staff immediately initiated an RFP process to select a search firm.  Proposals were submitted, reviewed and scored in July; a contract was negotiated in August; and the contract is pending final approval from the state’s Office of Contractual Review. 

The new proposed timeline under consideration will include a February preferred application date, semi-finalist interviews in March, and finalist interviews and selection in April 2015.  We will share with you the specific dates for the updated timeline as soon as they are approved by the search committee.  In the interim I encourage you to click on the links below to visit the special search website and provide input to the search committee members. 

From the start we discussed the need to seek out a firm with particular experience in HBCU searches because this kind of experience should provide the highest quality pool of potential candidates.  It will be worth the extra time it takes to find the best possible fit for Grambling at this crucial point in its history.

Dr. Sandra K. Woodley, President
University of Louisiana System

GUNAA Town Hall Meetings

The Grambling University National Alumni Association (GUNAA) organized a series of presidential search town hall meetings with out-of-state alumni.  Click on a thumbnail image below to download the flyers and agendas of past meetings.  A November 8th meeting is scheduled in Los Angeles and details will be posted on the search website.

HOUSTON
CHICAGO
DETROIT
ATLANTA
View the Search Website

PROPOSED UPDATED TIMELINE*

October 23, 2014
Search Committee meeting

February 2015
Preferred date for nominations and applications

March 2015
Interviews with semi-finalists to occur on the Grambling campus

April 2015
Special meeting of the UL System Board in Baton Rouge to interview finalists and select the new president

*Specific dates/times to be determined

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