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April 22, 2008
UNI Executive VP and Provost update
New UNI executive vice president and provost search committee named
CEDAR FALLS --- University of Northern Iowa President Benjamin Allen has appointed a committee to conduct a national search for a new executive vice president and provost at UNI.
Catherine Palczewski, professor of communication studies, will serve as chair of the committee.
Members of the search committee, in addition to Palczewski, are: Syed Kirmani, professor of mathematics; Melissa Heston, associate professor of education; Susan Hill, associate professor of religion; Susan Wurtz, associate professor of management and vice chair of the Faculty Senate; Philip Mauceri, head and professor of political science; Roland Carrillo, director of the Office of Financial Aid; Brenda Neff, secretary, Office of the Vice President for Administration & Finance.
Also appointed are: Farzad Moussavi, dean of the College of Business Administration and professor of management; Stacey Christensen, community relations manager, University Marketing & Public Relations; Phyllis Baker, director of Women's & Gender Studies and professor of sociology; Brenda Buzynski, executive assistant, Office of the President; Pernell Cezar, president, Northern Iowa Student Government and a junior real estate and finance:
financial management double major from Gary, Ind.; and Rachel Brinkman, graduate student in the School of Health, Physical Education & Leisure Services and an athletic training major, from Cedar Falls.
The committee will hold its first meeting soon. "Our goal is to have our new executive vice president and provost named before the end of the fall 2008 semester," said Allen.
James Lubker has been serving as interim provost and vice president for academic affairs since the departure of Aaron Podolefsky, who left UNI in 2005 to become president of Central Missouri State University.
This is the second committee to be formed for this search. The first group found candidates, but none were selected for the job.