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Tentative Search Process and Timeline for President
Revised 8/13/2010

PHASE I - Research and Sourcing
June 12 Koeing drafts Executive Search Profile; Board and Search Committee Chairs edit and revise Profile by June 17.
June 21 and July 2 Chronicle of Higher Education advertisement goes online and in print.
July - August RHPA (Consulting firm) recruits qualified candidates and uploads candidate files to Secure Client Site.
PHASE II - Selection and Evaluation
August 13 Search Committee receives access to RHPA's Seciure Client site to begin reviewing applications that have arrived.
August 21 - September 10 Screening (Skype) interviews and reference checks for promising candidates are obtained by RHPA and candidate files are updated online.
September 3 Search Committee meets to discuss the evaluate candidates.
September 21 (12-5pm) RHPA presents top candidates to Search Committee; Committee selects 6-8 semi-finalists. (Wheeling)
October 2-3 Search Committee conducts semi-finalists interviews. (Airport)
October 3 Search Commitee selects finialists for campus visits.
PHASE III - Final Due Diligence and Appointment
October 13-15 and October 18 Finialists are interviewed on campus.
October 20 (am) Search Council meets with the Search Committee to review final due diligence; Committee recommends 1-3 candidates to the Board. (Wheeling)
October 20 (pm) The Board approves the appointment of a president.
January 1, 2011 The new President assumes office.