Updates from the Search Committee Chair
April 11, 2012
The CANR Dean Search Committee reported its findings to Provost Wilcox on Monday, April 9.
The Committee would like to thank all who took an active interest in the search and especially those who nominated potential candidates, participated in the public presentations and other interview activities, and shared their opinions with committee members via the on-line surveys and other venues. We also thank in particular the ANR Communications staff for maintaining the dean search web site and arranging for webcasts of the presentations. This was a community effort, and we look forward to its successful conclusion.
Phil Robertson and Joan Rose
Chair and Vice Chair, CANR Dean Search Committee
March 23, 2012
A message from the Chair of the CANR Dean Search Committee:
Thanks to all who have participated in the CANR Dean search thus far. As the search moves into its final phase, the search committee solicits your feedback. If you have not yet done so, please consider filling out a feedback form for each of our four candidates, available at http://canr.msu.edu/canr/candidate_evaluations.
Forms completed by noon on Friday, March 30, will be fully considered.
If you missed one or more of the public presentations, webcast recordings are now available publicly at http://canr.msu.edu/canr/public_presentations. Recordings will be available until noon on March 30.
As noted on the timeline posted at the dean search web page (http://canr.msu.edu/canr/canr_dean_search), the search committee will meet the week of April 2 to finalize our recommendations to Provost Wilcox.
Your input, submitted via the form above, is an important part of the search.
Thanks as always for your help with this important process, and please let me know of concerns or questions.
Phil Robertson
Chair, CANR Dean Search Committee
March 22, 2012
Please plan to join your CANR colleagues in providing valuable input as we
welcome
Dr. Chandra Reddy
Interim Dean of the College of Agriculture and Director of Research and
Extension, Kansas State University
Public visit: Thursday, March 22, 2-3:30 p.m., Kellogg Center Auditorium
If you can?t join us in person, but would like to view the presentation as it
happens, please visit: http://canr.msu.edu/canr/connect_with_the_candidates
and follow the instructions.
To fill out the evaluation form for Dr. Reddy, please visit http://canr.msu.edu/canr/candidate_evaluations.
Dr. Reddy’s CV is available: Reddy
CV (full version); Reddy (short version)
After the Dr. Reddy’s presentation, the recorded session will be available.
Please visit http://canr.msu.edu/canr/public_presentations
and follow the instructions view the recorded session (following the
presentation).
Thank you
March 19, 2012
Please plan to join your CANR colleagues in providing valuable input as we
welcome
Dr. Gary M. Pierzynski
Interim Dean of the College of Agriculture and Director of Research and
Extension, Kansas State University
Public visit: Monday, March 19, 2-3:30 p.m., Kellogg Center Auditorium
If you can?t join us in person, but would like to view the presentation as it
happens, please visit: http://canr.msu.edu/canr/connect_with_the_candidates
and follow the instructions.
To fill out the evaluation form for Dr. Pierzynski, please visit http://canr.msu.edu/canr/candidate_evaluations.
Pierzynski
CV (full version); Pierzynski
(short version)
After the Dr. Pierzynski?s presentation, the recorded session will be
available. Please visit http://canr.msu.edu/canr/public_presentations
and follow the instructions view the recorded session (following the
presentation).
Thank you
March 15, 2012
In order to preserve the integrity of the CANR Dean’s Search, we are requesting that those who would like to see the recorded session of any completed Dean candidate’s public presentation email Steve Evans in ANR Communications (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)).
Mr. Evans will add you to the user list and forward you the link to the Adobe Connection session.
When you click on the link in the email from Mr. Evans, you will be directed to an Adobe Connect session. Click on the ‘proceed’ button. At that time, you will be asked for your MSU Net ID and password. Enter those and the session will begin.
(Once all of the Dean’s Search candidates’ public presentations have been recorded, we will post all of them online.)
Please also remember to fill out online evaluations regarding the candidates. Evaluations are found here: http://canr.msu.edu/canr/candidate_evaluations
March 14, 2012
Reminder: CANR Dean candidate Dr. John P. Hayes public presentation scheduled
Please plan to join your CANR colleagues in providing valuable input as we welcome
Dr. John P. Hayes
Interim Dean for Research and Director of the Florida Experiment Station, University of Florida
Public visit: Wednesday, March 14, 2-3:30 p.m., Plant and Soil Sciences Building Auditorium
To fill out the evaluation form for Dr. Hayes, please click here.
Hayes CV (full version); Hayes CV (short version)
March 9, 2012
Reminder: CANR Dean candidate Dr. Steven D. Hanson public presentation scheduled
Please plan to join your CANR colleagues in providing valuable input as we welcome
Dr. Steven D. Hanson
Asst. Dean of International Studies and Programs, and Chair of the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University
Public presentation: Monday, March 12, 2-3:30 p.m., Kellogg Center Auditorium
Can’t join us in person? Visit http://connect.msu.edu/canrdeansearch2012/ to hear and see the presentation as it happens.
Can’t make it during that time? View Dr. Hanson’s recorded session (posted after 3:30 p.m., March 12): http://canr.msu.edu/canr/canr_dean_candidates
.
To fill out the online evaluation form for Dr. Hanson, please visit http://canr.msu.edu/canr/canr_dean_candidates
.
Hanson CV (full version); Hanson CV (short version)
March 2, 2012
A message from the Chair of the CANR Dean Search Committee:
The CANR Dean Search Committee is pleased to announce that four finalists have been selected for campus interviews and will be visiting campus beginning March 12:
Dr. Steven D. Hanson
Asst. Dean of International Studies and Programs, and Chair of the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University
Dr. John P. Hayes
Interim Dean for Research and Director of the Florida Experiment Station, University of Florida
Dr. Gary M. Pierzynski
Interim Dean of the College of Agriculture and Director of Research and Extension, Kansas State University
Dr. Chandra Reddy
Dean and Director of Research/Extension, College of Agriculture, Human, and Natural Sciences, Tennessee State University
Each candidate will visit campus for 2 days beginning March 12, meeting with key faculty, staff, and administrators as well as external stakeholders, and providing, in a public presentation, their vision for transporting CANR forward. Short CVs of each candidate will be posted on the CANR Dean Search web site in the next few days (http://canr.msu.edu/canr/canr_dean_search).
Feedback on each candidate will be solicited via forms provided at the public presentations as well as on-line.
Public presentations are scheduled for the following times. At least an hour of each presentation will be available for Q&A. They will be webcast and recorded for those unable to attend in person.
· Monday, March 12, 2-3:30 p.m., Kellogg Center Auditorium: Dr. Steven Hanson
· Wednesday, March 14, 2-3:30 p.m., Plant and Soil Sciences Building Auditorium: Dr. John Hayes
· Monday, March 19, 2-3:30 p.m., Kellogg Center Auditorium: Dr. Gary Pierzynski
· Thursday, March 22, 2-3:30 p.m., Kellogg Center Auditorium, Dr. Chandra Reddy
We look forward to showing our finalists the vibrancy of MSU in general and of CANR in particular, and hearing about their ideas and vision for moving the College forward. Please plan to participate in these interviews to the fullest extent possible, and to then convey your viewpoints to the search committee – a crucial part of the search process.
Thanks as always for your help with this important process, and please let me know of concerns or questions.
Phil Robertson
Chair, CANR Dean Search Committee
February 28, 2012
The CANR Dean Search Committee has now conducted Skype interviews with nine candidates, and has recommended to Provost Wilcox that four candidates be invited for on-campus interviews. As soon as the interview list is approved, candidates contacted and schedules confirmed (likely by early next week, but possibly sooner), we will announce names and the finalized campus interview schedule. As noted in an earlier update, we expect interviews to be conducted the weeks of March 12 and 19.
The presentations will be webcast and recorded for those unable to attend in person. The tentative times for public presentations follow:
- C1: 2-3:30 p.m., March 12
- C2: 2-3:30 p.m., March 14
- C3: 2-3:30 p.m., March 19
- C4: 2-3:30 p.m., March 22
Thanks for your help to date with the search. Please let me know of questions or concerns.
Phil Robertson
Chair, CANR Dean Search Committee
January 18, 2012
We have made great progress in our search for highly-qualified candidates. To date, we have20-30 strong applications either on hand or promised, which we understand to be a healthy number for these sorts of searches. The Search Committee is thus on schedule to select the first round of candidates (for short video interviews) the week of February 13.
We’re very appreciative of the several hundred suggestions for possible candidates provided by the CANR community. All have been contacted, and there have been many productive conversations as a result. Suggestions, by the way, are still welcome, but of course time is getting tight.
We have also begun preparations for campus interviews the weeks of March 12 and 19. We expect each candidate to spend three days on campus and will post a draft schedule in the coming weeks. In addition to meetings with senior administrators—including the President and Provost—there will also be meetings with key groups and a public presentation that will include ample time for questions and answers. The presentation will be recorded for those unable to attend. After each interview, we expect to solicit feedback from all who care to respond via paper and web-based forms.
Thank you for your continuing help with the search. Please let me know of questions and concerns.
Phil Roberton
Chair, CANR Dean Search Committee
November 18, 2011
The CANR Dean Search Committee announces the official start of the search for our next dean, and solicits your help with identifying great candidates. Please distribute the position announcement (http://tinyurl.com/78t9yvb) to interested colleagues, but more importantly please consider who you think might make an excellent candidate and bring their names to our attention. Many excellent candidates will not be forthcoming on their own, and we are committed to recruiting the strongest pool possible - which means active recruiting.
We are working with the professional academic search firm of Lansing and Whitfield, and we ask that you submit names of potential candidates to Margot Lansing (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) who can then follow-up in a confidential manner. Alternatively, feel free to submit names to me or to any search committee member. It’s not necessary that you contact the potential candidate first, but of course that would be fine too. It is, however, important that you let me or the search firm know so potential candidates don’t fall through the cracks.
We are also soliciting list-serves and other potential places to place the advertisement. And if you know someone who is currently in a national or administrative position who could provide insight into recruiting potential candidates, please do not hesitate to send that information as well.
We are conducting a vigorous search and welcome your input. We expect to begin reviewing applications in mid-January, to conduct first-round interviews in February (by video) and to host on-campus interviews in March (after spring break). Until the on-campus interviews are scheduled the applicant list is confidential, but I plan to provide periodic updates on the progress of the search as we move through this effort. Please refer back to this area of the website for regular updates.
Thanks in advance for your help with the search, both during this phase as we solicit outstanding candidates and in the on-campus interview phase when we recruit and evaluate finalists for the position. With your help, we will have a first-rate group of candidates and a new dean on board by the start of the next academic year, if not sooner.
Please let me know of questions and concerns.
Phil Robertson
Chair, CANR Dean Search Committee
