The members of the Board Search Committee in charge of selecting the next UM Chancellor will be leading a Campus Listening Session from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27 in the Inn at Ole Miss Ballroom.
This event will be the third and final Campus Listening Session. The previous sessions were held on July 13 on the Oxford campus and on Aug. 20 at the UM Medical Center in Jackson.
The event will consist of six sessions dedicated to different constituencies within the University, including students, faculty, staff and alumni.
“The Listening Sessions provide members of both the Board Search Committee and the Campus Search Advisory Committee the opportunity to hear from all segments of the campus community,” said Glenn Boyce, Commissioner of Higher Education. “We hope that many members of the Ole Miss family will take a few minutes to attend the sessions and provide their thoughts on the qualities they would like to see in the next Chancellor.”
The IHL Board of Trustees announced on Sept. 14 that they would not renew the contract of then-Chancellor Dan Jones. After student-led protests against the decision, the board offered Jones a 21-month contract extension, but Jones declined.
Former Provost Morris Stocks officially begins his tenure as interim chancellor on Sept. 15. IHL’s selection of Stocks as the interim chancellor prohibits his nomination for the permanent chancellor’s position.
