With the start of the fall semester — and Chancellor Nancy Cantor’s final semester at Syracuse University — the search for her successor remains on task with its timeline.

“The work of the committee continues to move forward as the new academic year begins,” said chancellor search committee chair Joanne Alper in an email.

The committee spent the summer interviewing candidates, though Alper declined commenting on the names or the amount of remaining candidates. Details of the search will remain confidential to guarantee the candidates’ anonymity and protect their current positions at other institutions, she said.

“Given that candidates have been promised confidentiality, there is not much more I can say at this point,” Alper said.

The timeline of the search, available on the chancellor search’s website, maintains that a new chancellor will be selected by winter 2013.

Alper did praise the search committee though, and said it was clear that the committee consisted of an “outstanding group of dedicated members.” Committee members represent a range of constituencies, and include professors from varying schools, Board of Trustees members and three students — junior Ivan Rosales, senior PJ Alampi and Patrick Neary, a doctoral candidate in the mathematics department, according to the website.

The SU community’s input to the committee continues to play a large role in the search process, Alper said. Such outreach included feedback on the desired qualities of the incoming chancellor from campus community, greater Central New York Area, and alumni in cities across the nation.

Alper said she hopes to release greater details of the search once the process is complete.

Published on August 27, 2013 at 2:38 am

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