The University of Alaska Anchorage is set to host four finalists in its search for a new chancellor between September 8 and 18. Each candidate will spend two days on the Anchorage campus meeting with students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members.
The visits will include campus tours, meetings with university stakeholders, and open forums where the public can ask questions and share perspectives about the university’s future leadership. The new chancellor will replace Sean Parnell, who retired earlier this year.
The four finalists are:
- Jennifer Capps, Ph.D. – Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Cal Poly Humboldt. Visit: Sept. 8–9
- Diane Hirshberg, Ph.D. – Director, Institute of Social and Economic Research, UAA. Visit: Sept. 11–12
- John R. Ballard, Ph.D. – President, National Intelligence University. Visit: Sept. 15–16
- Aaron Dotson, Ph.D. – Vice Chancellor for Research, UAA. Visit: Sept. 17–18
Notably, Hirshberg and Dotson are already part of the UAA community. Capps and Ballard bring national perspectives from California and the intelligence community, respectively.
University leaders are inviting community members to attend the open forums, which provide a chance to ask questions, share perspectives, and help shape UAA’s leadership.
Detailed schedules, biographies, and registration information for the forums are available on the UAA Chancellor Search webpage at heyor.ca/DRtP3E
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So, the four finalists for Chancellor of UAA will meet with these stakeholders: students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members. That but all guarantees the least offensive candidate as viewed by this audience will get crowned chancellor. But the problem is that is not how to select a leader. Leadership requires vision, integrity decisiveness and the ability to enter uncharted waters. Let us see the outcome of the UAA process and determined of the stakeholders crowned the best candidate.
Seems like the perfect time to consolidate the Alaska University system.
If John R. Ballard is selected, you can bet that Dan Sullivan will take credit for “[getting] him the job”, like he did with the VA director, because Sullivan never misses an opportunity to promote himself as the best thing Ohio ever gave Alaska.
They’ll be marching in circles,only turning left!