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Stony Brook University new President.

I got a E mail from SB about finalizing a new President.  I cant seam to upload it from my phone. When I figure out how,I'll post the E mail.. They will be making a decision shortly from 3 candidates. Hopefully a sports minded President

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Stony Brook University new President.

I got a E mail from SB about finalizing a new President.  I cant seam to upload it from my phone. When I figure out how,I'll post the E mail.. They will be making a decision shortly from 3 candidates. Hopefully a sports minded President

Update on the Status of the Presidential Search

Dear Faculty, Staff and Students:
I am writing to update you on the search for the next president of Stony Brook University. The Search Committee spent the last six months preparing for the search, reviewing candidate materials and interviewing a deeply capable pool of candidates. The Committee finished its work last week by selecting candidates to recommend to the Stony Brook Council. The Council met yesterday and selected three finalists to recommend for consideration by Chancellor Kristina Johnson. I am happy to report that the Committee and the Council reached an overwhelming consensus on these three individuals. Chancellor Johnson will now review the candidates with her Executive Leadership team and select one of them to be our next President. The Chancellor’s selection must be also be approved by the SUNY Board of Trustees.
The campus search process has been most rewarding. We had over 50 applicants, conducted 10 interviews and selected 3 terrific finalists. I thank the members of the Committee and the Council who gave their time and insights throughout this process. We came together as a team focused on finding a set of finalists who could take Stony Brook to the next level. As noted in an earlier message, our goal was to attract a dynamic, strategic and collaborative leader who will continue the momentum and enhance Stony Brook in its role as a top national research university. I believe we have met this charge and look forward to the entire SBU campus community welcoming the candidate ultimately approved by the Chancellor and the SUNY Board.

Sincerely,

Kevin S. Law
Chair, Stony Brook Council
Chair, Presidential Search Committee

Maureen McInnis. Vice President of University of Texas. Art history major. Looks like an anti-Stanley. But a voice from the Big 12 has to be a great thing.

https://news.stonybrook.edu/university/maurie-mcinnis-named-sixth-president-of-stony-brook-university/

opening thoughts:
 
-large state U experience as provost & EVP (UTexas and Virginia)

-knows how to operate in large state educational system (SUNY 64 campuses, 425k students; UT 14 campuses 240k students) (and if you include other TX state systems, much larger)

-from texas, where sports are forefront (revenues, TV contracts, facilities)

-good academic institutions in her background (UT, Yale, UVa)

-having spent some time in austin (though, 20 years ago), they have a vibrant community that supports the U; hopefully she makes immediate changes and brings some of that up here; will be an uphill challenge as we know


Wish list- once COVID is overwith, immediately put together a committee on student life please.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurie_D._McInnis

Thanks Michael Alan Bernstein for your service!

Quote from: Green Baron on March 26, 2020, 04:34:17 pm

Maureen McInnis. Vice President of University of Texas. Art history major. Looks like an anti-Stanley. But a voice from the Big 12 has to be a great thing.

https://news.stonybrook.edu/university/maurie-mcinnis-named-sixth-president-of-stony-brook-university/

I'm in agreement. She'll make a great face for the university. So long as she's not anti-sports (can't imagine her being so coming from UT Austin/The Big 12) I don't anticipate having a problem with her. Glad we took our time and hopefully found the right person.

Serious question. over 6 months of scouring the globe for a new President that would be a great fit for SBU. I have a question..I really dont know anything about how to run a University, or anything close to that, however. Isin't SB predominately a research university, big into Medical, Engineering,hings of that nature. Maurie Mclinnis has her degree in history of slave and abolitionist Art. Served as Curator for multiple musuem exibitions. How does that correlate to making Stony Brook University, and school of medicine better? Where is her background in medical research, Math, etc... Enlighten me please. 

Serious question. over 6 months of scouring the globe for a new President that would be a great fit for SBU. I have a question..I really dont know anything about how to run a University, or anything close to that, however. Isin't SB predominately a research university, big into Medical, Engineering,hings of that nature. Maurie Mclinnis has her degree in history of slave and abolitionist Art. Served as Curator for multiple musuem exibitions. How does that correlate to making Stony Brook University, and school of medicine better? Where is her background in medical research, Math, etc... Enlighten me please.

Someone with a science background may have been a better fit, but to be fair, Shirley Kenny's degree was in English literature, and she did a lot to expand SBU's prestige.

Quote from: VA_Seawolf on March 26, 2020, 04:47:24 pm

Quote from: Green Baron on March 26, 2020, 04:34:17 pm

Maureen McInnis. Vice President of University of Texas. Art history major. Looks like an anti-Stanley. But a voice from the Big 12 has to be a great thing.

https://news.stonybrook.edu/university/maurie-mcinnis-named-sixth-president-of-stony-brook-university/

I'm in agreement. She'll make a great face for the university. So long as she's not anti-sports (can't imagine her being so coming from UT Austin/The Big 12) I don't anticipate having a problem with her. Glad we took our time and hopefully found the right person.

Serious question. over 6 months of scouring the globe for a new President that would be a great fit for SBU. I have a question..I really dont know anything about how to run a University, or anything close to that, however. Isin't SB predominately a research university, big into Medical, Engineering,hings of that nature. Maurie Mclinnis has her degree in history of slave and abolitionist Art. Served as Curator for multiple musuem exibitions. How does that correlate to making Stony Brook University, and school of medicine better? Where is her background in medical research, Math, etc... Enlighten me please.

She seems to have the right experience coming from UT Austin with several great schools in her background. I'm not really concerned about what her own major was at this point. I just hope she'll be good for the university which I think she will be.