Interviews for next CMU president begin in November

(NOTE: This article originally appeared in the October 16, 2009 edition of Central Michigan Life.)

A total of 68 candidates submitted applications to succeed Michael Rao as university president.


This number increased from 43 after the first soft deadline of Oct. 1. The final deadline was Monday.

The Presidential Search Screening Committee met that day to begin a review of all submitted applications. The committee will select a small number of candidates to interview and present two to six semifinalists to the Board of Trustees, said presidential search screening committee chairwoman and Trustee Stephanie Comai.

The Board will then interview and select the next university president from that group of candidates.

Comai said interviews will start in November and she hopes to have a new university president announced by Jan. 1, 2010.

CMU presidential search process yields 43 candidates

(NOTE: This article originally appeared in the October 2, 2009 edition of Central Michigan Life.)

Fourty-three candidates have completed the application process to be the next president of Central Michigan University.


Thursday’s deadline is considered a soft deadline, however, said Trustee Stephanie Comai, meaning the screening committee will still accept applications in the near future.

“We anticipate we have a vast majority of people who will complete the process,” said Comai, the presidential search screening committee chairwoman. “But we will still consider candidates.”