The BFA Executive Committee has named four faculty nominees for the CU Boulder faculty seat on the CU Presidential Search Committee.

• Max Boykoff, Professor and Director of Environmental Studies; Institute Fellow, CIRES. Max leads the Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO) while he leads the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Colorado Local Science Engagement Network and co-Directs 'Inside the Greenhouse'
• David Korevaar, Distinguished Professor of Music, Helen and Peter Weil Professor of Piano, and Chair of the Roser Piano and Keyboard Program of the College of Music
• David Paradis, Teaching Professor of History; Secretary, Faculty Council
• Emily Yeh, Professor of Geography and President of the American Association of Geographers

The Board of Regents will be reviewing all search committee nominees and announce the final search committee members in November. Regent Lesley Smith was announced on September 10, 2021 as Chair of the search committee. A decision on co or vice chair is pending. 

The search committee membership includes:

• At least two regents
• 1 dean
• 4 faculty (one from each campus) with distinguished records of achievement
• 2 students (one undergraduate and one graduate)
• 2 staff
• 2 alumni/ae
• 1 CU Board of Foundation member
• 4 community members

For full information on regarding the Presidential search process and related Regent Policies see links below:

 (please also see recently approved changes to )

For questions regarding the faculty nomination, please contact BFA Chair Tiffany Beechy. For all other questions, please see the on the CU Presidential Search webpage. 

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On Monday, September 21, 2021 BFA Chair Tiffany Beechy announced to BFA Representatives and Assembly Liaisons that the Attributes That Should Guide The Selection of the Next CU President had passed. This document will now be forwarded to Board of Regents Chair, Jack Kroll along with CU Presidential Search Committee Co-Chair Lesley Smith. Please see Chair Beechy's message to Assembly members below:

Dear BFA Representatives,

Thank you very much for your participation in the drafting of the faculty statement regarding the upcoming presidential search.  We had a 96% participation rate, with 49 yes votes, zero no votes, and 4 abstentions, so our recommendation will now be forwarded to the Regents, to our shared governance partners on campus, and to the systemwide Faculty Council.  I hope we all stay engaged as the process moves forward.  

Sincerely,

Tiffany Beechy, BFA Chair

Boulder Faculty Assembly

University of Colorado Boulder

Traditional Territories of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations

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