Provost Search
Chicago State University seeks an outstanding leader to serve as its next Provost and Senior Vice President
of Academic and Student Affairs. The Provost and Senior Vice President serves as the
#2 position in the Chicago State University Administration, serves on the President’s
Executive Leadership Team and serves as the institution’s Chief Academic Officer.
This position reports directly to the president and works in concert with the president,
deans, vice presidents, and the campus community to strengthen the university’s reputation
as an internationally recognized institution of higher education.
The Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs manages reporting line authority for the following areas: the university’s eight academic areas (Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Health Sciences; Honors College; School of Pharmacy, Student Success, and Nontraditional Programs), as well as the Library, Registrar's office, Graduate and Professional Studies, Sponsored Programs, and Student Affairs. This list is not exhaustive. Learn more about the Office of the Provost.
Search Committee
We're delighted to announce the leaders and members selected by various departments
at Chicago State University to form the committee. This committee will be responsible
for recommending our next Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic and Student
Affairs to the President. We welcome input from the University community on this matter.
Search Committee Membership
- Co-Chair: Dr. Moussa Ayyash
- Co-Chair: Dr. Jeremy Hughes
Members
- Zafar Bokhari
- Christine Brown
- Rosalind Fielder-Giscombe
- Athanase Gahungu
- Bobbi Garner-Stewart
- Fatimah Howell - undergraduate student
- Kristy Mardis
- Andrew Maselli
- De'Andre Nunn
- Mathew Pawlowski - graduate student
- Oscar Rodriguez
- Byung-In Seo Seo
- Mark Smith
- Kim Tran
Search committee project management - Ms. Jimell Byrd-Reno, Associate Vice President of Project Management and Special Projects jbyrd@csu.edu
President Scott's Charge to the Committee
“The committee itself is broadly representative, but individual members are not charged
with representing a constituency. Each of you represents the institution as a whole,
and your charge is to find a great new Provost for the University.”
Search Events
October 2023
- Announcement of Search Committee
- Search Consultant Identified
November 2023
- Committee receives Charge from President Scott
- Committee begins to meet
December 2023
- Academic Search visited campus
- Prospectus completed and application launched December 18
- Search committee reviews applications
January 2024
- Search committee continues to review applications
- Application deadline is January 29
February 2024
- 2/15/2024 - Committee has concluded its screening of semi-finalist candidates and have selected four finalists
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2/16/2024 - Candidates invited for in-person interviews the weeks of February 19 and February 26
March 2024
- 3/18/2024 - Committee Chairs meet with President to share recommendations
April 2024
- 4/11/2024 - New Provost announced
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