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Provost Search

Provost Search Updates

Selection Process Complete

After a nationwide search, Marion Underwood has been named Provost and Executive Vice President at 91°µÍø, effective July 27.

Marion Underwood. Photo provided.

Search Roadmap:

Preparation Phase
  • President Washington names Dr. Ajay Vinze as the Interim Provost
  • Search committee selected and announced
  • Search firm identified to facilitate the overall search process
Planning Phase 
  • Committee reviews previous provost search listening session feedback, last year's Faculty Evaluation of Administrators data, and recent COACHE data to get broad input on campus needs and interceptions
  • Formal drafted
  • Search web page is created to serve as the primary source of information
  • Ads placed to announce position
Evaluation phase
  • Committee screens, reviews nominees and applicants
  • Committee selects candidates for first-round interviews
  • Committee and President Washington interview candidates (airport interviews)
  • Top candidates invited to participate in on-campus interviews
Selection Phase
  • Committee recommends and presents unranked list of two to four finalists to the President
  • President selects and announces next provost
  • New provost introduced to the George Mason community

 

 

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