UM Chancellor search narrows
BANGOR — Three candidates have been selected as finalists for the University of Maine System chancellor. Earlier this year, current Chancellor Richard L. Pattenaude announced his intention to step down by the end of June 2012. Pattenaude has served as chancellor since 2007.
The three candidates, in alphabetical order, are:
• Meredith Hay is currently special advisor to the chair of the Arizona Board of Regents for Strategic Initiatives and professor of physiology at the University of Arizona’s (UA) College of Medicine, and formerly held vice president-level positions at UA, the University of Iowa and the University of Missouri System;
• James Page is currently principal and chief executive officer of the James W. Sewall Company and adjunct associate professor at the UMaine’s Department of Philosophy, and formerly, president, senior vice president and chief operating officer of the Sewall Company; and
• Rebecca Wyke is currently vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of Maine System and formerly commissioner of the state of Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services and chief deputy secretary of state for the state of Maine.
Campus visits by each individual are scheduled to take place between Jan. 17 and 20. Campus visits will begin at the University of Southern Maine in Portland. They’ll also visit the University of Maine in Orono, the System Office in Bangor and the University of Maine at Fort Kent. Students, faculty, staff and local community members at the System’s four other universities will have the opportunity to participate in campus visits via the System’s videoconferencing system. Additional information about the candidates and schedules for campus visits may be found at www.maine.edu/UMSchancellorsearch.
