*Dates are designed to optimize community input, but are also subject to change, if needed.

August 2025

• Executive Search Firm AGB, President Joe, and the Search Committee co-chairs will meet to finalize the timeline, search committee membership, outreach strategies, priorities, and desired characteristics of a potential Vice President for Student Affairs. They will also finalize the leadership profile and job description.

August 2025 – October 2025

• The job is posted, and recruitment begins.
• The search committee finalizes interview materials.
• Application materials are reviewed individually by the search committee on an ongoing basis.

October 2025

• The search committee determines semi-finalists.
• Virtual interviews are conducted between October 29th - October 31st.
• Finalists are invited to an in-person interview.

November 2025

• Interviews are conducted on campus between November 10th - November 13th, including candidate presentations for the campus community on the designated interview days. Finalists may meet with additional constituents as needed.
• The search committee prepares to recommend acceptable candidates to the President.

December 2025

• The President will extend an offer to the desired candidate. The final candidate accepts the offer, and an appointment will be announced to the campus community. 

To oversee the process of selecting the next Vice President for Student Affairs, the Staff, Student, and Faculty Senates, along with union leadership, collaborated with the President to form a search committee. The committee, with assistance from search firm AGB, will manage the recruitment and assessment of candidates, presenting finalists to the President and campus community.

• Ariane Newman, Associate Provost for Academic Success, Co-Chair
• Tracy Stuart, Chief of Police, Co-Chair
• Stephanie Allen, Program Assistant, Health Services
• Donnetrice Allison, Professor of Communications & Africana Studies
• Diane Garrison, Executive Director of Budget, Financial Planning & Campus Services
• Ariel Graziano, Student Senate, President
• Cheyenne Riehl, Student Success Librarian
• Tina Zappile, Associate Professor of Political Science, Faculty Director Hughes Center
• Jongbook Yi - Associate Professor of Asian Philosophy (Search Advocate)

Staff to the committee:

• Heather Watkins-Jones, Deputy Chief of Staff & Board Liaison  (Administrative Support to the Committee)
• Stephanie Clineman, Assistant to the Vice President for Community Engagement (Administrative Support to the Committee)