College of Arts and Sciences Dean named finalist for Kentucky provost

IU College of Arts and Sciences Dean Kumble Subbaswamy was named one of two\nfinal candidates for provost at the University of Kentucky Thursday.\nUK President Lee Todd announced the two final candidates in a campus-wide e-mail\nThursday. He said both candidates will visit with faculty members and students.\nSubbaswamy will visit Dec. 12.\n"We feel fortunate to have two outstanding candidates, with impeccable\ncredentials," said Jeannine Blackwell, dean of the UK graduate school and\nco-chair of the provost search committee. "They have excellent reputations,\nboth as scholars and academic administrators, and have a proven record for\nengaging the communities their institutions serve."\nThe new UK provost will replace Mike Nietzel, who left UK and became the\npresident of Missouri State University in July.\nSubbaswamy was one of several final candidates for the position of\nIU-Bloomington chancellor and University-wide senior vice president for\nacademic affairs, but was turned down by IU President Adam Herbert after the\nchancellor search committee named him a finalist. Herbert decided to continue\nthe chancellor search after a 10-month search yielded three finalists, none of\nwhom were found to be acceptable candidates.\nThe announcement to continue the IUB chancellor search marked the beginning of a\nBloomington faculty uproar and lead the faculty to hold special meetings and\neventually pass two resolutions to be sent to the board of trustees. One\nresolution asks for a special review of Herbert by the board, and the other\nasks for the Bloomington campus' best interests to be the primary factor in\nselecting a new IUB chancellor.\nIU spokesman Larry MacIntyre said Herbert has no comment on Subbaswamy's\ncandidacy for UK provost. Herbert has never acknowledged that Subbaswamy was a\ncandidate for IUB chancellor.\nThe other candidate, Terry King, is the dean of engineering at Kansas State\nUniversity.