Committee begins the search for new provost

Fred Cate, an IU law school professor, will chair a search and screen committee appointed by Interim Provost and IU President-elect Michael McRobbie tasked to review and select candidates for the new position of Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs for the Bloomington campus.\nWith McRobbie leaving his position July 1 to become president of IU, Cate said the search will move fast. McRobbie would like to see a list of candidates by early June, Cate said. \nThe law school professor also said that now that the search has been announced, interested candidates can begin applying. A list of requirements of what is being looked for in each candidate will also be announced.\nThe choice of the new provost will ultimately be up to McRobbie, Cate said. Confirmed committee members include:\n•David Baker, distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Jazz Studies, Jacobs School of Music \n-Thomas Gieryn, Rudy Professor of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences \n•Matthew Jarson, undergraduate and chief of staff to the Indiana University Student Association \n-Peter Kaczmarczyk, Wells Library and president of CWA Local 4730 \n•George Kuh, Chancellor’s Professor, School of Education \n-Isabel Piedmont, French and Italian, College of Arts and Sciences \n•Lisa Pratt, professor, Department of Geological Sciences, College of Arts \nand Sciences \n•Amy Reynolds, associate professor and associate dean for research and graduate studies, School of Journalism \n•David Vollrath, professor of management, School of Business and Economics, IU South Bend \n•Carolyn Walters, executive associate dean, IU Libraries\n(Source of names: IU press release)\nCate said the committee has not yet met, but will soon do so as the search process begins.