Kennesaw State officially opened the provost and vice president for academic affairs position by posting the job ad on its website on Monday, Aug. 6.
The provost is the chief academic officer at the university and is responsible for “all aspects of the University’s academic mission, including the intellectual environment for faculty, students and staff, and planning, budgeting, supervising and reviewing programs in instruction, research and continuing education,” the ad reads.
The ad also lays out what the university expects from the next provost. Some expectations listed include “exemplary interpersonal and communication skills, commitment to the goals of diversity and inclusion and an appreciation of the role and mission of a large, comprehensive and ascending public university.”
Before the posting the ad, KSU President Pamela Whitten sent an email to faculty, staff and students on July 25 to announce the finalized members of the Provost Search Committee.
There are 20 members on the committee that Whitten said is composed of a “broad spectrum” of faculty and staff members from the Kennesaw and Marietta campuses and each of KSU’s 13 colleges.
Whitten said she also included members that report directly to the provost and representatives from each of KSU’s governing boards. Jon Preston, dean of the College of Computing and Software Engineering, currently serves as the chair of the committee.
Matthew Hunnicutt, a student representative and the president of the Student Government Association, was also chosen to serve on the committee.
The current interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Linda Noble took over the role in February after former Provost Ken Harmon became the interim president.
Harmon announced later in February that, once a new president was chosen, he wanted to step down from the role of provost and take on a faculty position in the School of Accountancy. The committee is currently working to fill the position that Harmon has left vacant.