Saint John's University Presidential Search

Search Timeline

Timeline Subject to Change

November/December 2011:

Consultants hold campus meetings to receive input from campus constituent groups.
Meeting between members of the Presidential Search Committee and Academic Search consultants to discuss search process, timetable, confidentiality, and search priorities/criteria.
Media placements of position announcement.
Academic Search recruitment begins.

January/February 2012:

Presidential Search Committee shortlists candidates for reference checks. Search consultants and the Search Committee conduct reference checks.
A smaller group of semi-finalists are invited for initial off-campus interviews with the Presidential Search Committee.

March 2012:

Presidential Search Committee selects finalists.
Finalist(s) are invited for campus visits.
Following visit(s), Search Committee and Academic Search consultants meet to develop the committee's recommendation of a finalist to the Board of Regents and Abbot.
The Board of Regents selects the next president at Saint John's University.