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UGA Presidential Search Committee Want a President With Vision & Integrity

Group met in Athens, Ga., for its first of many meetings.

 

A will recommend who should become the next president of the University of Georgia. Chaired by Board of Regents member and UGA alum--holding both an undergraduate and a law degree--Larry Walker, the group met Tuesday in Athens at the

And what do the members want the next president to possess?

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According to a story in the Athens Banner Herald, the search committee members want integrity and vision. They want someone who can work in Georgia's 159 counties. They want someone who can embrace the shared vision of the university's many colleges and schools. They want a team builder.

Members are from from just about every group involved with UGA: students, alumni, faculty, staff, regents.

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The ABH story says the group will cull from 50 to 30 candidates down to about eight and then make a final group of three to five people. The search committee is working with a consultant in the process.

President Michael Adams leaves his position in June 2013.


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