Regents to hear UAF and UAA chancellor search updates
May 15, 2017
The University of Alaska Board of Regents will hold a special meeting today to hear
updates on the searches for chancellors at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and
the University of Alaska Anchorage. The meeting will be from 1-2 p.m. at 204 Butrovich
Building.
The meeting will be available by videoconference in 204 Administrative Building at
UAA and in 204 Hendrickson Building at the University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau.
The meeting will be livestreamed at http://www.alaska.edu/bor/live/ with the exception of the executive session.
The meeting agenda is available at http://www.alaska.edu/bor/agendas/2017/may-15.
Four candidates interested in the UAF chancellorship spoke in Fairbanks this spring,
and their information may be found here. Dana Thomas has served as UAF interim chancellor since August 2016 .
UAA Chancellor Tom Case announced his retirement in April and will leave June 30.
Sam Gingerich, UAA executive vice chancellor and provost, will serve as the interim
chancellor at the Anchorage university. A search committee will start seeking applicants
for the UAA chancellor position.
For more information, contact Roberta Graham, associate vice president of public affairs,
at 907-360-2416 (cell).