By IAN BENJAMIN
Executive Editor
The Presidential Search Committee met the week of Dec. 18 to discuss the credentials of more than 50 candidates. Nine of those candidates will be interviewed in early January.
The first pool of candidates was previously selected by Allen Koenig of R. H. Perry and Associates, who conducted pre-screening and preliminary background checks, a process which began Nov. 30.
Among other criteria the pre-screening process chose candidates based upon having earned a doctoral degree, a “noteworthy record of teaching, research and service,” past experience as a president or senior administrator, “financial acumen,” and notable fund-raising ability.
The co-chairs of the presidential search committee, Dan Nolan and Judy Calogero, informed the Saint Rose campus community of the upcoming interviews in an e-mail sent Dec. 29.