Next President @ University of Iowa?
There’s discussion on who will be the next president of the University of Iowa on the forums today. TH privied us to a discussion being broadcast over WSUI.
Sousy chimes in with the following distillation:
I’m listening off and on.The things I’m gathering:
1) The U of I community is not happy.
2) There seems to be a split of opinion in terms of ‘where to go next’.and…
3) While it seems that the panel members have stated ‘all the candidates we selected would have made an outstanding president’, it doesn’t sound like there was a lot of enthusiasm for “the candidates” themselves. Most of the anger here seems to be that the University of Iowa faculty/staff representatives were not allowed to simply choose their own candidate.
It’s obvious that there is a difference of opinion over the type of candidate that the University staff committees want, and the type of candidate the board (or “Michael Gartner”) wants to hire… and a lot of frustration.
The only thing that baffles me: the seeming silence (for the moment) on the part of the Board of Regents in terms of the ‘reasoning’ for rejecting the slate. I’m sure there were good reasons – but I’d like to know what they are, and what happens next.
See also: UI faculty, students move ahead
on ‘no confidence’ votes
- pdx
October 2nd, 2007 at 2:34 pm
We’re looking for bloggers who can cover a national Town Hall meeting hosted by John Ratzenberger in Des Moines at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, Oct. 17, in the Hy-Vee Hall of the Iowa Events Center (730 Third Street, Des Moines).
I’ve pasted some info on the event below. Please feel free to contact me if you might be interested in attending and/or blogging at the event. I’d also be very grateful if you could please post this notice or pass it along to anyone who might be interested in blogging.
Many thanks,
Steven Capozzola
Communications Director
Alliance for American Manufacturing
Phone: (202) 393-3430
scapozzola@aamfg.org
www.americanmanufacturing.org
A national Town Hall meeting, hosted by John Ratzenberger, will be held in Des Moines at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, Oct. 17, in the Hy-Vee Hall of the Iowa Events Center (730 Third Street, Des Moines). Iowa bloggers are invited to attend and cover the event. A brief summary:
1. The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), a national, non-partisan organization based in Washington, DC, is sponsoring the event.
2. The meeting will be hosted by TV’s John Ratzenberger (‘Cheers,’ The Travel Channel’s ‘Made in America’).
3. The event will focus on Iowa’s continuing loss of manufacturing jobs. Voters will be encouraged to ask candidates blunt questions about what they’ll do to help save U.S. manufacturing.
4. Attendance is free, and is open to the general public. Bloggers are encouraged to RSVP in order to reserve media seating and prime Internet access.
5. Post-show interviews with John Ratzenberger must be arranged via RSVP before the event.
To RSVP, or if you have any questions, please contact Steven Capozzola at: scapozzola@aamfg.org, 202-393-3430. Official website: http://www.americanmanufacturing.org/keep-it-made-in-america/
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January 19th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
i cant believe it has taken this long