President Mordechai Rozanski announced last week that upon the recommendation of the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs Search Committee, he has invited three candidates to be interviewed by the campus community on February 23-24; 27-28 and March 2-3, 2006.

The search resulted in a diverse group of 97 applicants and nominees being reviewed for the position. The Search Committee interviewed eight impressive candidates and selected three of them as finalists.

“Each candidate will have one and a half days of interviews on both campuses,” President Rozanski said in his announcement. “In addition, because this position is of such importance to the entire University community, I have asked each candidate to meet the Rider community in an open forum in the Bart Luedeke Center Theater to deliver brief remarks and to respond to questions. I invite all members of the community who are interested to attend these sessions.”

To view a summary bio of each candidate, please click here.

To view the date, time and location of the candidates’ public presentations and their interview schedule, please click here. The candidates’ letters of interest and full resumes are available on reserve in the libraries on both campuses. If you attend the public forum, you are encouraged to send or e-mail President Rozanski (mrozanski@rider.edu) with your confidential feedback about the candidates no later than March 6.

“I greatly appreciate the invaluable assistance and advice of the Search Committee members: John Buschman, Lindsey Christiansen, Susan Denbo, Julie Drawbridge, Lauren Eder, Ira Mayo, Jonathan Millen, Joe Nadeau, Nancy Westburg, and Trustees Bonnie Dimun and Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan,” President Rozanski said. “I also offer special thanks to Witt/Kieffer, our executive search firm, and particularly to Lucy Leske, our search consultant.”