New Mexico State University will host two listening sessions at the Corbett Center Student Union auditorium Wednesday, Aug. 23, to gather input on what the university should look for in its next leader.
 


The first listening session will be at 10 a.m. Aug. 23, and an evening session will take place at 6 p.m. Aug. 23. Participants may also view and provide input via Zoom. The campus community and the general public are invited to participate in the sessions.


 
In December, the NMSU Board of Regents authorized and instructed the university’s administration to begin working with the board on a search process for the university’s next president. The Board of Regents hosted two listening sessions in Las Cruces in May, and have hosted additional listening sessions statewide.


 
At a special meeting July 14, the Board of Regents announced that the university’s next top leader will be a president, not a chancellor. This change restores a previous title and structure the university has used throughout most of its history.


 
During the meeting, the board also announced the membership of the search committee tasked with helping find NMSU’s next president. That committee includes chair Ben Woods, Georgina Badoni, Citlalli Benitez, Susanne Berger, Neal Bitsie, Wanda Bowman, Maria de Boyrie, Christopher Brown, Abel Covarrubias, Leslie Edgar, Gaylene Fasenko, Patricio Gonzales, John Heckendorn, Christian Hendrickson, Scott Hutchinson, Lionell Manlutac, Sabrina Martin, Donald Martinez, Enrico Pontelli, Marisa Sage, Steve Stochaj, Kimberly Stone, Mónica Torres, John Wenzel and Cynthia Wise.


 
The university will also work with the public opinion company Research and Polling to ensure feedback is gathered from as many people as possible.


 
For more information about the listening sessions, email regents@nmsu.edu . To share ideas on who NMSU’s next leader should be and for updates on NMSU’s presidential search process, visit https://nmsu.edu/president-search/ .

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