tl20030929-000 "TOWEN/lighb Baltimore's #1 College Paper - Published Twice-Weekly - www.thetowerlight.com Monday, 9/29/03 STOP service seeks volunteers Program recruits disabled students 5 Forum to feature 'Hip Hop' author 13 Performances fill October lineup 13 Departments Opinion 2 News 5 Nation 6 Campus briefs 7 Arts 13 Sound Bites 15 Sports 20 In this corner 20 Athlete of the Week 18 Classifieds 16 Provost search moves forward Committee to review applications for position of chief academic officer in confidential search Megan Rotondo The Towerlight Today a committee will begin reviewing applications for the posi-tion of the chief academic officer for the University, as the search to find a new provost and vice president for academic affairs continues. According to a campus-wide e-mail sent Friday, the search process will remain confidential until a short list of acceptable candidates is identified. The search has been underway since late August, when a search committee comprised of students, faculty, staff and administrators from across campus first met to discuss what qualities and qualifications are critical for the new provost. Maria Fracasso, chairperson of the provost search committee and associ-ate professor for the department of psychology, stressed the importance of community contribution to the search. ""This is a campus-wide activity,"" Fracasso said. ""All campus input is critical for us to make sure we get the best candidate for Towson."" Throughout September, com-mittee members met with students, faculty, staff and administrative groups to gain input from the campus communi-ty. The committee incorporated the comments into a list of qualifications. A job description for mittee has received applications from what they describe as ""very high quality candidates."" Now, the committee will review the applications in order to narrow the list to 10 candidates. The candidates' references will be checked and telephone interviews will be conducted before a final list of candidates is invited to campus for an interview and open forum. The forum, scheduled for mid-November, is intended to give the campus com-munity a chance to meet candi-dates and ask questions. After consult-committee, President will select the next Vice President for ""This is a campus-wide activity. All campus input is critical for us to make sure we get the best candidate for Towson."" Maria Fracasso chair, provost search committee the position was placed in the Sept. 5 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Sept. 11 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education. Since the announcements appeared, the corn-ing with the Robert Caret Provost and Academic Affairs for TU by Jan. 1 of next year. Fracasso is confident the deadline will be met. The position will remain open and applications will be accepted until the position is filled. In order to provide the campus with up-to-date information, the Towson homepage is now linked to a Web site about the provost search, www.towson . edu/tu/ p rovostsearch . The site includes a list of committee members, job description and a ques-tionnaire on the qualifications for the position of provost. According to the site, the provost is responsible for the quality of aca-demic programs, faculty and staff. They are accountable for the alloca-tion of resources to support the cur-riculum and academic services and oversee the developmental and budg-etary administration of the University's colleges, student servic-es, academic support services and information technology. In order to fulfill these responsibil-ities, the committee believes the ideal candidate should possess a strong record of academic administrative experience that demonstrates leader-ship in the management of budgetary and planning skills; a distinguished See SEARCH, page 8 BMX stunt bikers fly above ramps, trusting students Lisa Johnson/71a Tawarlight Dan Sieg jumps over five TU students and two teammates during the Airwalk BMX Stunt Team show in a Union parking lot Friday. Four riders from Creative Sports took part in the show, which also featured performances by student bands Driving in Silence and To a Science. Today High 67 Low 45 Tuesday High 65 Low 47 Wednesday High 63 �r""""e7;171, 0 Low 41 %A 0 Thursday High 60 Low 42 Friday High 65 Low 48 "
