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President

Employer
University of Wisconsin System
Location
Wisconsin, United States
Salary
Not Specified
Date posted
Feb 12, 2020

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PRESIDENT

The University of Wisconsin System invites nominations and applications for the position of UW System President. The President shall be a strong advocate for academic quality, operational excellence, affordability, efficiency, and equal opportunity in the UW System and in higher education nationally, and a visionary leader working to ensure that the UW System remains a world-class system of higher education.

The UW System is known throughout the world for the Wisconsin Idea—education for people wherever they live and work, working in partnership with government, local communities, businesses, and others to solve problems and improve the quality of life for all citizens of the state. Today, the University of Wisconsin System is one of the world’s premier public university systems and among the largest systems of public higher education in the country. It consists of two Research I universities, 11 comprehensive universities, 13 additional two-year campuses affiliated with seven of the universities, and a statewide extension network with offices in every county. The UW System educates approximately 170,000 students, serves more than one million citizens through statewide outreach programs, and employs more than 39,000 faculty and staff statewide. The UW System’s annual budget is $6 billion and has a total estimated annual economic impact that exceeds $24 billion.

Across the United States, higher education is being reshaped by broad and powerful forces, and each institution faces its own distinct set of opportunities and challenges. It is imperative that the UW System and its next President address those opportunities and challenges to ensure that the System will continue to fulfill its mission, support the State of Wisconsin, and strengthen its prominent role and impact in higher education nationally and internationally.

The next President of the UW System, to whom the campus Chancellors report, will lead with persistence, patience, vigor, decisiveness, and humility as the UW System moves into a new era of higher education. They will support and champion the UW System as one of the world’s leading research, teaching, and public service institutions. The breadth and complexity of the UW System will require a President who can craft a vision and share that vision in a compelling and collaborative way to embolden the State of Wisconsin’s leadership and residents to rally around the Wisconsin Idea that has been a standard of excellence for well over one hundred years.

The position will remain open until filled. However, only complete applications received by March 15, 2020, will be assured full consideration.

Applications and nominations should be sent in confidence to:

Shelly Weiss Storbeck, Managing Partner
Tom Fitch, Partner
Kenna Boyd, Senior Associate
Storbeck Search, LLC
uwsystempresident@storbecksearch.com

For more information and the full position description, please visit wisconsin.edu/presidential-search/

The University of Wisconsin System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and actively seeks and encourages applications from women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. It is our policy to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment. 

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