Final vote for NGU president to take place by the end of February
Carrie Henderson, Assistant Editor
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North Greenville‘s Board of Trustees is planning on voting on a final candidate for president by the end of February, according to Paul Thompson, faculty representative for the presidential search committee.
Thompson said that they are receiving applications until the end of September. On October 14, the committee will select seven to nine candidates it wants to explore farther. Carter Baldwin, the company the board hired to receive the applications, will then have six weeks to interview the selected candidates.
At the end of November, the committee will choose three to five finalists to interview the first weekend after January 1. The committee will then choose the final candidate to present to the board at the beginning of February, Thompson said. The new president will begin his position in June.
The committee consists of six of the 25 members of the board along with a professor, a student, an alumnus and a staff member, said Thompson.
“To be president of a university is a really . . . complicated job; you have to do a lot of things well . . . [or] you have to hire people who can do certain things well,” Thompson said, “Each of us on the board have different concerns for the new president.”
Everyone on the board agrees that they want a president who can articulate a clear vision for NGU’s future, one that will lead NGU into different kinds of growth. Thomas said.
Emily Phillips, student representative for the committee, said, “As a student, I want someone who is friendly and engages with the students around campus. NGU is an extraordinary campus. It’s a campus where Christ truly makes the difference and it is so important to have a president who desires to carry on that legacy.”
Phillips also said that she wants someone who will implement changes that are not only beneficial to the students but also beneficial for the whole campus.
Thompson asked for the North Greenville community to keep praying about the decision over the next several months.
“I believe God already has this person picked out; it’s just our job to find him or her,” Phillips said. “We are earnestly seeking God’s wisdom and direction in this process.”
Thompson said they will all hear the same thing if they are all submitted to God’s will.
“[We] are so excited about what God has in store for the future of NGU,” Phillips said.
