Monday, November 9, 2009 9:17 PM CST
Eastern to host four candidates for restructured VP post
Staff Report
CHARLESTON — Four people have been invited to on-site visits as Eastern Illinois University moves forward in its search for the institution’s vice president for university advancement, according to an EIU press release.
Pamela Christman of Urbana; James Salmo of Columbia, Mo.; Robert Martin of Auburn, Ala.; and Keith Carver of Martin, Tenn., are finalists for the position.
According to Blair Lord, provost and vice president for academic affairs at EIU and chair of the committee that is conducting the national search, the university received 56 applications for the VPUA position.
“Clearly, there has been strong interest in the position and we look forward to having the identified candidates visit campus for in-person interviews,” Lord said. “With Dr. Nilsen’s impending retirement, we are moving as quickly as we are able.”
The post became available when Jill Nilsen, who has served as vice president for external relations since 1998, announced her Dec. 31, 2009, retirement. President Bill Perry then announced his intentions of changing the name of the position to vice president for university advancement.
“This signals internally and externally — and certainly for the search process — that the primary emphasis for this position is on fundraising, development and allied activities,” Perry said. “The change in emphasis in the position not only represents the growing importance of philanthropy in EIU’s future, but narrows the portfolio to enable more time and effort focused on fundraising.”
Each candidate will be on campus for a day. Open sessions (faculty, staff and students) will take place from 4 to 5 p.m., and community sessions (community, EIU Foundation, EIU Alumni Association) will begin at 7 p.m.
Candidate information and interview schedules can be found online at http://www.eiu.edu/vpuasearch/.
Christman currently serves as assistant vice chancellor for institutional advancement and senior director of recruitment and training at the University of Illinois’ Office for Institutional Advancement. She spent more than 15 years in development at the U of I before assuming her current position. She holds a bachelor’s degree in human resources and family studies and a master’s degree in higher education administration from the U of I.
Christman’s interviews will take place in Blair Hall, Room 3108, on Friday.
Salmo currently serves as the associate vice chancellor for development/health services at the University of Missouri. His previous experience includes roles as vice president for advancement at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy; director of development at both the University of Missouri’s School of Law and College of Engineering; and director of development at Whitfield School, St. Louis. Salmo received his bachelor’s degree in theater from St. Louis University and his master’s degree in media/communication from Webster University, St. Louis.
Salmo’s interviews will take place in the 1895 Room, MLK Jr. Union, on Nov. 16.
Martin, assistant vice president for development at Auburn University, previously served as assistant vice chancellor for development and director of major gifts at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga; district vice president, YMCA of Florida’s First Coast; and associate executive director of the Owensboro (Ky.) YMCA. He received his bachelor’s degree in political science from Lipscomb University and his master’s degree in philanthropy and development at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota.
Martin’s interviews will take place in Booth Library, Room 4440, on Nov. 19.
Carver is assistant vice chancellor for development at the University of Tennessee-Martin. He has previously served as director of development and alumni affairs, College of Law, and program adviser, Office of Student Activities, University of Tennessee, and director of special projects and coordinator of experiential education, McDonough Center for Leadership and Business at Marietta (Ohio) College. Carver received his bachelor’s degree in sociology from Memphis State University, and his master’s in college student personnel and educational leadership from the University of Tennessee. He is a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy (focus on higher education administration) at the University of Tennessee.
Carver’s interviews will be in the 1895 Room, MLK Jr. Union, on Nov. 30.
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