Curators for the University of Missouri have begun a series of forums to hear public comment on its search for the next president of the UM System.
The Columbia forum is March 14 at 3:30 p.m. in Reynolds Alumni Center, Columns 208.
Warren Erdman, chairman of the search advisory committee, said curators are “eager to hear Missourians’ thoughts on the qualities and characteristics they would like to see in the next university president.”
Here’s the rest of the schedule:
- St. Louis: Monday, March 7, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the University of Missouri-St. Louis Millennium Student Center, Century Room
- Kansas City: Tuesday, March 8, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the University of Missouri-Kansas City
- St. Joseph: Tuesday, March 8, 3-4:30 p.m. at Missouri Western University
- Rolla: Tuesday, March 15, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Missouri University of Science and Technology
- Springfield: Tuesday, March 15, 4-5:30 p.m. at the Discovery Center Auditorium.
The St. Louis and Rolla forums will be recorded and posted to the UM Presidential Search Web site at umsystem.edu/ums/president/search/ following the event. Live tweeting will be available from these locations by following @UMprezsearch.