University of Missouri System President Mun Choi announced Aug. 21 the start of a nationwide search for the position of chancellor at Missouri S&T. The system’s HR Executive Initiatives team will lead the search.

Following nominations by Missouri S&T constituency groups, Choi named members to the search committee. The search committee includes:

Co-chairs:

• Dr. Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe, professor of geology and biological sciences
• Tom Voss, alumnus and trustee

Members:

• Beth Abner, past chair of Staff Council
• Palash Kumar Bhowmik, chair of the Council of Graduate Students
• Dr. Michael Bruening, chair of Faculty Senate
• Dr. Joel Burken, Curators’ Distinguished Professor and chair of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
• John Cook, chair of Staff Council
• Marsha Fischer, chief human resources officer for the UM System
• Dr. Shannon Fogg, professor and chair of history and political science
• Dr. Xianbiao Hu, assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
• Merilee Krueger, associate teaching professor of psychology and non-tenure-track (NTT) representative
• Madison Moore, president of Student Council
• Joan Nesbitt, vice chancellor of University Advancement
• Stephen W. Rector, president-elect of the Miner Alumni Association
• Dr. Stephen Roberts, vice provost and dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Business
• Dr. Debra Robinson, vice chancellor of Student Affairs
• Dr. Sahra Sedigh Sarvestani, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
• Sue Simmons, alumna and trustee
• Dr. Costas Tsatsoulis, vice chancellor of research and dean of graduate studies
• Dr. G. Dan Waddill, professor of physics
• Kathryn Walker, alumna and trustee
• Dr. Richard Wlezien, vice provost and dean of the College of Engineering and Computing
• Mike Woessner, member of the Miner Alumni Association