UPDATE: Friday 9 Sept. Just learned that Robert Gates will be th new President of William and Mary. Big loss for WA. Soon to retire as Defense Secretary, Robert Gates gave a commencement address at WSU. This is not just a May visit by an eminent graduation speaker. Gates is committed to living in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Presidential search’
May 8th, 2011 - 12:55 pm § in The Ave Scene, UW
Speculation: Will Robert Gates be active in the Repubican party?
BREAKING NEWS: UW President Accepts Modest Salary
By Katherine Long, Seattle Times Incoming University of Washington President Michael Young will make $550,000 a year in base salary, plus $193,000 a year in deferred compensation, payable after five years. The contract was approved Monday morning by the UW’s Board of Regents. He’ll also [...]
April 25th, 2011 - 6:43 am § in Misc.
Advice to our Young President: How one UW President Really Cut The Budget!
How did one of your predecessors manage to keep salaries within the tiny budget allowance? Answer[...]
A Committe Member Comments on the Search Process
Ana Mary Cauce, Dean, on why the confidential UW process is better than the public process in Minnesota. Dear Colleagues, As a participant on the Presidential Search committee, I wanted to explain why confidentiality has become standard in such searches, even in public universities.[...]
AAUP: Welcomes President Young with concern about the process used to select him.
As the media have announced that Michael Young is the new President of the UW, the UW AAUP expresses welcome and concern about the process. Dear Colleagues, The Board of Regents still has not announced who will be the new President of UW, but with the Seattle Times running front-page stories on Mich[...]
April 23rd, 2011 - 7:25 am § in UW
UPDATE: A true moderate Republican UW President might be in a position to use moral persuasion to tether the red balloon of what I hope is still a rational remnant of the Evans’ political era.
Salt Lake Tribune: Utah’s Young chosen for top post at University of Washington Young, if he is the person in the smoke, has a number of intriguing features that we will certainly hear more about in coming days. To start with, Michael Young seems very different from Mark Emmert. When Emmert go[...]
White Smoke Seen, UW to announce choice for president Monday
as predicted on TheAVE, white smoke can be seen rising from Husky Tower! Report from Seattle Times from Seattle Times by Katherine Long The University of Washington said today it expects to name its final choice for president on Monday. Listed on the agenda for a Monday morning meeting of the UWR[...]
UPDATE Presidential Search.
Update:The rumor “Former ALL-American Husky named UW President” is FALSE. The potential candidate formally backed our after learning of the plans to privatize the Huskies. However, The AVE believes we are still on for an announcement this week or next. One good indicator comes from a f[...]
April 17th, 2011 - 8:54 am § in UW
UPDATE on UW Presidential Search
The AVE’s informant on the presidential search has let out a bit of new information. The Search Committee has been meeting in the former Safeco Board Room, a spartan Husky themed room in the penthh0use suite of Husky Tower. They have agreed to illuminate the W and send of a plume of white smok[...]
April 15th, 2011 - 9:29 am § in UW
RUMOR ABOUT NEW UW PRES … watch this space.
A mouse is talking. Minnie Mouse told The AVE that there is a rumor leaking around that next week the Search Committee will announce the name of the finalist for the new UW President. Ms. Mouse told me that she was not sure the rumor was true, but that she would not mind if I […][...]