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Northwest names four finalists in president search
Northwest Missouri State University officials have narrowed the list to four in their search for the university's next president. Dr. John Jasinski, a former teacher at Northwest, and Dr. Kent Porterfield, a former student and cabinet member at the school, are on the list with Dr. Robert Clark, vice chancellor at the University of Kansas, and Dr. Joseph Shepard, a vice president at Florida Gulf Coast University.
Final candidate at Northwest
MARYVILLE, Mo. With the final of four presidential candidates visiting campus Tuesday, the next leader of Northwest Missouri State University should be announced soon.
3rd of 4 candidates visits Northwest
MARYVILLE, Mo. - For 40 of his 43 years, Dr. Kent Porterfield breathed Nodaway County air.
2nd candidate details vision
MARYVILLE, Mo. - Dr. Robert Clark's vision for Northwest Missouri State University, if he becomes president, would focus on innovation.
President candidate visits Northwest
Northwest Missouri State University students met their first candidate for university president Tuesday in a town hall-style meeting.
Judge grants extension for Cornelison
Joe Cornelison, general counsel and chief of staff at Northwest Missouri State University, was granted an extension Wednesday that will, for the time being, keep the university's governing board from giving him the boot. The Board of Regents voted 5-2 in closed session on March 18 to give Mr. Cornelison 60 days' notice. Attorneys for Mr. Cornelison believe the board is reconsidering to take more immediate action to "unceremoniously throw him out." He's been with the university since 2005.
Businesses question Northwest board's action
The fight to oust a university cabinet member has a new revenue stream.
Board's actions raise concerns
A university board's decision to release one of its cabinet members is drawing criticism as the university seeks to attract applicants for the job of chief executive. Joe Cornelison, Northwest's chief of staff and general counsel since 2005, was given 60-days notice following a closed session meeting Wednesday. Northwest's president, Dr. Dean Hubbard, was not informed prior to the decision. Mr. Cornelison, who said he wasn't given a reason for his dismissal, questioned the board's move to exclude the chief executive officer from the decision-making process.
Building won't bear Hubbard's name
A proposal to rename the oldest building at Northwest Missouri State University after its retiring chief has fallen flat. Student groups, alumni, faculty and Northwest Foundation representatives spoke in favor of renaming the campus' administration building after Dr. Dean Hubbard at a January Board of Regents meeting. However, the motion to rename the building was tabled by a majority of the regents because, they said, one member, Doug Wyckoff, was not in attendance.
Northwest's president search ongoing
Northwest Missouri State University officials are only two months away from announcing their next president, but they're still taking applications. Atlanta-based Jon McRae & Associates Inc., an executive search firm, is assisting a 13-member committee in the search for a replacement for Dr. Dean Hubbard, who will retire in July after 25 years at Northwest. Bill Loch, president of Northwest's board of regents and chairman of the search committee, wouldn't divulge how many resumes the search firm has received, but said he was surprised at the number, given the economic climate.
Search begins for new leader
Northwest Missouri State University hasn't needed a presidential search committee for 25 years. But one was established Wednesday as the university's governing board looks to hire a new president next summer.
Northwest president retiring
Nearly a quarter century into his presidency at Northwest Missouri State University, Dr. Dean Hubbard announced Thursday that he will retire in July 2009."I wasn't expecting to do that," Dr. Hubbard said of his record-long term as president of Northwest. "I came expecting to stay a respectable four or five years." Dr. Hubbard, 69, said in an interview with the News-Press that he's making the announcement a year in advance to give the university time to find a suitable candidate to take his place. He noted that of all the presidents at Missouri public higher education institutions, none served as president prior to their current positions.
