After the recent announcement that John Aber will step down as provost at the end of this academic year, President Mark Huddleston announced the appointment of Ken Fuld, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and Nancy Kinner, university professor of civil and environmental engineering, as co-chairs of the provost search committee. 

“John has done extraordinary work as UNH’s chief academic officer, and it will require great care to identify an appropriate successor,” Huddleston said. “Because we have a deep reservoir of talent at the University of New Hampshire, I have decided to make this an internal, rather than an external, search. While there is something to be said for casting the widest possible net in filling a senior position, including the opportunity to add new perspectives and fresh ideas to our campus community, the pressures on this university remain very real. Identifying a strong internal candidate, someone familiar with the challenges of UNH, assures the least possible disruption in our institutional progress.” 

In an effort to assemble a committee that is broadly representative of the university, Huddleston is calling for the community to nominate people for the search committee. Nominations should be sent to provost.search@unh.edu by Monday, Feb. 11, 2013.