By Jody Record, Media Relations
December 6, 2006

John C. Cavanaugh, one of the two candidates for the UNH presidency, was on campus this week meeting with members of the university community in several open forums. A recording of one of his meetings can be viewed at http://www.unh.edu/president/search.html. DVDs and VHS tapes of the meetings are available at Dimond Library.

Presently, Cavanaugh is president of the University of West Florida. Before assuming that position in 2002, he held faculty and administrative positions at Bowling Green State University, the Medical College of Ohio, the University of Delaware, and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

The second candidate, Jack Burns, former vice president for academic affairs and research at the University of Colorado System, comes to campus next week. Open forums will take place Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 11 and 12 as follows:

Dec. 11, 3-4 p.m.-open meeting for the UNH-Durham community; 4-5 p.m.-open forum for students. Both in room 510 at the Dimond Library

Dec. 12, 10:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m., open forum for staff, Squamscott Room, Holloway Commons; 12:30-1:30 p.m., open forum for faculty, Dimond Library, room 510; 4-5:30 p.m., open meeting for UNH-Manchester community, UNH Manchester auditorium.

The curriculum vitae and a detailed biography for each candidate is available online at www.unh.edu and the University System of New Hampshire (USNH) Web site at www.usnh.edu. In addition, copies of the biographical information will be available for review at the Dimond Library reference desk and at the UNH-Manchester library.

After the candidate visits have been completed, the search committee will meet on Dec.15 to make final recommendations to USNH Chancellor Stephen Reno. Reno will do a thorough review of the candidates and submit his recommendation to the USNH Board of Trustees as expeditiously as possible. Following approval by the board, the new president will take office as soon as they are available. Given the positions of the two finalists, neither would likely start until the beginning of the 2007-08 academic year.