UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin announced her decision Wednesday to search internally for the campus' next provost.
According to a statement, a committee of UW-Madison faculty and staff members is now accepting applications from current professors to fill the position.
David Musolf, Faculty Academic Staff secretary, said Martin chose to search within UW-Madison to fill the position because she is new to the campus herself.
She is a new chancellor from outside the university, and it would make sense to have someone internally to serve the provost position so that both of the top leaders are not newly hired from outside of the institute,"" he said.
The provost serves as the chief academic and educational officer to the chancellor and works closely with UW-Madison deans to plan future academic goals.
Martin said in a statement that the chosen provost needs to have strong qualifications to fulfill the position's duties.
""The UW-Madison provost will be a strong academic leader with significant administrative experience,"" she said. ""He or she will need to be open and consultative, and able to make hard decisions.""
Julie Underwood is currently serving as the interim provost until the new position is filled. She took the position following former provost Patrick Farrell's resignation last fall.
- Kelsey Gunderson
