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COLUMBIA, Mo. – ¾Ã²ÝÈȾòÝÊÓƵ of Missouri System President Mun Choi today announced the start of a nationwide search for the position of chancellor at Missouri ¾Ã²ÝÈȾòÝÊÓƵ of Science and Technology. The search will be led by the UM System HR Executive Initiatives team.  

Following nominations by Missouri S&T constituency groups, Choi named members to the search committee. Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe, professor of geology and geophysics and biological sciences, and Tom Voss, alumnus and a member of the Missouri S&T Board of Trustees, will chair the search committee.

“Missouri S&T is an integral part of our UM System, and its success contributes significantly to the success of the entire state,” Choi said. “We are confident that we will be able to generate a broad, high-quality pool of candidates from a national audience based on the tremendous strength and reputation of this institution as well as the efforts of our in-house recruitment staff and nominations from our community, campus leadership and committee members.”

Additional search committee members include:

• Beth Abner, past chair, Missouri S&T Staff Council 
• Palash Kumar Bhowmik, chair, Council of Graduate Students
• Michael Bruening, chair, Missouri S&T Faculty Senate 
• Joel Burken, Curators Distinguished Professor and department chair, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering 
• John Cook, chair, Missouri S&T Staff Council
• Marsha Fischer, chief human resources officer, UM System
• Shannon Fogg, professor and department chair, History and Political Science
• Xianbiao Hu, assistant professor, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering 
• Merilee Krueger, associate teaching professor and NTT representative, Psychology 
• Madison Moore, president, Student Council
• Joan Nesbitt, vice chancellor, ¾Ã²ÝÈȾòÝÊÓƵ Advancement 
• Stephen W. Rector, president-elect, Miner Alumni Association
• Stephen Roberts, vice provost and dean, College of Arts, Sciences, and Business
• Debra Robinson, vice chancellor, Student Affairs
• Sahra Sedigh Sarvestani, associate professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering 
• Sue Simmons, alumna and trustee, Missouri S&T Trustees
• Constantinos Tsatsoulis, vice chancellor, Research; dean, Graduate Studies
• G. Dan Waddill, professor, Physics
• Kathryn Walker, alumna and trustee, Missouri S&T Trustees
• Richard Wlezien, dean, College of Engineering and Computing 
• Mike Woessner, member, Miner Alumni Association

Christopher Maples has been serving as interim chancellor since May 15, 2017. 

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