The presidential search committee and the University’s external search firm announced Friday that the search would continue, despite a Faculty Senate resolution passed Nov. 14 which called for a pause. In its responses to the Faculty Senate’s resolution, the committee said they have not selected finalists, and because of this, their work must continue, while they also reassured the community that the search was being conducted thoroughly.
“As a committee, we want to state unequivocally: this search has been conducted with rigor, fairness, and integrity thus far,” the committee wrote. “We would not lend our names or our service to a process that failed to meet those standards.”
These responses — which included two separate letters from the search committee and John Isaacson, chair of Isaacson, Miller — also came following a letter sent by Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger Nov. 12, which asked that the Board of Visitors not select finalists or appoint a president until she has filled five vacant seats on the Board…