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Presidential Search

The Search for a President

Update: December 3, 2012
Lourdes University
Sylvania, Ohio

The search for the University’s next president is progressing well and on schedule. The search committee recently met and began the multi-stage vetting process to identify candidates whose backgrounds and experiences ¬seem especially consistent with the qualities and qualifications established for the search. The committee faced difficult choices as it reviewed the applications of a broad and deep pool of accomplished leaders.

The committee will meet again in December to conduct another level of evaluation and to select a small number of semi-finalists for confidential preliminary interviews. At the conclusion of those interviews, a sub-set of those candidates will be identified as finalists to participate in extensive interviews on campus, with a broad range of constituents. Our current timetable expects that we will welcome finalists to campus in mid- to late January and early February.

We are pleased with the progress of the committee’s work to date and encouraged about the ultimate outcome of the search process. If you have any questions, please direct them to presidentialsearch@lourdes.edu or to our consultant Julie Tea at jet@agbsearch.com.

Presidential Search

The Board of Trustees and the Presidential Search Committee invite nominations for and expressions of interest in the position of ninth president of Lourdes University. This is an exciting opportunity to lead an institution on a remarkable trajectory. Lourdes University’s stature is at its highest level ever in its history. Celebrating robust enrollment numbers, strong resource stewardship, a progressive approach to curricular development, a landmark transition from a commuter to a residential campus, the successful launch of an intercollegiate athletics program, and great stability in its senior leadership team, Lourdes’ next president will benefit from tangible institutional momentum.

Presidential Search Prospectus (PDF)

Presidential Search Committee

Joseph Nachtrab, Presidential Search Committee Chair, Member, Board of Trustees
Dr. LeRoy Butler, Director, Information Technology
Frank Craig, Student
Ernest Enrique, Member, Board of Trustees
Jim Haudan, Member, Board of Trustees
Sandra Hylant, Member, Board of Trustees
Sr. Joan Jurski, OSF, Member, Board of Trustees
Amy Mergen '09, Dean of Enrollment
Dr. Judi Nath, Professor of Biology and Health Sciences
Dr. Shannon Schrein, OSF, '71 Chair, Department of Theological Studies

Strategic Plan

At a Glance

Location:
Sylvania, Ohio

Year Founded:
1958

Founders and Sponsors:
Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania

Mascot:
Gray Wolves

Colors:
Terra Cotta and Black

Students:
2,621 students from across the U.S. and abroad

Student to faculty ratio:
15 to 1

Campus:
113 acres in suburban Sylvania

Our values:
We are a community of learning, reverence and service

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