Search firm seeks community, university input on Tarleton’s next president

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, April 24, 2019

STEPHENVILLE, Texas — The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents has selected Wheless Partners to lead a national search for Tarleton State University’s 16th president. Open forums for students, faculty, staff and the community are set Monday and Tuesday, April 29 and 30, in Room 125 of the Math Building on the Stephenville campus.

Wheless Partners, an executive search firm located in Birmingham, Ala., will work throughout the process with Tarleton’s Search Advisory Committee, chaired by A&M System Regent Bill Mahomes. Dr. James Hallmark, A&M System vice chancellor for academic affairs, serves the committee ex officio.

The forums will collect feedback on the type of leader envisioned for Tarleton and the challenges and opportunities the next president will face. Parking for the community is available in Lot 15 at the intersection of Cain Street and Rudder Way (West Vanderbilt Street) behind the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center. For a map of the Stephenville campus, go to www.tarleton.edu/campus.

Forum schedule:

Monday, April 29
• Faculty: 1:30-2:30 p.m.
• Students: 3-4 p.m
• Students, faculty, staff and community: 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 30
• Staff: 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Those who cannot attend at their respective time are invited to any of the other forums. Participants also can provide input via an online survey by May 3 at http://tarletonstate.us/presidentialsurvey.

After 11 years of distinguished leadership, Dr. F. Dominic Dottavio will step down as president at the end of August. Following a short sabbatical, he will be a faculty member in Tarleton’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, where he has had an appointment as a tenured professor since coming to the university. He also will assist the Division of Institutional Advancement.

Other members of the Search Advisory Committee:
• Bob Albritton, A&M System regent
• Credence Baker, associate dean, College of Graduate Studies
• Lori Beaty, associate vice president, Division of Finance and Administration
• Jennifer Edwards, professor of communication
• Keith Emmert, associate professor of mathematics
• David Frazier, associate professor of agricultural education and consumer sciences
• Javier Garza, vice president, Division of Enrollment Management
• Reginald Hall, department head and assistant professor of management
• Tracy Holtman, Staff Council president
• Dwain Mayfield, Tarleton Foundation, Inc., Board of Directors
• Betsy Price, Fort Worth mayor
• Tyler Schuster, Student Government Association, president nominee
• U.S. Air Force Col. Kenny Weldon (retired), Texan Corps of Cadets commandant

For updates on the search, visit www.tarleton.edu/PresidentialSearch.

Tarleton, founding member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today’s scholars into tomorrow’s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 13,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.

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Contact: Dr. Kim McCuistion, Chief of Staff
254-968-9464
[email protected]

A founding member of The Texas A&M System, Tarleton State is breaking records — in enrollment, research, scholarship, athletics, philanthropy and engagement — while transforming the lives of nearly 17,000 students in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Bryan and online. True to Tarleton’s values of excellence, integrity and respect, academic programs emphasize real world learning and address regional, state and national needs.
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