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Appalachian State seeking public input on chancellor search

88.5 WFDD - Public Radio For The Piedmont | By Paul Garber
Published July 31, 2024 at 4:06 PM EDT
A search committee is looking for stakeholders' thoughts on leadership characteristics and campus priorities when considering its next chancellor. Photo by Wes Craig and Chase Reynolds courtesy of Appalachian State University.

A search committee is looking for stakeholders' thoughts on leadership characteristics and campus priorities when considering its next chancellor. Photo by Wes Craig and Chase Reynolds courtesy of Appalachian State University.

A national search committee for Appalachian State University’s next chancellor is seeking public input into the process.

People who want to comment on the next leader can take an online survey available now through August 28. The search committee is also hosting in-person and remote listening sessions starting Aug. 22.

The 13-member search committee, put together in June, is chaired by former GOP state Sen. Deanna Ballard of Watauga County. They’re looking for feedback on desired leadership qualities and campus priorities.

Former Chancellor Sheri Everts stepped down in the spring, citing health concerns. 

Heather Norris, who has been with the university for more than 20 years, has been serving as interim chancellor since April. She has previously served as provost and executive vice president of the university. 
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Paul Garber
Paul Garber is a Winston-Salem native and an award-winning reporter who began his journalism career with an internship at The High Point Enterprise in 1993. He has previously worked at The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The News and Record of Greensboro and the Winston-Salem Journal, where he was the newspaper's first full-time multimedia reporter. He won the statewide Media and the Law award in 2000 and has also been recognized for his business, investigative and multimedia reporting. Paul earned a BA from Wake Forest University and has a Master's of Liberal Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University and a Master's of Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He lives in Lewisville.
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