A 17-member Provost Search Committee chaired by history professor Dan Carter will begin meeting on a regular basis by late January with a goal of identifying finalists for the position by spring.

“Advertisements will run from now until January, and we will begin reviewing applications in earnest in early February,” Carter said. “This is a pretty big process, and we will contact every person we know to identify the best possible field of applicants.”

Candidates for the position of provost and vice president for academic affairs at USC must have academic qualifications to be tenured at the rank of professor and also should have sufficient academic administrative skills.

USC Provost Jerry Odom announced earlier this semester his intention to return to his faculty position in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry next summer. Odom has been provost since 1997.

Including Carter, members of the Provost Search Committee are Michael Amiridis, chemical engineering; Jim Augustine, Faculty Senate chair; Tom Borg, medicine; Chaden Djalali, physics and astronomy; Bobby Donaldson, history and African American Studies; Katie Dreiling, Student Government; Saundra Glover, public health; Jane Jameson, human resources; Rick Kelly, chief financial officer; Jean Ann Linney, psychology; Julie Loggins, Graduate Student Association; Harris Pastides, research and health sciences; Terry Shimp, business; Les Sternberg, education; Carolyn West, Regional Campuses and Continuing Education; Paul Willis, University libraries. Judy Blyth is the search coordinator in the Office of the Provost.

For more information, go to www.sc.edu/provost/provostsearch.html.

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