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Office of the Provost

and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Director of the Rural Institute Search

The Search Committee for the Director of the Rural Institute position is pleased to announce that it has selected the following two finalists for on-campus interviews. Members of the campus community are encouraged to attend the public meetings that are detailed below.

The Search Committee welcomes your feedback. To submit your confidential feedback about each candidate, please complete the candidate evaluation form. To be considered, completed evaluation forms must be submitted online (link below) or returned to Jasmine Zink in the Office of the Provost (UH 126) no later than Monday, December 10th.

Candidate Evaluation Form (closed)


Tom W. Seekins, Ph.D.

Curriculum Vitae

Campus Itinerary December 3-4, 2012

Open Forum: December 4, 3:10 SB 246

Martin E. Blair, Ph.D. 

Curriculum Vitae

Campus Itinerary December 6-7, 2012

Open Forum: December 7, 1:30 ED241

Search Committee Chair:

Jenny McNulty, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Search Committee Members:

Nancy Arnold, Resident Professor, Rural Institute

Susan Harper-Whalen, Associate Dean, Phyllis J. Washington College of Education and Human Sciences

Kari Harris, Professor, School of Public and Community Health

Dan Biehl, Graduate Student Association

Kathy Laurin, Director, MONTECH, Rural Institute

Gail McGregor, Resident Professor, Rural Institute General

Deborah Swingley, Executive Director, Montana Council on Developmental Disabilities

Bernadette Franks-Ongoy, Executive Director, Disability Rights Montana

Mike Mayer, Executive Director, Summit Independent Living Center

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