Campus Invited to UK Provost Candidate Forums, Feb. 12 and 13
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 10, 2015) — The campus community will have two opportunities this week to engage with finalists for the provost position at the University of Kentucky.
President Eli Capilouto announced two finalists Monday, Feb. 9: Gatton College of Business and Economics Dean David Blackwell and College of Pharmacy Dean Tim Tracy.
Public forums with each candidate will take place Thursday and Friday, Feb. 12 and 13. These will be livestreamed on UKNow.
Thursday, Feb. 12, in the Great Hall (2nd floor) of the M.I. King Library:
- Dean Blackwell from 3–4 p.m.
- Dean Tracy from 4–5 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 13, in the UK Chandler Hospital Pavilion A Auditorium:
- Dean Tracy from 8–9 a.m.
- Dean Blackwell from 9–10 a.m.
Each candidate will provide opening remarks before taking written questions from audience members. In their opening comments, Blackwell and Tracy will be asked to address three general areas:
- How their backgrounds prepare them for this important position;
- How they believe, with their leadership, we can continue our momentum and make progress in the important areas of student success, graduate education and research; and
- Their thoughts on steps we can take together to create a more inclusive and equitable campus community and environment
Individuals watching the forums via livestream can submit questions to provostsearch@uky.edu or via twitter to @UKYProvost.
Blackwell was named dean of the UK Gatton College of Business and Economics in the 2012 after his tenure as associate dean for graduate programs and Republic Bank/James W. Aston Professor of Finance at Texas A&M University's Mays Business School. Before joining Texas A&M, he served as director in KPMG's Forensic practice and as a director in PricewaterhouseCoopers' Financial Advisory Services practice. He has authored or coauthored publications in the areas of public finance, accounting and management of financial institutions, including one of the country's leading undergraduate textbooks on financial institutions and markets.
Tracy was named dean of the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy in 2010. He began his academic career at West Virginia University where he served as a faculty member from 1992 to 2003. In 2003, he joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota as professor and was named department head in 2004. Tracy has been principal investigator on grants totaling more than $6 million in extramural funding and co-investigator on grants totaling more than $15 million in extramural funding. He is the author of numerous scientific publications, book chapters and two books. His area of research is drug metabolism and disposition.
MEDIA CONTACT: Sarah Geegan, (859) 257-5365; sarah.geegan@uky.edu