Candidate D for Lewis Honors College dean to participate in open forum
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 30, 2026) — After an extensive national search, the University of Kentucky will bring four initial finalists for a new dean of the Lewis Honors College to the campus for forums and meetings. The outstanding finalists were selected from a wide pool of candidates and will be engaging with the community in a number of ways.
The fourth candidate will participate in an open forum at 315 p.m. Tuesday, April 28 in room U135 of Lewis Hall (NOTE: this is a different room than previous open forums). Members of the UK community are encouraged to attend and to provide feedback. Those who cannot attend in person may view the forum on Zoom.
The names and CVs of finalists will be made available only to the UK community 24 hours prior to their first meeting on campus on the search website.
Following each forum, a recording of the forum and a confidential online survey about the candidate will be made available on the search website for 48 hours. This provides members of our community the opportunity to assess strengths and areas of growth for each candidate. NOTE: Recordings and surveys of candidates whose open forums occurred on a Friday will be available through 5 p.m. the following Monday.
Supervisors are encouraged to work with their team members so they can participate in the open forums as much as is feasible.
UK Provost Robert S. DiPaola announced a committee charged with conducting the search. He will make a selection after receiving feedback from the committee and campus.
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