Earlier today we posted the complete list of nearly 40 people who applied for president of the University of Central Arkansas.
UCA spokeswoman Christina Madsen emails this afternoon to provide the list of eight finalists who will interview with the search committee next week in Dallas.
Those finalists are:
- Kevin Bailey (Pensacola, Florida), vice president for student affairs, University of West Florida.
- Houston Davis (Roswell, Georgia), interim president of Kennesaw State University, Georgia.
- Len Frey (Jonesboro), vice chancellor for finance and administration at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro.
- Nagi Naganathan (Toledo, Ohio), professor and dean of engineering, University of Toledo, Ohio.
- Darrell F. Parker (Cullowhee, North Carolina), dean and professor of economics, College of Business, Western Carolina University, North Carolina.
- Charles Patterson (Statesboro, Georiga), interim president of Georgia Southwestern State University.
- Dennis Shields, chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
- Doris Tegart, interim president, Bellarmine University, Florida.
As we previously noted, the committee will interview the applicants Oct. 19-20 in Dallas, which Madsen said is a “central location with easy airport access for the candidates.” After that, the committee aims to have three to four finalists to conduct on-campus interviews.
Madsen said the goal is to have a new president in place at the beginning of the year.