Melissa L. Gilliam\u2019s appointment as the next president of Boston University concludes a rigorous and extensive yearlong search that yielded more than 380 potential candidates from around the world. The process included interviewing more than 300 people with ties to Boston University\u2014students, faculty, staff, alumni, and donors\u2014who shared the characteristics and qualifications they hoped to see in their next president. Their input helped shape a presidential profile that guided the Presidential Search Committee\u2019s work. The committee was tasked with whittling the list down and presenting viable candidates to the Board of Trustees for consideration. With help from a renowned executive search firm, Storbeck Search, the search committee\u2014comprised of faculty, staff, and trustees\u2014ultimately put forth a recommendation. The trustees voted unanimously to confirm Melissa L. Gilliam\u2019s appointment.<\/p>\n
Learn more on BU Today<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Melissa L. Gilliam\u2019s appointment as the next president of Boston University concludes a rigorous and extensive yearlong search that yielded more than 380 potential candidates from around the world. The process included interviewing more than 300 people with ties to Boston University\u2014students, faculty, staff, alumni, and donors\u2014who shared the characteristics and qualifications they hoped to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8122,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pres-elect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/276"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pres-elect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pres-elect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pres-elect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pres-elect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pres-elect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":361,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pres-elect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/276\/revisions\/361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pres-elect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Trustee Members<\/h4>\n
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Deans and Faculty Members<\/h4>\n
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Staff Member<\/h4>\n
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