“The Next UM President: A Town Hall” will provide an opportunity for members of the university community to lay out their views about the priorities that the next UM president must pursue. The event seeks to help build a U-M community consensus and to elevate voices that would not otherwise be heard in the search process. It will include short presentations from leaders of student, faculty, and staff government, along with statements from colleagues representing key interests on campus. We will hear also from Judith Wilde, of George Mason University, whose work concerns presidential searches and how to run them. The main event page is available here.

The event is co-organized by the Faculty Senate, Central Student Government, and the Ann Arbor Chapter of the AAUP. The event is also part of the Faculty Senate Office’s 2025 Academic Governance Series, which is a series of discussions related to academic governance at the University of Michigan. To read more about the series, click here.

Agenda and Speakers
- 4:00: Welcome & Introduction of Speakers- Moderator: Kentaro Toyama, W K Kellogg Professor of Community Information, School of Information

- 4:05: Speaker Remarks-
+ Judith Wilde, Research Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University 10 minutes; 5 minutes for questions
+ Derek Peterson, Faculty Senate Chair; Ali Mazrui Collegiate Professor of History and African Studies, Department of History, LSA
+ Nathan Sadowsky, Treasurer, University Staff United; Academic Program Manager, Earth and Environmental Sciences, LSA
+ Eric Veal, Jr., President, Central Student Government; Political Science and Secondary Education, LSA and Marsal Family School of Education

- 4:35: Audience Remarks

- 5:30: Closing Remarks (Moderator Kentaro Toyama)

For those viewing online, the Zoom and YouTube links are provided below:

University of Michigan Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97735715185

YouTube Link: https://youtube.com/live/J-c3RJ-k5Ok