Brock University has launched a new website to help in the search for a President and Vice-Chancellor to succeed Jack Lightstone, whose second and final five-year term will expire in June 2016.

The presidential search is overseen by a 12-member search committee that was assembled last November. A search consultant, Caldwell Partners, has also been retained.

The procedures for a presidential search at Brock are set out in the Faculty Handbook, and are expected to take place over a number of months, starting with a series of broad-based consultations with parties across the University that will inform the development of a candidate profile.

Joe Robertson, immediate past chair of the Brock Board of Trustees who is also chair of the Advisory Committee on the Presidency, said the website is a vital tool for the task at hand.

“Hiring a president is one of the most important things we do,” said Robertson. “It was important for us to have a website that captures all of the critical information in one place, so people can use it as an authoritative reference point for the whole process.”

For updates over the coming months, bookmark and check in on the website brocku.ca/presidential-search