York University Presidential Search
The York University Board of Trustees has announced the start of a national search for the university's 22nd president.
York University offers degrees in eleven academic departments, offering twenty-five different undergraduate majors, along with graduate programs in education, organizational leadership, and healthcare administration. Current enrollment is at an all-time high, with a student body which is one of the most diverse in the Midwest. York on-campus students, this past year, came from thirty-three different states and twenty-one different countries.
Candidate Profile:
Search Process and Timeline
July 1-September 30
- Active promotion to surface potential candidates
- Search committee review of applicants
- Initial applicant interviews
September 30 – Application deadline
October 8 – Search committee recommendations to the Board for second-round interviews October 7-11 – Appointments set for second-round interviews
October 14-25 – In-depth interviews with candidates
October 31 – Short list of candidates approved
November 11-30 – Campus visits by finalists
December 5 – Final selection made; offer structured
This is an aggressive calendar, we realize, but it reflects the board’s desire to maintain momentum in the search and to have the new president on campus early in the first quarter of 2025.
Presidential Search Committee
At its April 2024 meeting, the YU Board of Trustees appointed five of its members to anchor the presidential search committee. The committee also has two members drawn from the faculty. Members of the committee are:
- Dr. Mike Armour, chair
- Dr. Erin DeHart (faculty rep)
- Dr. Bryan Kretz (faculty rep)
- Marilyn S. Locus, Esq.
- Ben Smail
- Dr. Charles Stephenson
- Dr. Kimberly Williams
Presidential Search News
APR 12, 2024 - President Sam Smith announced that he has accepted a new position as president of Mount Dora Christian Academy and Children's Home effective July 1st, 2024.