The University of Oregon has narrowed its search for the next president of the university down to four candidates, The Oregonian reported Thursday.
The Oregonian’s main source on this topic was Connie Ballmer, head of the presidential search.
The committee won’t be revealing the names of the final four candidates until further review, to provide confidentiality for the candidates and their current positions.
Next week, the Board of Trustees will be sitting down to discuss the potential candidates.
Ballmer was hopeful that the university’s next president could be in this batch, but was cautioned by the search firm to not get too attached to any one candidate.
Ballmer said that the search committee met in Portland last week and interviewed 10 semi- finalists, before narrowing the selection to four.
UO has been looking for a new president since Michael Gottfredson resigned in August. Interim President Scott Coltrane has held the position in the interim since. If all goes well, Ballmer said it is possible to have a new president in weeks.