Michael Martin, one of four finalists vying to become the next University of Nebraska president, will visit UNL on Dec. 11.
Martin, chancellor of the Colorado State University system, will participate in forums open to all university faculty, staff, students and public; an interview with the University of Nebraska Board of Regents; and meetings with other university constituents and community leaders. Martin’s entire visit is Dec. 9-11.
Martin’s UNL campus forum is at 3 p.m. Dec. 11 in the Nebraska Union Auditorium. The forum will be recorded and made available for viewing on the University of Nebraska website following visits by all four presidential finalists.
The interview with the NU Board of Regents is at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 11 in the Varner Hall Board Room, 3835 Holdrege St. The interview is open to the public.
Martin also will visit the University of Nebraska at Omaha on Dec. 9, as well as the University of Nebraska at Kearney and University of Nebraska Medical Center on Dec. 10.
Following the visits, the regents will seek feedback via an online form available at http://nebraska.edu/presidentsearch.
The other three NU president finalists are: Hank Bounds, commissioner of higher education for the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning; George Ross, president of Central Michigan University; and Sally Rockey, deputy director for extramural research at the National Institutes of Health.
Martin was named chancellor of the Colorado State University system in 2012. Based in Denver, the chancellor is the chief executive officer of the CSU System, responsible for working with a board of governors to lead the system’s operations, set legislative strategy, serve as the primary spokesperson and increase engagement among alumni, donors and the business community.
Prior to joining the CSU System, Martin served as campus chancellor of Louisiana State University and A&M College. Before serving at LSU, he was president of New Mexico State University. Before arriving at NMSU in 2004, Martin served as vice president for agriculture and natural resources at the University of Florida, leading the university’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences with more than 3,000 employees statewide. He began his academic career at Oregon State University as a faculty member in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
A native of Crosby, Minnesota, Martin earned a bachelor’s degree in business and economics and a master’s degree in economics at Mankato State College. He received his Ph.D. in applied economics from the University of Minnesota. His areas of specialization are prices, international trade, public policy, transportation and business logistics.
