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ISU presidential search committee votes to enter closed session, selects eight semifinalist candidate numbers

Iowa State University Presidential Search Committee · October 6, 2025
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Summary

The Iowa State University presidential search committee voted to enter closed session under Iowa Code §21.5(1)(i) to evaluate applicants and, after confidential review, selected eight candidate numbers to advance to virtual semifinalist interviews Oct. 20–22; finalist visits are scheduled for the first week of November with the Board of Regents set to make a final choice on Nov. 11.

At a meeting of the Iowa State University presidential search committee, members voted to enter a closed session under Iowa law to evaluate applicants and, following that confidential review, announced eight candidate numbers as semifinalists.

"So in support of confidentiality, again, it is absolutely critical that the closed session conversation remain in closed session," said Board of Regents counsel Amy Clays as she reviewed the legal limits on discussion in closed session and explained that final action cannot be taken…

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