Resolution on the Presidential Search Timeline

WHEREAS the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors has continued the presidential search process despite formal requests from stakeholders including the majority of UVA Deans, the Faculty Senate, and the General Faculty Council to pause the search; and

WHEREAS the Board of Visitors has disregarded the harm that their current course of action will cause; and

WHEREAS it is of the utmost importance that the individual selected as UVA’s tenth president be chosen through a thorough process and by a Board of Visitors that have the confidence of the faculty; and

WHEREAS all candidates for the position of President should recognize the damage they will cause if they fail to call for a pause in the search process; therefore be it

RESOLVED that any individual selected for the presidency under the current search timeline and by a Board that does not have its full complement of 17 members including 12 alumni and 12 Virginia residents should be aware they will not assume their position with the confidence of the Faculty Senate if hired as UVA’s tenth president; and be it further

RESOLVED that we invite the finalists to demonstrate a commitment to the UVA community by joining us in calling for a pause in the process to allow for additional deliberation and due diligence on the part of the University. 

Passed December 12, 2025 by a vote of 44 for, 10 against, and 2 abstained