Biddy Martin is the next UW-Madison Chancellor

She may have not been my first choice, but the callings for “Biddy or Blank” were answered. I have to say I can’t complain about the choice.

Carolyn Martin has been named the next UW-Madison chancellor, pending Board of Regents approval, an informed university source told The Capital Times.

Martin, the provost at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., is expected to be officially approved at the next Board of Regents meeting June 5-6 at UW-Milwaukee. A Board of Regents search committee and UW System President Kevin Reilly decided Tuesday to offer the job to Martin.

[Edit] I know College Jeopardy is over, but I have one last question. What do the President and CEO of the Wisconsin Alumni Association, the Director of the University Research Park, a member of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Board of Trustees, the President of the University of Wisconsin System, a former president of the UW System Board of Regents, Chancellor Wiley and Suchita Shah have in common?

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They’re all important enough to have their comments on Biddy Martin displayed on the official “Comments about Biddy Martin” page of the chancellor search website.

Suchita Shah

UW-Madison student and member of the UW-Madison Chancellor Search and Screen Committee

(Biddy Martin) was definitely energetic and passionate about the job, about students and about the university experience. Her level of intellect and her ability to analyze and understand all aspects of the university was amazing. Even if we didn’t necessarily agree with her, she could convince us of the importance of her view to the future of the university in the long term.

She emphasized that retaining professors and improving campus climate as a whole would be important not just to professors and staff, but it trickles down to the students as well. It makes our experience here better.

(Students) want someone who can energize us and who is transparent in their leadership style, and (Martin) definitely has both those qualities. She appears to be very inclusive in her decision-making. I think she can really connect to every facet of the university community, especially students.

Also check out how it’s one of the 3 comments highlighted on the main chancellor search page.