Joyce McConnell, dean of West Virginia University’s College of Law, will chair the search committee for University’s next chief information officer.

The CIO also carries the title of associate provost for information technology and reports to the provost and vice president for academic affairs.

Other members of the search committee are:

Mark Six was named interim CIO effective Dec. 12, 2011, will continue serve to in this capacity until a permanent CIO arrives on campus.

The CIO serves as the chief information technology planning officer for WVU and is the head of the WVU Office of Information Technology, which provides educational and administrative computing information to the WVU community and seeks to empower the University community through information technology, to enrich the academic experience for students and to strengthen the ability of faculty and staff to teach, conduct research and to provide public service throughout West Virginia and beyond.

Executive search firm Witt/Kieffer will work with the University to facilitate this search.

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