Forum for Chris Ervin
4 p.m.
Thursday
Cardinal Hall A of the L.A. Pittenger Student Center
A finalist to fill Ball State's vice president for business affairs position will form the center of an open forum Thursday.
Terry King, provost and vice president for academic affairs, said in an email to the university on Wednesday that Ball State students and faculty will get to meet Chris Ervin, current assistant vice chancellor for business affairs at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. The forum will take place at 4 p.m. in Cardinal Hall A of the L.A. Pittenger Student Center.
Ervin is being considered to replace Randy Howard, former vice president for business affairs at Ball State, after he left last summer. He will be interviewed for the position during his visit.
The University of North Carolina, Charlotte is part of that state’s running series of institutions. It has a student body of more than 27,000 and an operating budget of about $500 million. Ball State’s operating expenses were $421 million in fiscal year 2013 . At Charlotte, Ervin oversees 640 employees.
Howard announced his departure from Ball State in the summer of 2014, around the time the university began investigating a loss of $13 million from investment fraud. He currently serves as chief financial officer for Embry-Riffle Aeronautical University. He has had a long running interest in aeronautics and wished to return to that field, The Daily News reported in July 2014.
Around this time last year, finalists for Gora's replacement were being picked and making scheduled visits to the university similar to the one on Thursday.
However, those visits were completely closed to the public and done anonymously to ensure the protection of the current jobs of the presidential candidates, King said in an email to The Daily News.
Searches for other jobs at the university tend to be more open because the candidates that pursue jobs, such as vice president for business affairs, have current positions that are not as susceptible to negative repercussions, such as dismissal or firing, in the case they are not hired, King said. This allows them to make public appearance on-campus.
The university is planning to announce Howard's replacement by the end of the spring semester.
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