John N. Diamond, associate vice chancellor for university relations at the University of Arkansas, will visit the University of Iowa campus Wednesday, July 17 as the third of three finalists for the UI vice president for strategic communication position.
Diamond will take part in a public forum from 2 to 3 p.m. in 2520D University Capitol Centre.
Jeff Iseminger, interim vice president for university advancement and marketing at Minnesota State University in Mankato, and Joseph A. Brennan, associate vice president for university communications at the State University of New York at Buffalo, visited campus Thursday and Monday, respectively.
The UI position has been filled on an interim basis by Mark Braun, UI President Sally Mason’s chief of staff, since Tysen Kendig left the position in December.
Diamond has held his current position since 2010 and oversees the university’s strategic communications, marketing and brand management. He manages a staff of 44, serves on the chancellor’s administrative policy council, and is a partner and collaborator with the associate vice chancellors for alumni affairs and development. He is also the chief university spokesperson on policy matters and sensitive, high profile issues.
Previously, Diamond was the executive director of external affairs for the University of Maine System in Bangor from 2002 to 2010, the director of public affairs at the University of Maine in Orono from 1992 to 2002, and an assistant professor of journalism and mass communication at the University of Maine from 1989 to 1992.
He has an Master of Arts in speech communication and a Bachelor of Arts in journalism, both from the University of Maine, as well as 63 credit hours toward an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in communication and public administration.
Tom Rocklin, vice president for student life, and Richard Fumerton, a professor of philosophy and past president of the Faculty Senate, are chairing the search for the UI position.
More information about the search is available atwww.uiowa.edu/vpsearch/.