The co-chairs of the search committee for the next vice president for student life are moving quickly to recruit a new leader by the end of the summer. The committee held its first meeting this week and adopted an aggressive timeline that would conclude the hiring process in late June or early July.

“Replacing Tom Rocklin will be difficult because of what he has meant to this campus and the relationships he’s built with students, faculty, and staff. But the search committee is eager to get started,” said co-chair Laura McLeran, senior adviser to the president and associate vice president for external relations.

McLeran says the committee would like to begin advertising the position in early March. Rocklin announced in December that he plans to retire in July of 2017 after having served in various capacities at the UI for 30 years.

UI President Bruce Harreld previously named McLeran and Kenneth G. Brown, professor and associate dean of undergraduate programs at the Tippie College of Business, as co-chairs of the search committee to replace Rocklin.

The UI search committee for the vice president of student life will include

Loyce Arthur, associate professor in the Department of Theatre Arts

Scott Beckner, assistant vice president and director of Public Safety

Erin Brothers, president of UI Staff Council, senior sponsored research specialist in the Division of Sponsored Programs

Kenneth G. Brown, professor and associate dean in the Tippie College of Business

Monique DiCarlo, sexual misconduct response coordinator in the Division of Student Life

Bret Gothe, director of strategic communications and external relations in the Division of Student Life

Sarah Hansen, associate vice president in the Division of Student Life

Nicole Jardine, secretary, Graduate and Professional Student Government

Nate Kaeding, retail development director, Iowa City Downtown District office

Shuhui Lin, international student support and retention coordinator in International Programs

Austin Luse, UI student leader

Jasmine Mangrum, vice president in Graduate and Professional Student Government

Laura McLeran, senior advisor to the president and associate vice president for external relations

Christopher Morphew, associate dean in the College of Education

Dinette Myers, secretary in the Office of Student Life

Angie Reams, assistant dean of students

Nathan Robinson, UI student leader

Kate Sojka, director of On Iowa! and New Student Initiatives

H.S. Udaykumar, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering

Rachel Zuckerman, president of UI Student Government