Northern Michigan University
Presidential Candidate Public Forum

Mr.  Robert Ackerman
4 p.m., Thursday, April 3
Marquette-Nicolet Rooms, University Center

Open to the public.  The NMU Board of Trustees will hold a public feedback session at 2 p.m. Friday, April 4, in the Peter White Lounge of the University Center.

Candidate profile:
Robert Ackerman, professor of law and former dean at the Wayne State University Law School in Detroit. He previously served as a professor and associate dean for institutional programs and planning at Pennsylvania State University’s Dickinson School of Law, as well as dean and professor at Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Ore. Ackerman holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a bachelor’s degree from Colgate University.  Detailed resume

Upcming presidential candidate forums:  All of the forums will be held at 4 p.m.

Tuesday, April 8, Nicolet-Marquette Rooms, U.C. - Fritz Erickson, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Ferris State University in Big Rapids.  Detailed resume

Thursday, April 10, Peter White Lounge, U.C. -  Greg Cant, founding dean of the Offutt School of Business and Robert J. Johnson chair in economics and business administration at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn.  Detailed resume

Tuesday, April 15, Peter White Lounge, U.C. -  Cynthia Pemberton, provost and vice president for academic affairs and professor of education at Dickinson State University in Dickinson, N.D.    Detailed resume

For more details on the NMU president search, go to www.nmu.edu/presidentialsearch.