Fort Lewis College has created online feedback surveys for community members to comment about the three finalists vying to become the school’s next president.

The surveys for each candidate are available through Wednesday. They are a way for people to provide their thoughts about each candidate to the Board of Trustees.

The survey data will be available only to the trustees.

The Board of Trustees has scheduled an extended public comment session from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at its monthly meeting in the Vallecito Room of the Student Union.

The discussion will provide campus and community members the opportunity to speak to trustees directly about the three choices for president. Trustees ask that comments be limited to a few minutes to allow as many people to speak as possible.

Trustees expect to announce their choice for the next president at a special trustee meeting to be scheduled for the week beginning April 16.

The feedback surveys are available online at:

Teresa C. Balser: www.surveymonkey.com/r/FQDGTFFMaria Guajardo: www.surveymonkey.com/r/FYVVRQYTom Stritikus: www.surveymonkey.com/r/FJ26K38Balser is the dean of teaching and learning for the School of Engineering at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. Balser received her doctorate in soil microbiology from University of California-Berkley and two bachelor degrees in biology and earth science from Dartmouth College.

Guajardo serves as deputy vice president at Soka University in Tokyo, where she developed a new degree program in international liberal arts. She received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Harvard University and master’s and doctorate degrees in clinical psychology from the University of Denver.

Stritikus is the deputy director of education at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He received his bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and his master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, in education in language, literacy and culture.

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