Provost Search
About the Search
The search for Salisbury University’s next Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs was launched in late summer of 2026. The selection and appointment of Salisbury University’s next Provost is critical and will be made with every consideration, including input from faculty, staff, and students. A Search Committee, made up of diverse representation from across campus, will lead the search for SU’s next Provost.
The Search Committee will put forth its recommendations to the President of the University for her decision.
Search Committee & Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Chairs
- Jason Curtin, Vice President for Advancement & Alumni Engagement and Executive Director of the SU Foundation, Inc.
- Thomas Lamey, Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Education, Respiratory Therapy
The search for Salisbury University’s next Provost will be inclusive and reflect input from the campus and community to ensure selection is the product of stakeholder engagement.
About Salisbury and SU
Known as “Maryland’s Coastal College Town,” the City of Salisbury long has been the crossroads of the historic Delmarva Peninsula. Located in Wicomico County (population over 102,000), the city is less than an hour away from the Atlantic Ocean, which is dotted with popular vacation destinations such as Ocean City, MD; Assateague Island; and Rehoboth Beach, DE. Situated on the Wicomico River, Salisbury is approximately half an hour away from the beautiful Chesapeake Bay, the nation’s largest estuary and a hub for environmental research.
The Eastern Shore of Maryland is steeped in history. SU’s Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture houses some of the nation’s oldest genealogical records.
Home to some 7,500 students, SU has been a partner in reinvigorating downtown Salisbury, just two miles from campus, with facilities including the Dave and Patsy Rommel Center for Entrepreneurship, SU Art Galleries Downtown, and the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative. All are part of SU Downtown, a satellite campus in the heart of the City of Salisbury. University students, and performing artists also, are engaged with the city’s Arts & Entertainment District’s popular monthly 3rd Friday celebrations and the brand-new Maryland Folk Festival.
The campus is a cultural center for the region, with exhibits, the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra, a National Public Radio group (three stations divided between SU and the nearby University of Maryland Eastern Shore), space for Wicomico County’s public access television station (PAC 14), and a robust roster of performing arts and other events.
The University includes four academic schools, an Honors College, and a College of Health and Human Services endowed by Eastern Shore entrepreneurs and supporters, as well as a health-based college containing three additional schools and the Center for Healthy Communities. Area businesses, many alumni owned, welcome student interns.
In additional to finding careers across the country, SU graduates have found careers with local businesses such as Perdue Farms, one of the nation’s largest agribusiness companies with corporate headquarters in Salisbury, and TidalHealth, an award-winning hospital system locally serving four counties in two states. With SU, these businesses constitute a significant employer base for the Eastern Shore. A study showed the University contributing nearly a half billion dollars annually to the region’s economy.
Learn more about SU, its success stories and its connections with the local community.