Another Ball State University administrator is looking for employment at a different campus.
Philip Repp, associate vice president of information technology, is one of three finalists for the position of information technology chief at Central Michigan University.
The position at CMU would bring him closer to family, which is the major reason he applied, Repp said.
He submitted his application at the beginning of March and found out two weeks ago that he was a finalist. Repp will visit CMU next week.
Repp said he wouldn't be excited to leave Ball State, but his personal ties to Michigan were important.
Repp has been at Ball State for 25 years as a faculty member as well as an administrator.
O'Neal Smitherman, vice president of information technology, said it was not surprising that another school was interested in Repp.
"He's been doing great things at Ball State University," Smitherman said, "and you would expect that other places would want to have him."
Bob Korhman, dean of the College of Science and Technology at CMU, said the three candidates would meet with campus groups, as well as faculty and administrator during their visits. The candidates get a chance to see if they like the campus, and the people of the university get to see if they like the candidates, he said.
"It's a two-way street," Korhman said. "They get a chance to see if Central Michigan University is a place they want to be."
Korhman said he hoped to find a candidate before the end of CMU's Spring Semester, around the first week of May. The selected candidate would preferably start working by the beginning of CMU's Fall Semester 2006.
Smitherman said if he had to replace Repp, he would open the search at a national level.
"Phil brings such a unique set of skills that we'd want to have a chance to pick the very best person for the job," he said.
CMU is the only place Repp has applied. He said being a finalist was a long way from having a job offer or accepting an offer. He would have to seriously weigh his options if he was offered the position at CMU, and it would be a hard decision to make, Repp said.
Smitherman said he wanted Repp to stay.
"He's a great asset to Ball State University and I hope we're able to convince him to stay and continue his work here," Smitherman said.
Repp said if he got the job, he would miss the environment that Ball State offered.
"It's all the positive energy that's going on with digital media and technology on campus right now," he said.
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