PSAC2014 Chair Duane Halliburton (Class of 1985) updates the community on the presidential search.

Visual Description:

The video opens with a slide of the Gallaudet University logo on a white background. The logo has the words Gallaudet University in blue capital letters -- Gallaudet appears in larger letters above the word 'university'. Above the word Gallaudet two arc lines in buff that start from two different points above the 'G' and 'A', coming together to one point over the 'T'. (Buff and blue are the school colors.)

Duane Halliburton, chair of the Presidential Search Advisory Committee (PSAC) 2014 and vice chair of the Gallaudet University Board of Trustees signs the vlog (transcript below). Mr. Halliburton has medium brown skin, close cropped short hair, and a trim mustache. He is wearing a dark gray business suit with white shirt and purple tie with white and black lines that crisscross. He is also wearing a watch and a gold ring. A blue screen background is behind him. His demeanor is professional and friendly. A banner identifying him as chair of the PSAC appears at the start of his vlog presentation.

At 1:11, as the vlog ends, the final images of the video show the Gallaudet University logo on a white background with the PSAC web address Link on one slide, followed by a slide with the Gallaudet University logo and the PSAC email address: Link


Transcript:

Greetings, Gallaudet Community.

My name is Duane Halliburton. I am the chair of the Presidential Search Advisory Committee (PSAC2014).

We recently completed our interviews of eight semi-finalists and have now selected three finalists. We have been impressed with the candidates thus far and believe that the Board of Trustees and community have a strong choice for President.

We know that many of you are eager for the names of the finalists to be made public. However, confidentiality remains critical at this stage to protect the privacy of the finalists who have not disclosed to others that they are vying for this prestigious position.

It is our intention to make a public announcement of our finalists on the PSAC website in August. In the meantime, we are planning campus visits for our finalists in September. We are on track for the Board of Trustees to make its decision in October.

Thank you for your support. Because of community-wide participation, this is a search that will be very successful. For that, the search committee and Board of Trustees are grateful.