Donde Plowman, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's executive vice chancellor, is one of four finalists to become the next chancellor at the University of Tennessee's flagship campus in Knoxville.
Plowman, the former dean of the UNL College of Business, was tapped as the chief academic officer of the Lincoln campus in 2016 by Chancellor Ronnie Green.
Before joining the business college in 2010, where she oversaw an $84 million private fundraising effort to build the new Howard L. Hawks Hall, as well as explosive growth in student enrollment, Plowman led the Management Department at the University of Tennessee.
Plowman will hold an open forum with Knoxville campus leaders, faculty, staff and students on Tuesday.
Other finalists include: Brian Noland, president of East Tennessee State University; William Tate, dean of the Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education at Washington University in St. Louis; and Bill Hardgrave, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Auburn University.
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The Knoxville campus chancellor reports to the University of Tennessee system president. The campus has been searching for a new chancellor after Jimmy Cheek retired in 2017.
Wayne Davis has been interim chancellor since May following the firing of interim chancellor Beverly Davenport.