The Board of Trustees, Institutions of Higher Learning has been interviewing Mississippi State presidential semi-finalists and is expected to announce the finalists sometime this week. The following is a tentative agenda of the finalists' interviews. If there are more than three finalists, the dates in parentheses will be added. The schedule is the same for each candidate. An up-to-date schedule of visitation dates will be kept on the university web page <http://msuinfo.ur.msstate.edu/ceo_search/prescand.htm>.
Tentative Agenda (revised 9/15/97)
Presidential Candidate Campus Visits
| Day 1 [Sept. 28, Oct. 5, Oct. 12, (Oct. 7), or (Sept. 30)] | |
|---|---|
| 5:15 p.m. | Driving Tour of Campus and Starkville area |
| 6 p.m. | Dinner: Candidate and Spouse with MSU Presidential Search Local Advisory Committee |
| Day 2 [Sept. 29, Oct. 6, Oct. 13, (Oct. 8), or (Oct. 1)] | |
| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Breakfast with Candidate and Executive Council [Whittington Suite] |
| 8:30-9:15 a.m. | Vice Presidents and Athletic Director [Whittington Suite Sitting Room] |
| 9:30-10:15 | Department Heads [M-Club (west end)] |
| 10:30-11:15 a.m. | Agriculture Units (MCES and MAFES) [M - Club (east end)] |
| 10:30-11 a.m. | Board Receives Report from Executive Council |
| 11:15-11:45 a.m. | Board Receives Report from Department Heads |
| Noon | Lunch - Board |
| 1-1:30 p.m. | Faculty [Bost Extension Auditorium North] |
| 1:30-2 p.m. | Board Receives Report from Legislators |
| 2-2:30 p.m. | Students [Bost Extension Auditorium South] |
| 2:15-2:45 p.m. | Board Receives Report from Agriculture Units |
| 3-3:30 p.m. | Board Receives Report from Faculty |
| 3-3:30 p.m. | Candidate and Spouse with President and Mrs. Zacharias |
| 3:45-4:15 p.m. | Board Receives Report from Students |
| 4:30-5 p.m. | Giles Distinguished Professors; Grisham Master Teachers and Teaching Excellence Award Winners, Outstanding Faculty Awards [Bost Auditorium South] |
| 4:30 p.m. | Board Receives Report from Vice Presidents/Athletic Director |
| 5:15-5:45 p.m. | Board receives Report from Distinguished Professors |
| 6:30 p.m. | Alumni/Development/Bulldog Foundation/Bulldog Club |
| 7 p.m. | Dinner -- Board |
| 8 p.m. | Dinner with Alumni/Development/Bulldog Foundation/Bulldog Club [M-Club] |
| Day 3 [Sept. 30, Oct. 7, Oct. 14, (Oct. 9), or (Oct. 2)] | |
| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Breakfast with Athletic Department Representatives [Bryan Athletic Administration Building Conference Room] |
| 7:30 a.m. | Breakfast -- Board |
| 8:30-9 a.m. | Unit Heads [Bryan Building] |
| 8:30-9 a.m. | Board Receives Report from Alumni/Development |
| 9:30-10 a.m. | Deans’ Council, Director of MAFES, Director of MCES [611 Allen] |
| 9:30-10 a.m. | Board Receives Report from Unit Heads |
| 10:10-10:30 a.m. | Board Receives Report from Athletic Representative |
| 10:30 -11 a.m. | Research Operations Council [611 Allen] |
| 10:45-11:15 a.m. | Board Receives Report from Deans’ Council |
| 11:15-11:45 a.m. | Office of the President |
| 11:30-noon. | Board Receives Report from Research Operations Council |
| Noon | Lunch: Candidate and Spouse with Chamber of Commerce and Local City/County Representatives |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch -- Board |
| 1:45-2:15 p.m. | Staff [Engineering Research Center, Room 20] |
| 2-2:30 p.m. | Board Receives Report from Starkville Area Representatives |
| 2:30-3 p.m. | Recap with PSLAC [Engineering Research Center, Room 20] |
| 3-3:30 p.m. | Board Receives Report from Staff |
| 3:45-4:15 p.m. | IHL Search Committee [Butler Williams Alumni House Board Room] |
| 4:30 p.m. | Press Conference [Butler Williams Alumni House Lobby] |
| 5-5:30 p.m. | Board Receives Report from PSLAC |
| 7 p.m. | Dinner with Board of Trustees and Commissioner Layzell |
| Day 4 [Oct. 1, Oct. 8, Oct. 15, (Oct. 10), (Oct. 3)] | |
| 8 a.m. | Breakfast -- Board |
| 8 a.m. | Depart Bryan Field for Delta Research and Extension Center (MAFES and MCES) and Meridian Campus |
| 9 a.m.-Noon | Board Recap and Time for Additional or Continued Reports to Board |
| 9 a.m. | Board Report from Office of the President Staff |
| 9 a.m. | Delta Research and Extension Center (MAFES and MCES) [Stoneville] |
| 10:30 a.m. | Depart Stoneville for MSU Meridian Campus |
| 11 a.m. | Board Receives Report from Delta Research and Extension Center |
| 11:30 a.m. | MSU Meridian Campus |
| Noon | Lunch -- Board |
| 2 p.m. | Board Receives Report from Meridian Campus |
| 2 p.m. | Interview Process Concluded -- Depart Meridian |
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