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February 4, 2002 Volume 26, Issue 24 |
Faculty and staff who are interested in serving or nominating others to serve on the campus-based Advisory Committee that will aid in the search for the next president of MSU are invited to submit suggestions.
The Advisory Committee is expected to include 30-40 university employees, students, alumni, and friends, and will assist the Board of Trustees, State Institutions of Higher Learning search committee in identifying and screening presidential candidates.
Recommendations concerning the make-up of the committee should be sent to Dean of Libraries Frances Coleman, with a copy to trustee Carl Nicholson of Hattiesburg, chair of the board search committee. Coleman recently was named by the IHL board to chair the advisory group.
The search committee is expected to outline a timetable for seeking a successor to Malcolm Portera during the mid-February board meeting, said Interim President Charles Lee. The committee also will interview representatives of executive search firms during the February meeting.
Other members of the search committee named at the January Board of Trustees meeting by President Bill Crawford are Bryce Griffis of Starkville, Scott Ross of West Point, Amy Whitten of Oxford, Roy Klumb of Gulfport, and Bettye Neely of Grenada.