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Announcement of sixth candidate shows continuing nature of search, Estess says

By Jim Parsons
The Daily Cougar

The announcement of a sixth provost candidate last week raised some questions about the provost search process and why a single candidate was announced several days after the first five.

Search committee Chairman Ted Estess said the announcement of Bernadette Gray-Little, executive associate provost at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was delayed because the committee was waiting for Gray-Little to accept its invitation to an on-campus interview.

But the single announcement reflects the continuing nature of the overall search for a provost and senior vice president/vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, Estess said.

"While we do not anticipate that other candidates will be added (to the list), it should be noted that a search such as this one remains open until a final selection is made," he said.

Three campus forums for provost candidates remain: Charles Louis of Georgia State University on Tuesday, David Young of Arizona State University on Feb. 12 and Gray-Little on Feb. 16. All the forums are scheduled for 4 p.m. on their respective dates at the University Hilton's Waldorf Room.
 

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