By MARK BALLARD | The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La. | Published: April 23, 2021 BATON ROUGE, La. (Tribune News Service) An LSU search committee will be choosing among two Louisiana public officials, two military officers, three administrators from other universities and a former adviser to President Donald Trump to be the next leader of the state s flagship university and its system. Two graduated from the University of New Orleans, two from LSU. Most claim some connection to Louisiana. The LSU Presidential Search Committee plans to interview all eight candidates on Monday and Tuesday, then meet on April 30 to decide which finalists to recommend to the LSU Board of Supervisors. The 16 supervisors have final say on who will be president of the LSU system and chancellor of the flagship Baton Rouge campus.
Applicants for the top job at Louisiana s flagship university will get their chance to impress a search committee during virtual interviews scheduled for Monday and Tuesday.
After months of looking for a new president-chancellor of Louisiana State University and the LSU System, committee members accepted a list of 23 applicants at a meeting Wednesday and narrowed that number to eight who will advance to the first round of interviews next week. Interviews will be streamed to the public.
The eight to be interviewed include notable local names such as state Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne and UL System President Jim Henderson. Another applicant with a Louisiana connection is Rustin M. Moore, a professor and dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at The Ohio State University. Moore taught at LSU from 1996-2005.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Eight candidates seeking to be Louisiana State University s next president were chosen Wednesday by a search committee for interviews, including the leader of another college system in the state and Gov. John Bel Edwards top budget adviser.
LSU is seeking a new president in the middle of a sexual misconduct scandal, which was seen as dampening interest in the job, which has been open since an interim president took over the position in January 2020.
The Advocate reports that 23 candidates submitted applications to oversee a system that includes colleges, medical schools, a law school and research institutions across the state. The president also works as chancellor of Louisiana’s flagship university in Baton Rouge.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Eight candidates seeking to be Louisiana State University’s next president were chosen Wednesday by a search committee for interviews, including the leader of another college system in the state and Gov. John Bel Edwards’ top budget adviser.
LSU is seeking a new president in the middle of a sexual misconduct scandal, which was seen as dampening interest in the job, which has been open since an interim president took over the position in January 2020.
A total of 23 candidates submitted applications to oversee a system that includes colleges, medical schools, a law school and research institutions across the state. The president also works as chancellor of Louisiana’s flagship university in Baton Rouge.