Florida State University holds open forums for final three candidates of presidential search and last updated 2021-05-18 19:14:43-04 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â Narrowing down the search for the next president at Florida State University. On Tuesday, students and faculty got a chance to meet the candidates. Starting with Harvard Universities Dr. Richard McCullough. Dr. McCullough, the first to answer questions from staff, faculty, the community and students. The other two candidates, Robert Bouin from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and Giovanni Piedmont from Tulane University are set to answer questions this Wednesday and Thursday. The selections come after the 15 member search committee selected over 30 initial candidates, with nine being selected to interview earlier this weekend with the final three remaining today.