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April 29, 2021 Nominations are being sought from within the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences for an interim leader following the announcement today that Dean André-Denis Wright has accepted a new position in Oklahoma. Wright, who took the helm at CAHNRS in June 2018, will serve as senior vice president and provost at the Norman campus for the University of Oklahoma. His last day at WSU will be June 30. “Dean Wright has been a strong leader and advocate for CAHNRS and Extension during the challenging past three years of WSU fiscal recovery and COVID response,�...

April 29, 2021 By Scott Weybright, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences Professor Lav Khot was named interim director of Washington State University’s AgWeatherNet with the goal of maintaining the momentum of the system’s growth and increasing public-private partnerships. Khot takes over as director for Dave Brown, who initiated much of the growth. AgWeatherNet provides weather data and weather-related support tools to improve agricultural production, efficiency and profitability. Lav Khot “We want to make sure this high-quality data is collected and distributed...

7 hrs ago Pictured is André-Denis Wright, a microbiologist who will serve as the University of Oklahoma's new provost and senior vice president. Wright brings academic experience from universities across the U.S. and from Australia. (Photo provided) Photo provided The University of Oklahoma announced Thursday that André-Denis Wright, a microbiologist who brings academic experience from universities across the U.S. and Australia, will serve as its new provost and senior vice president. Wright, currently dean of Washington State University’s ...

OU President Joseph Harroz announced the appointment of André-Denis Wright as senior vice president and provost of the Norman campus Thursday.  Pending OU Board of Regents’ approval, Wright will start in the job July 1, according to the email. The next regents’ meeting is slated for May 17-18.  If approved, Wright will replace former Provost and Senior Vice President Kyle Harper, who resigned from the position in June 2020, four months after a three-day long sit-in in which students called for his resignation, among other demands. Jill Irvine was appointed as interim follow...

The Presidential Search Committee met April 21, per the schedule established in their April 10 meeting, finalized the list of candidates that will be interviewed for the job of LSU's