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 color:blue;font-weight:bold'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></span></font></b></st1:place><b><font
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color:blue;font-weight:bold'> Family:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue;font-weight:bold'>On
behalf of the Provost Search Advisory Committee and President <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Dan Jones</st1:PersonName>, I would like to announce the candidates
who will come on campus to interview for our vacant position.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue;font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue;font-weight:bold'>First
to arrive on March 23<sup>rd</sup> and 24<sup>th</sup> will be Dr. Robert
Moulton who is presently the Interim Executive Vice President and Provost at <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">New Mexico</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
 w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.&nbsp;
His Ph.D. is in Speech and Hearing Sciences from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
 w:st="on">Michigan</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.&nbsp; His complete
resume will be posted later today on the Arts and Sciences Webpage.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue;font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Second
will be Dr. Louis Paradise of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
 of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">New Orleans</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.&nbsp; Dr. <st1:place
w:st="on">Paradise</st1:place> is presently a professor in the Department of
Educational Leadership, but served earlier as Executive Vice Chancellor and
Provost at that same institution for 11 years. Dr. Paradise will be visiting on
March 30 and 31.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue;font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Third
will be Dr. Larry Lemanski who is presently serving as Senior Vice President
for Research and Strategic Initiatives at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
 w:st="on">Temple</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.&nbsp;
He is a professor of anatomy and cell biology in the <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Medicine</st1:PlaceName> and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
 w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Science</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
and Technology. He will arrive on April 1 and 2.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue;font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Last
to arrive on campus will be Dr. Charles Holm who is founding Dean of the
College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Sociology at
California State University, Dominguez Hills. He will be on campus on April 6
and 7.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue;font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue;font-weight:bold'>We
hope that a large group of faculty, staff and students will turn out to welcome
each of these candidates.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue;font-weight:bold'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue;font-weight:bold'>I
would like to point out that these candidates have sold themselves to the
committee and the president.&nbsp; <span style='background:yellow'>Now it is our
turn to sell them on our university as a &#8220;happening place&#8221; that
they should consider calling their home.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>903-886-5199 FAX</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Pre-Veterinary Advisor</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Co-Director of Wildlife and
Conservation Science Program</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>

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