Presidential Search Info...

[dawgstudent]

 <span style="color: black;">Message from Commissioner Meredith to the MSU Community</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> </span>

 <span style="color: black;"> Dear Mississippi State University Family,</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> </span>

 <span style="color: black;"> I want to update you on the search for your next Mississippi State </span>

 <span style="color: black;"><span style=""> </span>president.</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> </span>

 <span style="color: black;"> Recently, I announced the names of those who will serve on the Search </span>

 <span style="color: black;"><span style=""> </span>Advisory</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> Committee; you can find that list here:</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> [url]http://www.mississippi.edu/newsstory.asp?ID=614[/url]. Dr. Bill Kibler, Vice</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> President for Student Affairs, will serve as Chair of the Committee. The</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> Committee represents individuals who were nominated by their respective</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> constituency groups to review all candidate résumés and recommend no</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> </span>

 <span style="color: black;"> less than</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> five names to the Board of Trustees for consideration. In addition, a </span>

 <span style="color: black;"><span style=""> </span>number</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> of members from the Committee will join the Board and participate </span>

 <span style="color: black;"><span style=""> </span>throughout</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> the entire interview process.</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> </span>

 <span style="color: black;"> During its last meeting, the Board of Trustees approved Mr. Jerry Baker of</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> Atlanta-based Baker and Associates, LLC, to serve as the Board's</span>

 <span style="color: black;">search</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> consultant. This decision was reached after a far-reaching request for</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> proposals. Mr. Baker has served as an executive search consultant since </span>

 <span style="color: black;"><span style=""> </span>1976,</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> and has extensive experience at institutions similar to MSU. You can learn</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> more about Mr. Baker here: http://www.baasearch.com/team.htm.</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> </span>

 <span style="color: black;"> The next step in the process includes the first meeting of the Search </span>

 <span style="color: black;"><span style=""> </span>Advisory</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> Committee, scheduled for Friday, June 20th. During this meeting, search</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> consultant Jerry Baker and I will brief the Search Advisory Committee</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> regarding their important role. Mr. Baker will also outline his process </span>

 <span style="color: black;"><span style=""> </span>for</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> building an outstanding pool of candidates.</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> </span>

 <span style="color: black;"> Periodically, I will send you updates so you will know where we are in the</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> process. Additionally, you can always visit the search website,</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> [url]http://www.mississippi.edu/ieo/msu_search.html[/url], for the most up-to-date</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> information.</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> </span>

 <span style="color: black;"> Please don't hesitate to contact me by emailing </span>

 <span style="color: black;"><span style=""> </span>[email protected],</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> or Board of Trustees Search Committee Chair Scott Ross at</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> [email][email protected][/email], if you have any questions or comments. I know we </span>

 <span style="color: black;"><span style=""> </span>all</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> share the same goalâ?"to find the best possible person to lead</span>

 <span style="color: black;">Mississippi</span><span style="color: black;"> </span>

 <span style="color: black;"><span style=""> </span>State</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> University.</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> </span>

 <span style="color: black;"> I'll keep you posted!</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> </span>

 <span style="color: black;"> Sincerely,</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> </span>

 <span style="color: black;"> </span>

 <span style="color: black;"> </span>

 <span style="color: black;"> Dr. Thomas C. Meredith</span>

 <span style="color: black;"> </span>

 <span style="color: black;"> Commissioner of Higher Education</span>

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[DerHntr]

nfm

 

[Porkchop.sixpack]

that it takes weeks and weeks between when the committee and the consultant are named for the consultant to meet with them and essentially tell them what he is going to be doing in the future?

****, they can hire a CEO for Citigroup in 1 week, but it takes months and months to even START looking for a MSU president? Retarded.</p>

 

[8dog]

are still putting on this whole charade. I mean, correct me if Im wrong, but the search committee last time didn't even have Foglesong as one of its five finalists.

 

[MSUCE99]

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[Porkchop.sixpack]

we shouldn't be in any rush to name a president -- we don't want to be accused of doing things like yankees, or anyone else that is remotely on top of what needs to be done.</p>

 

[MSUCE99]

why a good ol' boy Mississippi university doesn't move as fast as a market-based Fortune 10 financial institution?

I agree that finding a president needs to be done. The sooner the better. But Watson has done just enough (giving Byrne the keys to the coaching search) to give me a semblance of confidence in him until the government/university bureaucrats get around to checking it off of their to-do list.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

I thought Baker'd be looking for a shepherd-- not a sheep.

 

[redfish66]

a close relative that was on the president search committee when we hired Foglesong. He told me he felt like he was conned and he was pissed because the preception was that the board had chosen Foglesong when he was not even interviewed.

 

[Porkchop.sixpack]

that they haven't even started looking yet. They are still having meetings scheduled weeks out to outline the process. I hope this is ONE HELL of a process if it takes this long to establish it.

 

[AROB44]

Why in the hell cann't they just pull out the resumes' of the ones they had last time. It's not like it has been years and years ago. Just go ahead and name Keenum and get this damn thing over with. We don't want to be stuck with and interim president for too long. And, Watson should be just that --- interim. No way he should be permanent.

 

[MidTNDawg]

to be, we have to find a president who is willing to take orders from his subordinates. Doc Fogelsong was not.</p>