MSU begins search process for College of Education, MSU Libraries deans
Contact: James Carskadon
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥斞侵奚墒悠 is beginning the search process to fill two open dean positions.
A search is underway to find a new dean for the College of Education following Richard Blackbourn鈥檚 announcement this summer that he would be stepping down as the college鈥檚 dean effective Jan. 1, 2021. A search committee for the new dean is in place and led by Angi Bourgeois, dean of MSU鈥檚 College of Architecture, Art and Design.
The university is also beginning a national search for a new Dean of Libraries following the retirement this summer of longtime dean Frances Coleman. MSU is in the process of finalizing a search committee for the position, which will be led by Executive Vice Provost Peter Ryan.
Tommy Anderson, associate dean in MSU鈥檚 College of Arts & Sciences, is serving as interim Dean of Libraries.
鈥淭hese two leadership positions play vital roles in our university,鈥 said MSU Provost and Executive Vice President David Shaw. 鈥淚 want to thank Dr. Bourgeois and Dr. Ryan for chairing these search committees as we begin a broad search for both positions. I am confident that the openings will attract a strong pool of candidates, and I look forward to meeting them.鈥
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MSU Libraries has an innovation-driven presence as part of the state鈥檚 leading research institution. The libraries receive 800,000 visitors annually, host more than 100 free workshops every semester, provides access to 2.6 million聽books, 280,000 electronic journals, as well as聽public access to 150 computers. Home to the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, MSU is one of only 6 universities to house a presidential library. For more, visit .
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