IHL PRESS RELEASE SOUTHERN MISS BOARD SEARCH COMMITTEE TO MEET

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Media Contact: Annie Mitchell
Phone Number: (601) 432-6493

2/20/2007 (Jackson, Miss. ) The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Search Committee for the next President of the University of Southern Mississippi, chaired by Trustee Robin Robinson, will meet on Friday, February 23, 2007, beginning at 8:30 a.m., and Saturday, February 24, beginning at 7:30 a.m., in the IHL Board Room in the Universities Center, 3825 Ridgewood Road, Jackson, MS, 39211, for the purpose of conducting round one interviews for the next President of the University of Southern Mississippi. Representatives from the Southern Miss Search Advisory Committee will participate in the preliminary interviews with the Board Search Committee, Commissioner of Higher Education Dr. Thomas C. Meredith, and search consultant Dr. Jan Greenwood. An executive session may be held in accordance with the Open Meetings Act.