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IHL PRESS RELEASE
USM AND ASU BOARD SEARCH COMMITTEES TO MEET

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

2/28/2007 ( )

Jackson, MS—The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Search Committee for the next president of the University of Southern Mississippi (USM), chaired by Trustee Robin Robinson, will meet Friday, March 2, 2007, beginning at 8:00 a.m., in the IHL Board Room in the Universities Center, 3825 Ridgewood Road, Jackson, MS, 39211, for the purpose of hearing the results of candidate background and reference checks. Representatives of the Southern Miss Search Advisory Committee will participate in the meeting 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.



The Board Search Committee for the next president of Alcorn State University (ASU), chaired by Board President Dr. D.E. Magee, Jr., will also meet Friday, March 2, 2007, beginning at 10:30 a.m., in the IHL Board Room in the Universities Center for the purpose of hearing the results of candidate background and reference checks. Representatives of the ASU Search Advisory Committee will participate in the meeting 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.