"The key slots to fill include provost, library director and deans of business, arts and letters, and education and psychology, said Saunders, who's been on the job for a month. "These are all opportunities to bring in new blood," she told The Clarion-Ledger editorial board. Some of the posts are being filled on an interim basis. An honors college dean also will be named soon.It could be up to a year before most of the vacancies are filled permanently. Committees are being named on campus to conduct national searches."