http://hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051219/NEWS01/512190310/1002

Committees, firm help with search

[on MSU process]

...Of those five, the Board Search Committee will choose which should be interviewed by the full board, which will make the final decision by April 1 so the new president can write his or her own budget for the 2006-2007 academic year, Meredith said.