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Five finalists named for NMSU president job

By │ 10/27/09, 3:58 pm │

NMSU

The New Mexico State University Board of Regents approved a list of five finalists for the job of president earlier this afternoon.

The finalists are, according to the Las Cruces Sun-News:

• Barbara Coutoure, senior vice chancellor for academic affairs and professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

• Richard Herman, special assistant to the president, professor and recently chancellor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

• James Oblinger, professor and recently chancellor at North Carolina State University.

• Michael Ortiz, president, California State Polytechnic University in Pomona.

• Lisa Rossbacher, president, Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Ga.

The regents have said they want a new president in place by the start of the spring semester. Expect visits to campus that include public events and closed-door interviews with the regents in the coming weeks.

Update, 4:40 p.m.

You can find info on each of the finalists by clicking here.

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  1. Thinker
    October 29, 2009 • 11:22 am

    After reading each candidate’s vitae, I was really impressed with the quality and background of each candidate. Not one of them looks like an academic lightweight, but it’s hard to know how they would actually lead the University as President. It’s a shame so much emphasis in that position is on fund raising, because any one of these folks has the background to really improve our academic programs, given the time and opportunity.

  2. ftrplt
    October 28, 2009 • 5:32 pm

    My wife, Dr. Pat Jonker, and I taught at the School of Hotel & Restaurant Management at Calpoly, Pomona for three years. It is considered one of the top Hotel & Restaurant Schools in the country. The University has a wide range of outstanding programs including all of Engineering, agricultural, mathematics and many others. Additionally, it has the most beautiful Arabian horses you have ever seen. There are many similarities between NMSU and Calpoly, Pomona and Dr. Ortiz would be an outstanding leader at NMSU.

  3. jivaro99
    October 28, 2009 • 8:23 am

    It isw an All-Star line up Dr. J, but the best one for the job would be Michael Ortiz. I know abut him and he would be excellent for the job.

  4. Dr. J
    October 27, 2009 • 4:12 pm

    Wow! Now that is an All-Star lineup! You can’t go wrong.

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