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05-09-06 Contacts: Tahira Hira, Office of the President, (515) 294-2042 Susan Carlson, Office of the Provost, (515) 294-9556 Annette Hacker, News Service, (515) 294-3720 Geoffroy names search committee, interim provost to succeed Benjamin AllenAMES, Iowa -- Iowa State University President Gregory Geoffroy has selected Susan Carlson, associate provost for faculty advancement and diversity and professor of English, to serve as interim vice president for academic affairs and provost, effective June 1. Carlson has been a member of the Iowa State faculty since 1980. She will remain in the interim position until the appointment of a permanent executive vice president and provost, the new title for that position. Current Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Benjamin Allen will leave Iowa State at the end of this month to become the next president of the University of Northern Iowa. Geoffroy also has appointed an 18-member committee to conduct the search for ISU's executive vice president and provost. Tahira Hira, assistant to the president for external relations and executive administration, and professor of consumer economics, will chair that committee. Search committee members include:
Geoffroy said the goal is to name a new executive vice president and provost before Thanksgiving. -30- |
Quick lookSusan Carlson, associate provost for faculty advancement and diversity and professor of English, will serve as interim vice president for academic affairs and provost, effective June 1. President Gregory Geoffroy has appointed a committee to conduct the search for ISU's executive vice president and provost. |