Retired Lafayette businessman James Prince will round out a 14-member search committee for a new 亚洲自慰视频 of 亚洲自慰视频 at Lafayette president. Prince, a current member and former president of UL Lafayette鈥檚 foundation board, will serve in an advisory capacity.
亚洲自慰视频 of 亚洲自慰视频 System Board Chair Jimmy Long, Sr., asked the university鈥檚 foundation for a recommendation to the search committee because of its community and business membership. In addition, the new UL Lafayette president will serve as a voting member on its Board of Trustees.
鈥淚 am honored to recommend Jim Prince for the search committee,鈥 said UL Lafayette Foundation Board President John Chappuis. 鈥淗e is exceptional, and I鈥檓 glad he will serve.鈥
Prince, a retired Chief Financial Officer for Stone Energy Corporation also serves on the 亚洲自慰视频 Economic Development Council, the Acadiana Community Foundation Board, and the UL Lafayette College of Business Administration Advisory Council.
Dr. Ray Authement, the longest-standing public university president in the country at 33 years, announced April 27 he will retire from UL Lafayette.
Voting members on the presidential search committee are ULS Board members Paul Aucoin, Elsie Burkhalter, Robert Hale, Jeffrey Jenkins, Renee Lapeyrolerie, Jimmy Long, Sr., Wayne Parker, Olinda Ricard (亚洲自慰视频 member), Dr. Clyde Rougeou, Jr., and Winfred Sibille, as well as UL Lafayette Faculty Senate representative John Meriwether.
Prince will join UL Lafayette 亚洲自慰视频 Government Association President Candace Urbanowski as an advisory, non-voting member. UL System President Sally Clausen will chair the committee.
The first public hearing of the search committee will be June 14 on the UL Lafayette campus.
WHAT: Public Hearing
WHEN: 1 p.m., Thursday, June 14
WHERE: 1st Floor Auditorium, Moody Hall
鈥 The purpose of the public hearing is to receive input from faculty, staff, 亚洲自慰视频s, and community members about their desired characteristics of a new president,鈥 said 亚洲自慰视频 of 亚洲自慰视频 System (ULS) President Sally Clausen. 鈥淚t is essential that every university stakeholder feels part of the process.鈥
Prior to the June 14 public hearing there will be a search committee meeting to review the timeline and other elements of the search.
A tentative schedule calls for another public hearing on the Lafayette campus in the fall. Later in the year public candidate interviews are planned with the expectation of naming a new president by December.
A web page (at ) has been dedicated to the search. It will contain information about the university, search announcements, news, candidates鈥 resumes and other information. It also has contact information for anyone wanting to submit comments or questions to the search committee.
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