Three finalists for the position of vice chancellor for Student Life and Enrollment Services will tour the University separately and participate in open forums beginning today.The position, which reports to the executive vice chancellor and provost, controls the fiscal and personnel workings of the Division of Student Life and Enrollment Services, serves as a liaison between University administration and Student Government and aids in enrollment and retention, according to the University job announcement.The new vice chancellor will replace Interim Vice Chancellor of Student Life K.C. White, who will continue as Dean of Students, and the position encompasses Jim McCoy’s post as vice provost of Enrollment Management, Planning and Policy, according to Vice Provost and search committee chair Chuck Wilson.McCoy will depart for a job opportunity at the end of the semester, and the University will choose a vice chancellor as soon as possible, Wilson said. More than 275 staff members report to the new position, and the division controls a budget of about $41 million, according to the announcement.Finalist Dean Bresciani comes from Texas A&M University and will visit today through Nov. 21, and Kurt Keppler of Valdosta State University will visit from Nov. 22 to 25. Theresa Powell of Temple University will visit from Nov. 29 to Dec. 2. The finalists will give presentations on the topic “Moving Forward with LSU: Challenges and Opportunities,” and the first forum will be held Thursday with Bresciani at 2:45 p.m. in Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex.—-Contact Sarah Lawson at [email protected]