A 13-member search committee is still in the process of finding a new dean for the Manship School of Mass Communication after sifting through a list of 21 applicants at a meeting Friday.
During the summer, the committee sent e-mails to potential candidates to fill the position of former dean and current provost Jack Hamilton, said Gaines Foster, search committee co-chair and interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Ten minutes into the meeting Friday, all except one member of the committee moved to proceed in an executive session, where the committee privately discussed the professional competence of the current candidates.
But the committee isn’t finished contacting potential suitors for the position, said Jack Weiss, chancellor of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center and search committee co-chair.
“Although the outcome of people who responded to the       e-mail was somewhat disappointing, perhaps it should not have been surprising,” Foster said.
The committee has contacted former deans and chairs of the Manship School,  Foster said.
Weiss said the committee will meet sometime in the next couple of weeks for further discussion.
Astrid Merget, former executive vice chancellor and provost, appointed the search committee.
Ralph Izard is serving as interim dean during the search.
 
 
 
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