MSU Search Committee Advisory panel set.
Members include:
• Dr. Bill Kibler, who will also serve as Committee Chair, Vice President for Student Affairs
• Mr. Richard Adkerson, MSU Foundation President
• Dr. David Breaux, Department Head and Professor; Political Science and Public Administration
• Dr. Susan Bridges, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
• Dr. Shane Burgess, Associate Professor and Director of the College of Veterinary Medicine
• Mr. Greg Byrne, Athletic Director
• Ms. Beth Clay, Director of the Bulldog Club
• Dr. Donna Clevinger, Dean of the Meridian Campus
• Ms. Frances Coleman, Dean of MSU Libraries
• Mr. Braxton Coombs, President of the MSU Student Government Association
• Dr. Linda Cornelious, Professor and Interim Head of Instructional Systems and Workforce Development
• Dr. Susan Diehl, Professor of Forest Resources
• Mr. David Jones, National President, MSU Alumni Association
• Dr. Patricia Knight, Head of the Coastal Research and Extension Center
• Dr. Kelly Marsh, Associate Professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences
• Dr. Melissa Moore, Associate Professor of Marketing in the College of Business and Industry
• Dr. Albert Myles, Professor of Community Resource Development for MSU Extension
• Dr. David Nagel, Faculty Senate President and Extension Professor of Horticulture in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
• Dr. Mark Novotny, Head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Ms. Joy Odom, Administrative Assistant and Staff Representative
• Dr. Lynn Richardson, Dean in the College of Business and Industry
• Ms. Janette Self, Board of Alderman, City of Starkville
• Dr. David Shaw, Professor and Director of the GeoResources Institute
• Mr. Mark D. Thomas, President of the Graduate Student Association
• Dr. James West, Dean of the School of Architecture
• Dr. Robert Wolverton, Professor of Foreign Languages in the College of Arts and Sciences
• Dr. Jerry Gilbert, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs at Mississippi State, will serve as IHL’s search liaison throughout the search process.
Might have been easier to list who they didn’t include.



I agree it’s a long list. Of that long list there is only one true Starkville representative….. Need I say more….?