Higher Education Commissioner Dr. Hank Bounds will meet Friday on the Mississippi University for Women campus to discuss the search of an interim president to replace retiring President Dr. Claudia Limbert.
Bounds will communicate via teleconference with the state College Board, which will meet in Jackson, for the special meeting.
The “institutional transition” meeting will be held at 11 a.m. in Room 308 in Welty Hall on the MUW campus. The public is invited.
Limbert, who will step down June 30, has said she would like some time to work with the interim president before turning over operations. The interim president will lead the school during the search process for Limbert”s permanent successor.
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