The New Mexico State University Board of Regents approved a list of five finalists for the job of president earlier this afternoon.
The finalists are, according to the Las Cruces Sun-News:
• Barbara Coutoure, senior vice chancellor for academic affairs and professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
• Richard Herman, special assistant to the president, professor and recently chancellor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• James Oblinger, professor and recently chancellor at North Carolina State University.
• Michael Ortiz, president, California State Polytechnic University in Pomona.
• Lisa Rossbacher, president, Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Ga.
The regents have said they want a new president in place by the start of the spring semester. Expect visits to campus that include public events and closed-door interviews with the regents in the coming weeks.
Update, 4:40 p.m.
You can find info on each of the finalists by clicking here.