Panel picked to help in MSU president search

Lynn Walker, Wichita Falls Times Record News
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Texas Tech University System regents have picked a committee to help in the search for a new president for Midwestern State University.

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The panel of 11 includes eight Wichita Falls people.

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They are:

  • Glenn Barham – former Wichita Falls mayor and current head of the Sheppard Military Affairs Committee

  • Tony Fidelie – attorney and former MSU regent

  • Michael Mills – Interim MSU vice president for enrollment management

  • Karen Moriarty – associate professor of nursing at MSU

  • Oku Okeke – manager at Pratt & Whitney and former MSU regent

  • Gabriella Pettijohn – MSU student

  • Shelley Sweatt – president of Priddy Foundation and former MSU regent

  • Sam Watson – MSU dean and professor

Non-Wichita Falls residents include:

  • Dailey Fuller – office of the Texas Tech chancellor, Lubbock

  • Ginger Kerrick Davis – member of Texas Tech board of regents, Houston

  • Pat Gordon – member of Texas Tech board of regents, El Paso

The committee will meet this week to begin the search. A search firm will also be hired, according to a press release from MSU.

The search for a new president became necessary when JuliAnn Mazachek resigned in January after less than a year on the job.

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