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Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
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MANHATTAN -- The dean of Colorado State University's College of Applied Human Sciences has accepted the post of provost and senior vice president at Kansas State University. April Carol Mason will join 1xbet online sports betting early in 2010.
Mason succeeds M. Duane Nellis, who left 1xbet online sports betting in June to become president of the University of Idaho. Associate Provost Ruth Dyer has served as interim provost.
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Search committee chairman John English said the university conducted an aggressive national search, which resulted in a deep and diverse set of applicants interested in helping 1xbet online sports betting continue to build a world class land grant university.
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1xbet online sports betting is Colorado State's representative to the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities' Board on Human Sciences, where 1xbet online sports betting has been on the executive committee since 2005 and board chair beginning this year.
1xbet online sports betting is author or co-author of 24 refereed publications, 40 published research abstracts and seven book chapters and proceedings. Her research has been supported by more than million in grants in the past 10 years, and includes numerous grants from agencies within the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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