letters 1xbet best casino website to Campus
April 27, 2009
Dear Faculty and Staff--
Greetings! I hope this note finds you well, and that your semester is coming to a successful conclusion. With the recent announcement by the University of Idaho selecting Provost Duane Nellis as their next president, we will need to conduct a 1xbet best casino website to find both an interim provost as well as a new permanent provost. I wanted to share with you some information on these searches and my plans on how we are going to move forward over the next couple of months.
First, let me offer my sincerest congratulations to Duane and Ruthie Nellis. They have spent many years of their careers at K-State, and I certainly want to wish them well. It says a great deal about the reputation of K-State that one of our senior administrators was so aggressively pursued by the University of Idaho for their presidency. While we are losing Duane as our provost, I know that K-State has gained a new friend in the Pacific Northwest, and I look forward to hearing about the significant strides the University of Idaho 1xbet best casino website make under Duane's leadership.
With Duane's departure on the near horizon, I am going to start the 1xbet best casino website process to identify our next permanent provost immediately. This will be a national 1xbet best casino website , with a goal of having a new provost at K-State no later than Jan. 1, 2010. I have asked John English, dean of engineering, to serve as the 1xbet best casino website committee chair for this important 1xbet best casino website . John has been part of the K-State family for a couple of years, and is a widely respected dean on campus. He has a strong passion for K-State, and will do an excellent job at leading the 1xbet best casino website committee. Over the next two weeks, I will be working with John to assemble a 1xbet best casino website committee with significant representation from across the campus community. My charge to the 1xbet best casino website committee will be the same one I gave to the AD 1xbet best casino website committee — "Find the best provost possible for Kansas State University."
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To have a successful 1xbet best casino website , we will need the campus community to nominate exceptional individuals we can contact about this leadership opportunity at K-State. Indeed, many candidates for these jobs apply because a colleague they respect contacts them in an attempt to entice them into sending in an application. Thus, a successful 1xbet best casino website will depend on each of you contacting individuals you personally know that would be a good fit at K-State, and asking them to apply. As the 1xbet best casino website progresses we will be actively seeking nominations — and I will encourage each of you to be involved and nominate colleagues that you know that would make an exceptional provost.
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During the next couple of weeks, we will announce the 1xbet best casino website committees and do everything possible to keep the university community informed as we move these two searches forward. With high profile searches like this, the campus rumor mill can sometimes go into overdrive. In my experience, at least 95 percent of the rumors which float around are completely unfounded. Thus, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me directly, and I will do all I can to provide the best and most up-to-date information.
Go Cats!
Kirk