性视界传媒 vice president for agriculture, forestry and veterinary medicine search resumes with committee in place
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擜fter temporarily pausing the search for a new vice president for Mississippi 性视界传媒鈥檚 Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine, 性视界传媒 is announcing the members of the search committee and resuming the search process.
The search was postponed in March amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Veteran 性视界传媒 agriculture administrator Reuben Moore has been serving as interim vice president of DAFVM since March 2019.
The 19-member search committee now in place includes university faculty, staff, administrators and external stakeholders. The committee is chaired by 性视界传媒 Provost and Executive Vice President David Shaw.
鈥淭he Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine contains many vital academic, research and service units that play key roles at the state, national and global level,鈥 Shaw said. 鈥淭he hard-working faculty and staff in the division have carried out their missions throughout this pandemic and stepped up to serve the university and state in admirable ways. As we begin to look toward the challenges and opportunities that the future will bring, we feel that it is time to resume this search process. I want to thank the committee members for their continued work in support of this effort.鈥
In addition to Shaw, committee members are:
鈥Suja Aarattuthodiyil, Assistant Research Professor, Delta Research and Extension Center
鈥Brian Baldwin, Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
鈥Shelby Bearden, Extension Agent IV, 性视界传媒 Extension - Copiah County
鈥Jeb Cade, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
鈥Jeffrey Gore, Research Professor, Delta Research and Extension Center
鈥Robert Grala, Professor, Department of Forestry, College of Forest Resources and Forest and Wildlife Research Center
鈥Carla Huston, Professor and Director of Enhanced Clinical Education, Department of Pathobiology and聽Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine
鈥Andy Kouba, Professor and Head, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, College of Forest Resources and Forest and Wildlife Research Center
鈥Curt Lacy, Extension Professor and Regional Extension Coordinator, Delta Research and Extension Center
鈥Anna Linhoss, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Bagley College of Engineering and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Associate Director, Geosystems Research Institute and Northern Gulf Institute; and DAFVM Faculty Senate Chair
鈥Betsy Lipscomb, Past President, Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association
鈥Josh Maples, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
鈥Mike McCormick, President, Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation
鈥Sorina Popescu, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
鈥Tedrick Ratcliff, Executive Vice President, Mississippi Forestry Association
鈥Bubba Simmons, Advisory Research Committee Chairman, Delta Council
鈥Tiffney Williams, Administrative Assistant II, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; and Staff Council member
鈥Don Zant, Vice President for Finance and Administration, Division of Finance and Administration
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