Biesiot takes interim CS&T helm at USM

The University of Southern Mississippi will conduct a national search this fall to select a new dean for its College of Science and Technology. Until then, Dr. Patricia Biesiot, a 23-year educator at the Hattiesburg-based college, will serve as interim dean. Biesiot takes the helm from Dr. Joe B. Whitehead Jr. who left in late July to become Provost at North Carolina A&T State University. Source: The Associated Press, Aug. 5, 2013.