MS prof makes cut for Nicholls prez

Six candidates have been named semifinalists for the next president of Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, La., according to the search committee: Jay Clune, Eugene Dial, John Doucet, Shawn Mauldin, Wade Rousse and Marcheta Evans. All six are to be interviewed in public on campus Nov 6-7. Mauldin is a Nicholls alumnus and has served as director of Mississippi State University’s accounting school since 2015. Clune is a Nicholls alumnus who currently serves as the interim dean for the University of West Florida’s graduate school in Pensacola, Fla. Dial is NSU’s vice president for student affairs and associate professor of education. Doucet serves as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Evans has served as vice president for academic affairs and provost at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas. She is the only woman who was named as a qualified applicant, and the only African American. Mauldin joined the Nicholls staff in 1987 as an instructor in accounting, and served as department head from 2000-05 and as dean for the following decade. Rousse has served in top leadership roles in oil and gas related companies in Louisiana since he graduated in 1993, as well as taught economics as a visiting professor at Northern Arizona State since 2015. After the interviews, the search committee will recommend at least two candidates. Those chosen will be interviewed Nov. 14 by the full University of Louisiana System board, which will choose the new president on that same day. (Source: Houma [La.] Today 10/25/17)