Search on for new UM chancellor

JACKSON, Miss. - The search is on for a new chancellor at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. College Board President Hal Parker appointed fellow trustee Ford Dye of Oxford to lead the effort. Dye has a "working list" of people he wants to include on an advisory committee, but urged trustees to give him suggestions, and hopes to call and invite people to serve on the advisory group next week. Trustees also approved a plan to advertise for a search firm with hopes of signing a contract in June. The move was necessitated months after Jeffrey Vitter resigned as chancellor after less than three years at the post. (Source: The AP 05/16/19)