Four candidates for the next Georgia Southern University provost and vice president of academic affairs will speak at open forums at the Foy Recital Hall and the Williams Center Multipurpose Room throughout the next month.

As of the time of publication, the candidates are unnamed. Diana Cone, Ph.D., became the interim provost and vice president of academic affairs after Jean Bartels retired this summer.

The forum schedule was announced to the GS community through an email Thursday afternoon from Dean Delana Gajdosik-Nivens, Ph.D., of the College of Science and Technology at Armstrong State University, and Dean Allen Amason, Ph.D., of the College of Business Administration at GS.

“The search committee for the position of Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs is pleased to be bringing four candidates to campus to interview for this crucial leadership position. More information, including candidate CVs will be available shortly,” Gajdosik-Nivens and Amason wrote in the email.

Here is the schedule for the candidate forums:

Candidate No. 1- Nov. 16, 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm, Foy Recital Hall

Candidate No. 2- Nov. 27, 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm, Williams Center, Multi-Purpose Room

Candidate No. 3- Nov. 28, 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm, Foy Recital Hall

Candidate No. 4- Dec. 6, 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm, Foy Recital Hall