MSU names new dean of students
By Elizabeth Crisp
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Mississippi State University has selected Thomas Bourgeois to serve as the university's next dean of students.
"Bourgeois was selected after a national search that drew extensive interest from a highly qualified and diverse candidate pool," MSU Vice President for Student Affairs Bill Kibler said in a news release. "He has excellent experience and skills, and he is uniquely qualified to fill this position."
Bourgeois, an MSU alumnus, has served as associate dean since 2002.
He succeeds Mike White, who recently retired after several years in the post. The appointment is pending formal approval from the state College Board.
"The dean of students plays a significant role in serving as a voice for our most important constituency, as well as determining appropriate response to issues of their behavior while enrolled here," Kibler said. "It is a position of significant responsibility."
Kibler said MSU "has been blessed over the past five decades" with Harold Hall and White as deans. "We fully expect Thomas Bourgeois to carry on that history and tradition of highest quality service to future generations of students," he said.
A Louisiana native who grew up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Bourgeois began his student affairs career at Loyola University in New Orleans, where he served as assistant director for residential life and special projects from 1996 to 1999. In 1999, he came to MSU as an assistant dean of students.
He holds a master's degree in counselor education and a doctorate in educational leadership from MSU.
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By Elizabeth Crisp
[email protected]
Mississippi State University has selected Thomas Bourgeois to serve as the university's next dean of students.
"Bourgeois was selected after a national search that drew extensive interest from a highly qualified and diverse candidate pool," MSU Vice President for Student Affairs Bill Kibler said in a news release. "He has excellent experience and skills, and he is uniquely qualified to fill this position."
Bourgeois, an MSU alumnus, has served as associate dean since 2002.
He succeeds Mike White, who recently retired after several years in the post. The appointment is pending formal approval from the state College Board.
"The dean of students plays a significant role in serving as a voice for our most important constituency, as well as determining appropriate response to issues of their behavior while enrolled here," Kibler said. "It is a position of significant responsibility."
Kibler said MSU "has been blessed over the past five decades" with Harold Hall and White as deans. "We fully expect Thomas Bourgeois to carry on that history and tradition of highest quality service to future generations of students," he said.
A Louisiana native who grew up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Bourgeois began his student affairs career at Loyola University in New Orleans, where he served as assistant director for residential life and special projects from 1996 to 1999. In 1999, he came to MSU as an assistant dean of students.
He holds a master's degree in counselor education and a doctorate in educational leadership from MSU.
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