NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A search committee has selected five candidates for the presidency of the University of New Orleans.
They include a top administrator for Mayor Mitch Landrieu and a current UNO vice president.
Deputy Mayor Andrew Kopplin and UNO provost and academic affairs vice president John Nicklow are among the semifinalists.
The others are Glen Cope, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Missouri-St. Louis; Jaimie Hebert, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Sam Houston State University; and John Valery White, strategic adviser to the president at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The committee is expected to name finalists on Feb. 19. The University of Louisiana System board is expected to choose a president on Feb. 23.
Current UNO President Peter Fos is retiring.
