NSU presidential search launches public phase with Monday meeting on campus

NATCHITOCHES, La. - The public phase of the search for a new president at Northwestern State University began Monday afternoon with a brief meeting of the University of Louisiana System’s NSU Presidential Search Committee in the Magale Recital Hall on the university’s main campus in Natchitoches. Committee members were introduced, the committee’s mission statement was read, and parameters and the projected timeline for the search were outlined during a session that lasted just over 20 minutes. Opportunity was provided for public input from a small group attending the meeting, but only one brief comment was made. UL System board chair Mark Romero, a Lafayette businessman recently appointed to the post by Gov. Jeff Landry, presided over the meeting. First-year ULS president Rick Gallot, the former president at Grambling State University who previously was a state legislator and an attorney in Lincoln Parish, reviewed the procedures for the search.