The Editorial Board majority endorsed Eastern’s current Interim Provost Ryan Hendrickson to serve as the official provost. After weeks of interviews, Eastern heard out the four provost candidates to fill the vacancy. All candidates displayed desirable traits previously published in an earlier editorial. Simone Cummings and Denise Seabert checked off the “for the students” box,.
The second open interview for the provost position was held in the Doudna Fine Arts Center on Tuesday at 10:15 a.m. interviewing Simone Cummings. Cummings is one of four candidates running for the provost position at Eastern. Cummings last position was at Webster University in Webster Groves, Missouri, which has around 14,000 students, according to.
After Eastern President Jay Gatrell was elected, the provost position has technically been vacant, but Ryan Hendrickson has been holding the interim position for the last seven months. Hendrickson is one of four candidates looking to officially fill the provost position, interviewing in an open interview for the position last Thursday. He has been working.