KU names provost search committee and chair
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little announced a search committee led by Steve Warren to select KU’s next provost. The group includes engineering, humanities, science, and student affairs leaders and a student body president, with first meeting planned for early December and national ads soon.
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Ansas University
Bernadette Gray-Little
Steve Warren
Life Span Institute
Michael Branicky
School of Engineering
Tammara Durham
Office of
John Ferraro
KU Medical Center
Joshua Hackathorn
Aleah Henderson
Kissan Joseph
School of Business
Paul Kelton
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Mechele Leon
Julie Loats
Center For
Online & Distance Learning
Susan Lunte
Jessie Pringle
Gray-Little
KU seeks new provost as Vitter departs to Mississippi
The Heard on the Hill column reports KU progresses Bold Aspirations and names interim provost Sara Rosen starting January 1 while Jeff Vitter leaves to become chancellor at the University of Mississippi. It notes ongoing searches for dean of libraries and director of Multicultural Affairs with finalists visiting campus.
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University of Kansas
Jeff Vitter
University of Mississippi
Sara Rosen
Gray
Journal-World
Saralyn Reece
University of Missouri
Kansas University
OMA
Multicultural Affairs
Festus Addo-Yobo
New Mexico State University
Kansas Room
Kansas Union
Jayhawk Blvd
Largest Douglas County meth bust tied to Mexican cartel
Police seized a 9mm handgun and thousands in cash during the August raid. Investigators estimated the street value of the drugs at nearly 1 million dollars, the area’s largest meth seizure. Several defendants took federal plea deals, with sentences ranging from three to 14 years, and others awaiting hearings. Some defendants previously linked to a cockfighting case received probation.
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Douglas County
Trent McKinley
Lawrence
Stephen Rowlette
Jose Ruiz
Miguel Corona-Monjo
Humberto Rascon-Frias
Fidel Zavala
Eliser Lopez-Arenas
Chrystal Cook
Manuel Lopez- Deharo
Alejandro Santos-Valderama
Juan Gonzalez-Bartolo
Rowlette
Ruiz
Zavala
Lopez-Arenas
Santos-Valderama
Cook
United States
Benito Olivas-Yanez
Eugenio Garcia-Estrada
Monica Ortiz-Soto
Ezequiel Olivas-Yanez
Jose Lopez- Ruiz
Raul Ramirez- Flores
U.S. District Court Clerk
United States District
Julie Robinson
Lopez-Arena
Santos- Valderama
Gonzalez-Bartolo
Lopez-Deharo
Corona- Monjo
Olivas-Yanez
Charles Branson
Prosecutors seek ouster of Topeka Council member Schumm
Shawnee County prosecutors filed a civil action to suspend and oust Topeka City Council member Jonathan Robert Schumm over child abuse allegations. Schumm and his wife face charges of aggravated battery or child abuse, with bond posted. The couple has 16 children, including four biological, two in foster care, and 10 adopted.
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Topeka
Topeka Capital-Journal
Shawnee County
Jonathan Robert Schumm
Schumm
Schumms
Tom Lemon
Associated Press
Lawrence Public Library to host new genealogy drop-in program
Melissa Fisher Isaacs spearheads a Genealogy Local History Drop-in at 707 Vermont St inviting the public to the Helen Osma Local History Collection on the first and third Wednesdays from 4 to 5 pm. Staff will connect visitors with genealogy resources and demonstrate use of ancestry com and Heritage Quest. oral history sessions and Book a Librarian services are also available with staff and volunteers from local historical groups.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Melissa Fisher Isaacs
Lawrence Public Library
Vermont St
Isaacs
Helen Osma
Ancestry. Com
Heritage Quest
Ed Rose
Douglas County Genealogical Society
Watkins Museum of History
Johnson County Museum Research Library
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