It’s been about three weeks since the University of Louisiana System Board announced it would create a search committee to find UL Lafayette’s next president, but it remains unclear who will serve on the committee or when it will meet.

Leah Orr, president of the UL Faculty Senate and head of the English department, said there has been no communication by the board or system about appointing a member of the senate to the committee, which she expects to happen.

“I would assume so, based on what the board’s bylaws say,” Orr said. “But we haven’t heard anything since the board meeting that we all were at.”

A UL System spokesperson said there’s been no news since the board’s Nov. 13 meeting.

That meeting addressed speculation that the board would forgo a search and install a president w

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