October 7, 1999
    Bowie State Search Committee to Hold Open Meeting 
    
    The Bowie State University Presidential Search and Screening Committee will hold an open
    meeting on Friday, October 8. The meeting will be held on the campus, located at 14000
    Jericho Park Road, in the Thurgood Marshall Library auditorium. It will begin at noon and
    is expected to end at 2 PM. The committee is expected to schedule at least one other open
    meeting.
    
    Fridays forum will provide an opportunity for faculty, staff, students, and others
    to offer their thoughts on the qualities and qualifications that would be desirable in the
    universitys next president.
    
    The Search and Screening Committee was appointed by USM Chancellor Donald N. Langenberg.
    Walter Jewell Leonard, Elkins Professor of History and Government at Bowie State, is the
    chairman. The committee has retained the firm of A.T. Kearney, Inc. to assist in the
    national search for the universitys ninth president.
    
    Contact: 
    
      
        Chris Hart 
        Phone: 301/445-2739 
        Pager: 301/507-2316 
        E-mail: chart@usmh.usmd.edu