Finalists named for SIU-Carbondale post

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) -- Three finalists for the top academic post in Southern Illinois University's system are already on the payroll at SIU's flagship Carbondale campus.

Seeking the job of vice president for academic affairs are associate vice chancellor for research Prudence Rice, College of Applied Sciences and Arts dean Paul Sarvela and graduate school director David Wilson.

The three will be interviewed by various constituency groups at the university's campuses in Carbondale and Edwardsville.

Recommendations from those groups then will be forwarded to SIU President Glenn Poshard, who'll announce his choice by October 1st.