KUPCHELLA FINALIST FOR UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-FLINT JOB

Southeast Missouri State University provost Dr. Charles Kupchella is a finalist for chancellor of the University of Michigan campus at Flint.

Kupchella was the last of five finalists to be interviewed by the school's search committee. He visited the campus Monday and Tuesday, said Donna Ullrich, a spokeswoman for the Michigan school.

The other finalists are Tony Atwater, associate vice president for academic affairs at the University of Toledo; Mark S. Auburn, interim dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts and interim associate provost at the University of Akron; David L. Potter, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at George Mason University; and Mary Kathryn Tetreault, interim dean of education at California State University in Northridge.

The University of Michigan-Flint has 6,500 students.