Mississippi State University and the Search Committee for the Vice President for the Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine invite interested members of the campus community to attend public presentations by each finalist.            

Candidate One: Dr. Keith Coble, Monday, January 25, at 8:30 a.m.     

WebEx link to join: https://msstate.webex.com/msstate/onstage/g.php?MTID=e0e04e4d47644c3526fdc123fe620d027

Password: bulldog

Event #: 120 658 8495

Dr. Keith Coble currently serves as Special Assistant to the Vice President and head of the Department of Agricultural Economics. He was named a W.L. Giles Distinguished Professor in 2009 and held a three-way teaching/research/extension appointment before becoming an administrator. He has taught at Mississippi State for 21 years. He has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, among other honors. He also spent part of 2013 and 2014 working for the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee.

Dr. Coble completed his doctoral work at Texas A&M University in agricultural economics. He completed bachelor’s and master’s degrees in agricultural education at the University of Missouri.

The Search Committee for the Vice President for the Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine is mindful of the critical balance between individual privacy and the public's right to know. It is our responsibility to keep constituent groups informed of the progress of the search, and we are committed to that course. Candidate materials will be posted at https://www.vpdafvmsearch.msstate.edu/interviews the day before each presentation.