The dean of the College of Nursing is one of three finalists for the presidency of Georgia Southern University, officials announced Thursday.
The university, located in Statesboro, Ga., announced last month that Kathleen Long was one of six finalists, but the field has now been narrowed by half.
The other finalists are Brooks A. Keel, vice chancellor for research and economic development and professor of biological sciences at Louisiana State University, and David Belcher, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
The current president, who has been in office since 1999, will resign at the end of December. Long has been the dean and a professor at UF's nursing college since 1995.
Reached by phone on Thursday, college spokeswoman Tracy Wright didn't comment on the college's plans if Long departs.
