{"id":445,"date":"2008-01-24T10:45:07","date_gmt":"2008-01-24T16:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezing.me\/transfer\/?p=445"},"modified":"2014-09-23T09:24:46","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T14:24:46","slug":"provost-steps-downtransitions-to-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/provost-steps-downtransitions-to-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Provost Steps Down,Transitions to Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<span>OXFORD, Miss. &#8211; Carolyn Ellis Staton, provost and vice<br \/>\nchancellor for academic affairs at the University of<br \/>\nMississippi since 1999, is stepping down at the end of the<br \/>\nyear.<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\n<span>Staton informed Chancellor Robert Khayat of her desire to<br \/>\nretire effective June 30, 2008 and asked to transition out<br \/>\nof the position beginning in January.<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span>&#8220;Accordingly, I have asked Morris Stocks to assume<br \/>\nresponsibilities as the interim provost beginning January 1<br \/>\nand have asked Dr. Staton to provide a support role for him<br \/>\nand for us,&#8221; Khayat said. &#8220;The entire university community<br \/>\nis indebted to Carolyn for her many years of faithful<br \/>\nservice to the University both as a member of the law<br \/>\nschool faculty and an administrator.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span>Stocks, former dean of the School of Accountancy, served<br \/>\nthree years as associate provost. He has served as senior<br \/>\nvice chancellor for planning and operations since August<br \/>\n2006.<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span>Staton joined the faculty in the School of Law in 1977 and<br \/>\nlater served as interim dean of the Law Center. Previously,<br \/>\nshe was in private law practice in New York and was an<br \/>\nassistant U.S. attorney in the District of New Jersey. In<br \/>\n1994, she became interim associate vice chancellor for<br \/>\nacademic affairs, and two years later was named associate<br \/>\nprovost. 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