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Associated Press - November 17, 2009 1:45 PM ET
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - The Wisconsin administrator tapped to become chancellor at Southern Illinois University's Carbondale campus still has to be approved by the system's board.
But Rita Cheng already is getting high marks from that panel's chairman, Roger Tedrick.
Cheng was introduced today by university President Glenn Poshard (puh-SHARD'). She's served as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee since May 2005.
Tedrick calls Poshard's choice of Cheng after a year-long search "well-reasoned." Tedrick says Cheng's life and work experiences, along with her hopes and aspirations for the Carbondale school, are highly valued.
The other finalist was University of Nebraska senior vice chancellor Barbara Couture.
Poshard will recommend Cheng to the SIU board on Dec. 10.
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