By NICK BUDD
Hays Post

The committee in charge of replacing Fort Hays State University President Edward Hammond is still receiving applications for the position.

Hammond announced recently he will retire at the end of the school year.

Breeze Richardson, associate director for communications and governmental relations for the Kansas Board of Regents, told Hays Post applications still are being received for FHSU’s top job.

Sometime in mid-February, applications will begin to go through the review process, and some will be submitted to the search committee for review. At that point, the search committee will select semifinalists for the position. In Mid-March, the search committee is expected to begin to interview semifinalists for the position and proceed to select the finalists for the position.

Throughout the end of March and early April, finalists will visit the FHSU campus. On April 22, the search committee is scheduled to submit a list of finalists to the Board of Regents and, during the week of April 28, the ninth president of FHSU will be selected.

Hammond announced his retirement in October. He is currently the longest tenured president in both the Kansas Board of Regents and FHSU history.