LSU's incoming President, Wade Rousse, will officially take the helm Nov. 17, resigning from McNeese State University on Friday.

Rousse was named the 29th president by the LSU Board of Supervisors on Nov. 4 after a nationwide search that began in August. Former President William Tate announced his departure for Rutgers University in May.

Dr. Kedrick Nicholas, senior vice president of student affairs, will serve as interim president of McNeese State University . The University of Louisiana Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Thursday to appoint him to the position, for which he was recommended by Rousse.

James Dalton, announced along with Rousse's hire as the executive vice president of the LSU system and chancellor of the flagship LSU campus in Baton Rouge, will also start Nov. 17,

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