FACTOID:Larry H. Dietz will be on campus Wednesday and Thursday to meet with faculty, staff and students in the University Museum Auditorium.

Another finalist was announced in the search for a vice chancellor for Student Affairs Wednesday, bringing the candidate pool back up to three.

Larry H. Dietz, vice chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, will visit SIUC Wednesday and Thursday for interviews with students, faculty and staff.

Dietz replaces Charles B. Kenyon, assistant vice president for Student Affairs at the State University of New York at Buffalo, as the third finalist for the position after Kenyon withdrew from the search Sept. 24 because of a family disagreement about moving from the Buffalo, N.Y., area to Southern Illinois.

Thomas Guernsey, interim vice chancellor for Academic Affairs and provost, announced the third candidate Wednesday. He said the addition of Dietz only helps the search.

The addition of a third candidate is not an indication of the quality of the other two candidates, Guernsey said. It reflects a desire to have a deeper pool to choose from.

Dietz is a native of Southern Illinois, having grown up in De Soto and attended Carbondale Community High School before receiving his bachelor’s in political science from SIUC in 1970. Dietz also has a master’s in higher education and personnel and a doctorate in professional studies, both from Iowa State University.

Dietz served as associate director of financial aid at Iowa State from 1972 to 1985.

He has been in his current position for the past year and has been with the University of Missouri-Kansas City since leaving Iowa State, serving as an assistant vice chancellor for Student Affairs and an associate chancellor with UMKC during that time.

During the candidate’s visit, he will meet with constituency groups in the University Museum Auditorium.

Dietz will meet with administrative and professional staff Wednesday from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m., and with students from 11:15 a.m. to noon. Civil service staff can meet with Dietz Thursday from 10 to 11 a.m., and his forum with faculty is from 11 a.m. to noon.

The two other candidates in the search are George Anthony Antonelli, associate vice president for Student Services and Special Programs for the University of North Carolina system, and Sharon E. Whittaker, vice president for Student Affairs at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Antonelli visited campus Tuesday and Wednesday to visit with campus constituency groups, and Whittaker will visit SIUC Oct. 21 and 22.

People interested in reviewing any of the candidates’ vitae go to Anthony Hall, rooms 14 and 309A; Woody Hall, Room 326B; Kesnar Hall, Room 210; Washington Square D, Room 306; the Student Development office, Student Center third floor; or the Recreation Center administrative office.

Harvey Welch, current vice chancellor for Student Affairs, announced in April he plans to retire in December. The search committee, headed by Guernsey, selected the finalists after reviewing applications and nominations from the original pool of 31 candidates.

Though the final choice ultimately will have to be approved by the SIU Board of Trustees, interim Chancellor John Jackson said he hopes to have his recommendation to SIU President Ted Sanders by the end of October.