SIU President Randy Dunn says he hopes to have a decision about a Carbondale chancellor in the next couple of weeks.

The final candidate for chancellor – Carl Pinkert – visited the campus this week. Pinkert is currently the vice president for research and economic development at the university of Alabama.

One of the candidates – Jeff Elwell – has accepted another job and is out of the running.

The remaining two chancellor candidates in addition to Pinkert are current interim chancellor Brad Colwell and George Hynd, president of Oakland University.

Dunn says he hopes to have a decision made by the time SIU holds its graduation on May 13.