FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 26, 2007
Contact: Anika Mitchell Perkins
(662) 329-7124

Hunt named interim dean of the College of Business at MUW

COLUMBUS, Miss. – Dr. Joyce Hunt has been named interim dean of the
College of Business at Mississippi University for Women, effective July
1.

Hunt has been a faculty member at MUW for more than 30 years and has
served MUW in a variety of leadership positions, both in the College of
Business and in the university as a whole, including interim division
head for the Division of Business and Communication and interim vice
president for academic affairs.

In an announcement to the MUW campus community, Dr. Thomas Richardson,
interim provost and vice president for academic affairs, said, “We are
pleased that Dr. Hunt has accepted this position.”

Hunt was chosen as the 1999 Faculty Member of the Year and is a past
recipient of the Higher Education Appreciation Day/Working for Academic
Excellence award.

She is active in the business community and is involved in civic as
well as service organizations.

Currently she is involved with the Junior Auxiliary of Columbus and a
member of the Consumer Advisory Board for Mississippi Atmos. Hunt is a
member and past president of the Columbus Exchange Club and has served
on the Red Cross Board of Directors and the Columbus Municipal School
District Community Service Committee. She and her husband, Tommy, also
are active in First Methodist Church.

“I’m very excited to serve as interim dean to help MUW and the
College of Business in any way I can,” Hunt said. “I look forward to
working with the new provost and the president.”

Dr. Anne Balazs, who was serving as interim dean of the College of
Business, will continue as professor of marketing.

In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Balazs will be working on
the reaccreditation process for the College of Business with the
Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs.

Hunt added, “We are grateful for the leadership Dr. Balazs has
provided.”