Mandt to step down in 2009 as director of honors program

Professor Jay Mandt has announced his decision to resign as director of the Emory Lindquist Honors program effective at the end of the 2009 fiscal year and return to a full-time faculty position in the department of philosophy. Mandt will have served 14 years as director, during which time he restructured the curriculum, increased enrollments and developed a freshman honors retreat. He also has been active in regional and national honors associations. According to associate provost Keith Pickus, a search for his replacement will be conducted during the next academic year.