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SIU president makes pick to lead Carbondale campus (AP)

Southern Illinois Universityâ??s president introduced a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee administrator Tuesday as his pick to be the next chancellor of SIUâ??s flagship Carbondale campus.Glenn Poshard chose Rita Cheng — provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at UWM since May 2005 — to succeed Samuel Goldman, who has served as interim chancellor of the 20,350-student Carbondale campus since spring 2008. Goldman is a former university trustee.