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==Tapped as interim LC president==

==Tapped as interim LC president==

At the time he was chosen as interim president, Smith wore four titles at LC: the executive vice president, the associate dean for Christian ministry at the Caskey School, the vice president for the integration of faith and learning, and professor of preaching and pastoral ministry.<ref name=aguillarddeparts>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20140418/NEWS01/304180026/Smith-says-he-ll-work-Aguillard-La-College-moves-forward|author=Leigh Guidry|itle=Smith says he'll work with Aguillard as La. College moves forward|date=April 18, 2014|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=April 23, 2014}}</ref>

At the time he was chosen as interim president, Smith wore four titles at LC: the executive vice president, the associate dean for Christian ministry at the Caskey School, the vice president for the integration of faith and learning, and professor of preaching and pastoral ministry.<ref name=aguillarddeparts>Leigh Guidry, "Smith says he'll work with Aguillard as La. College moves forward," ''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' April 18, 2014.</ref>

Smith succeeded [[Joe Aguillard]], whose latter tenure was shaken by a series of controversies, including a claim that [[Calvinism]] was being promoted on the Baptist campus, questions about forged documents submitted to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the failure to finish the Paul Pressler Law School,  and the diversion of $60,000 from the Caskey School of Divinity to an LC missions project in [[Tanzania]]. The events led to the call of a student strike against Aguillard. Though the strike at first appeared unsuccessful, on March 27, 2014, it was reported that the LC trustees had asked Aguillard to resign.<ref name=aguillardaskedtoresign>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140327/NEWS01/303270016/Sources-Louisiana-College-President-Aguillard-asked-resign-support-dwindles|author=Leigh Guidry|title=Sources: Louisiana College President Aguillard asked to resign as support dwindles|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=March 27, 2014}}</ref>

Smith succeeded [[Joe Aguillard]], whose latter tenure was shaken by a series of controversies, including a claim that [[Calvinism]] was being promoted on the Baptist campus, questions about forged documents submitted to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the failure to finish the Paul Pressler Law School,  and the diversion of $60,000 from the Caskey School of Divinity to an LC missions project in [[Tanzania]]. The events led to the call of a student strike against Aguillard. Though the strike at first appeared unsuccessful, on March 27, 2014, it was reported that the LC trustees had asked Aguillard to resign.<ref name=aguillardaskedtoresign>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140327/NEWS01/303270016/Sources-Louisiana-College-President-Aguillard-asked-resign-support-dwindles|author=Leigh Guidry|title=Sources: Louisiana College President Aguillard asked to resign as support dwindles|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=March 27, 2014}}</ref>