It’s been only a week since N.C. Central University Chancellor James H. Ammons was selected as the 10th president of Florida A&M University, but NCCU officials have already started the process of selecting their new leader.

In a letter to faculty, staff and students, Cressie Thigpen, Jr., chair of NCCU’s Board of Trustees, said a search committee has been established.

The committee’s goal is to submit candidates to Erskine Bowles, University of North Carolina System president, by June.

Ammons, who came to NCCU in 2001, plans to preside over the May 2007 graduation before assuming his new position in Tallahassee, Fla., pending further negotiations with FAMU officials.