A professor from Western Michigan University will spend much of the next year in Iraq. Matthew Mingus, a professor of public affairs and administration, will be part of a "provincial reconstruction team" organized by the State Department. The teams help local Iraqi officials rebuild local governments, schools, and other public institutions.

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Mingus will advise Iraqi officials on governmental reform issues. He says the team he'll be a part of will be based in a relatively stable rural area northwest of Baghdad. Mingus will spend much of the next year there after a three-week training program that begins in Washington this week.