NSU set to begin hunt for president
Posted: Tuesday, September 09, 2008
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- A Board of Regents official says a new president for Northern State University should be picked by early next year and assume the position by July 1.
Regents Executive Director Tad Perry says the first step in finding the next president is creating a search advisory committee of 10 to 12 people.
Comprised of faculty members, students, and others, the committee will meet with three regents to sift through the pool of candidates.
Perry says the search committee is tentatively set to be appointed by the regents on Friday and meet in Aberdeen on Sept. 15.
Up to 60 applicants are expected.
Laurie Stenberg Nichols is Northern's interim president. A dean at South Dakota State University in Brookings, she is on a leave of absence.
Nichols took over for Patrick Schloss, who resigned in June to take over as president of Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Ga.
Schloss had been NSU president since 2004.
Perry says a university president has a five-year tenure on average. It's been about four years at NSU, he says.
One reason is that, until recently, the university system's pay for presidents was too low to be competitive, Perry says.
It's been increased in recent years, and the new president will probably be paid about $200,000, Perry says.
Regents Executive Director Tad Perry says the first step in finding the next president is creating a search advisory committee of 10 to 12 people.
Comprised of faculty members, students, and others, the committee will meet with three regents to sift through the pool of candidates.
Perry says the search committee is tentatively set to be appointed by the regents on Friday and meet in Aberdeen on Sept. 15.
Up to 60 applicants are expected.
Laurie Stenberg Nichols is Northern's interim president. A dean at South Dakota State University in Brookings, she is on a leave of absence.
Nichols took over for Patrick Schloss, who resigned in June to take over as president of Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Ga.
Schloss had been NSU president since 2004.
Perry says a university president has a five-year tenure on average. It's been about four years at NSU, he says.
One reason is that, until recently, the university system's pay for presidents was too low to be competitive, Perry says.
It's been increased in recent years, and the new president will probably be paid about $200,000, Perry says.
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