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Six candidates will visit campus to interview for UND presidency

Six candidates have accepted invitations to visit the University of North Dakota campus to interview for the position of President.

The visits will take place in mid-November, and the State Board of Higher Education will name UND’s next president at their Dec. 3 meeting.

A total of 61 applications were received for the position. The UND Presidential Search Committee interviewed 11 candidates last week, and narrowed the field to the six people named below.

  • Dr. Andrew P. Armacost
    Dean of the Faculty / Chief Academic Officer
    United States Air Force Academy
  • Dr. Robert J. Marley
    Professor of Engineering Management; Former Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
    Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Dr. Laurie A. Stenberg Nichols
    Interim President, Black Hills State University
    Former President University of Wyoming
  • Dr. David V. Rosowsky
    Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Former Provost and Senior Vice President
    University of Vermont
  • Dr. Chuck Staben
    Professor of Biology; Former President
    University of Idaho
  • Dr. Paul J. Tikalsky
    Dean, College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
    Oklahoma State University

Visit dates and other additional information will be forthcoming in subsequent press releases from this office.