The president of Minot State University has tossed his hat in the ring for University of North Dakota president.
Steve Shirley has been at Minot State since July 2014. Before that, he spent six years as president of Valley City State.
UND search committee co-chair Dr. Hesham El-Rewini says even though the committee narrowed down the list of applicants it has chosen to conduct off-campus interviews, it agreed to leave the door open until noon Wednesday. He says the committee will meet via phone Thursday to see if Shirley’s name should be added to that list.
Also – the president of Little Hoop Community College at Devils Lake has also submitted her name. Cynthia Lindquist was the director of Indian Health Studies at the UND Medical School, and has also served as the director of the North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission.
"We have a very strong pool," El-Rewini said. "Adding more strong people to the pool would give us a better opportunity to have a successful search."
The search committee had earlier narrowed the list of candidates from 41 to 15.
Off-campus interviews will be conducted in Minneapolis.
