Lake Region State College Campus Updates

Wow - it has been a busy 7 weeks since being named President at the March 7th SBHE meeting in Bismark.  I have been in Bismarck nearly every week testifying and attending legislative committee meetings.

Legislative Update

The Governor included our expansion of the Erlandson Technical Center in his proposed budget and specifically mentioned the project in his address. I testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senate Education Committee. and House Education and Environment Division of House Appropriations and the groups asked good questions and seemed supportive of our project. Our local legislators have been hard at work making contacts with other legislators and getting support for our project. We are going to keep working hard on this until the end of the session and we are included in the final budget!

The semester is winding down. This is the last week of classes, final tests and Graduation are next week already.  We have three long term employees retiring this year - Myrna Unger, Theresa Leiphon and LoAnn Nelson. All three have had a positive impact on many students and the campus. They will certainly be missed.

We also have some folks leaving us for other opportunities -  Donna Gutschmidt, Eileen Gray, Curt Herman, and Val Wood. Please wish them well in their new ventures.

We have also had some internal transfers.  Annie Alexander moved from TrainND to the Business Office and Chris Nolden moved from IT to Dakota Precision Ag Center.

Joe Kittell was hired as Men's Basketball and Baseball Coach along with faculty duties. Joe has already been on campus working with the team and recruiting for next year.

We have searches ongoing for many of the open positions and will keep the campus updated as they are filled.