Northern searches for new dean
Zach White
Montana State University-Northern’s hunt for a new dean of the College of Education, Arts and Science and Nursing is drawing to a close. The final three candidates have been announced, as have the dates of their on-site interview days.
Randy Olson was interviewed last week.
Olson is from Woodbury, Minn., and serves as the chair of Brown College in Mendota Heights, Minn., just outside the Twin Cities. He has an associate degree in electrical technology from North Dakota State College of Science, a Bachelor of Fine Arts in studio arts from the University of Minnesota, a Master of Science in technical communications from Metropolitan State University and a doctorate in housing and apparel design track from the University of Minnesota.
Scott Searcy will be in Havre on Thursday, Dec. 2 and Friday, Dec. 3 to meet with various Northern groups.
Searcy is from Forest City, Iowa. He received a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in math from New Mexico Highlands University and doctorate in math from Idaho State University. His academic work has been used in many areas from analyzing animal movement to audio recording and data compression. Searcy has held several positions at his schools, from professor to dean. He is currently the math department chair and dean of assessment and accreditation at Waldorf College in Forest City.
The third candidate is a Havre resident and current Northern employee, Carol Reifschneider. She will be interviewed on Wednesday, Dec. 8.
Reifschneider is the chair of the College of Education, Arts and Science and Nursing at Northern. She received all of her degrees, from her bachelor’s to doctorate from the University of Kansas in environmental studies and environmental health science. She has lived in Havre and taught at Northern for many years, and serves on committees from the academic to those that put into practice her fields of study.
Northern Human Relations Director Kathy Jaynes said that the first interview day went well.
“Dr. Olson was well received. They were impressed with him, ” Jaynes said. “But you never know how these things will turn out. ”
Jaynes said that the initial call for applications went out on Aug. 17.
Forty-one applications were received.
The search committee, made up of six faculty, three professional staff, two students and one support staff, narrowed those to four chosen for phone interviews.
Of those four interviewed, three candidates were chosen for this final stage, the in-person interviews over the next two weeks.
Montana State University-Northern’s hunt for a new dean of the College of Education, Arts and Science and Nursing is drawing to a close. The final three candidates have been announced, as have the dates of their on-site interview days.
Randy Olson was interviewed last week.
Olson is from Woodbury, Minn., and serves as the chair of Brown College in Mendota Heights, Minn., just outside the Twin Cities. He has an associate degree in electrical technology from North Dakota State College of Science, a Bachelor of Fine Arts in studio arts from the University of Minnesota, a Master of Science in technical communications from Metropolitan State University and a doctorate in housing and apparel design track from the University of Minnesota.
Scott Searcy will be in Havre on Thursday, Dec. 2 and Friday, Dec. 3 to meet with various Northern groups.
Searcy is from Forest City, Iowa. He received a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in math from New Mexico Highlands University and doctorate in math from Idaho State University. His academic work has been used in many areas from analyzing animal movement to audio recording and data compression. Searcy has held several positions at his schools, from professor to dean. He is currently the math department chair and dean of assessment and accreditation at Waldorf College in Forest City.
The third candidate is a Havre resident and current Northern employee, Carol Reifschneider. She will be interviewed on Wednesday, Dec. 8.
Reifschneider is the chair of the College of Education, Arts and Science and Nursing at Northern. She received all of her degrees, from her bachelor’s to doctorate from the University of Kansas in environmental studies and environmental health science. She has lived in Havre and taught at Northern for many years, and serves on committees from the academic to those that put into practice her fields of study.
Northern Human Relations Director Kathy Jaynes said that the first interview day went well.
“Dr. Olson was well received. They were impressed with him, ” Jaynes said. “But you never know how these things will turn out. ”
Jaynes said that the initial call for applications went out on Aug. 17.
Forty-one applications were received.
The search committee, made up of six faculty, three professional staff, two students and one support staff, narrowed those to four chosen for phone interviews.
Of those four interviewed, three candidates were chosen for this final stage, the in-person interviews over the next two weeks.
