DSU Vice President Invited for Valley City State Interview

Posted on Friday, March 28, 2008

Five candidates for Valley City State University president have been invited for on-campus interviews. The five are Phil Harmenson, a University of North Dakota vice president; Steven Shirley, a vice president and dean for student affairs at Dakota State University in Madison, S.D.; Blake Faulkner, president of the online campus at National American University in Rapid City, S.D., Guy Mills, an associate provost and dean of education at the University of Texas-Permian Basin in Odessa and Anthony Koyzis, an education dean at Wayne State College in Wayne, Neb. The five are scheduled for on-campus interviews April 9-11. A search committee will narrow the list of finalists to submit to the state Board of Higher Education. The new president will take office July 1, succeeding Ellen Chaffee, who is retiring.