State Board of Higher Education Archives

NDSU President Cook named the next president of Iowa State University

November 11, 2025

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — NDSU will have to find a new leader. President David Cook has been named the next president of Iowa State University. Cook attended Iowa State University and graduated in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and speech communication. He got his PhD in organizational communication in 1998 from University of Kansas. In a…

Higher Ed Board Chairman says Holmberg investigation not yet completed

May 29, 2025

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-Prairie Public) – The chairman of the State Board of Higher Education says an internal review has found no evidence of any current employee of the University System violating policy or failing to report any criminal activity by former state Senator Ray Holmberg. Tim Mihalick says that review was done by the system’s chief compliance officer. He says…

Gov. Burgum reappoints student member to state Board of Higher Education

May 30, 2023

Alison Voorhees,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Governor Burgum reappoints University of North Dakota student Sadie Hanson to a second one-year term on the state Board of Higher Education. She is the student representative on the board that has eight voting members. Hanson graduated from UND earlier this month with bachelor’s degrees in marketing and public affairs. She is also Grand Forks Red River…

NDSU holds a protest of a bill banning grant money for sex education

The amended bill would prohibit funding federal grant money to Planned Parenthood for sex education in the state.

April 22, 2021

Aaron Walling,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Students and faculty at NDSU petition the Legislature not to pass a North Dakota senate bill that would prohibit funding federal grant money to Planned Parenthood for sex education in the state. “The language of this legislation is written so broadly that it would likely impact faculty across a wide range of disciplines,” North Dakota State…