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Northern State president search narrowed to four

Regents announce finalists to head Aberdeen university

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Nov 03, 2025
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The South Dakota Board of Regents has whittled a pool of candidates to be the next head of Northern State University to four — and two of them come with previously established connections to the Aberdeen school.

The Regents office in Pierre on Monday announced that a hiring committee has chosen four finalists to lead the university after former NSU President Neal Schnoor was tapped earlier this year to be chancellor at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

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I have been reporting in South Dakota since 1999 and Aberdeen since 2013. I am currently associate editor for The Aberdeen Insider covering local news for Aberdeen.
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