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Former Lieutenant Governor Named Interim Chancellor of North Dakota University System

By Bill Dubensky Apr 16, 2025 | 10:42 AM

Brent Sanford. (Provided by North Dakota University System via the North Dakota Monitor)

 

(By: ) – Former North Dakota Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford will serve as interim chancellor of the North Dakota University System.

The State Board of Higher Education appointed Sanford during a special board meeting. He will succeed Mark Hagerott, who announced  he was accelerating his retirement to April 29.

Sanford, who served as lieutenant governor under Gov. Doug Burgum for six years, has been serving as interim Bismarck State College president since January. Sanford will begin his role as chancellor on April 30.

“I appreciate the opportunity to serve in a leadership role that includes all of the state’s higher education campuses,” Sanford said in a statement. “I am ready for this challenge. I look forward to leading collaboration of campuses on systemwide efforts and responding at speed and scale to workforce challenges.”

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