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Bottineau College Leader to Fill in as Lake Region President

By Bill Dubensky May 30, 2025 | 2:56 AM

Carmen Simon, right, of Dakota College at Bottineau. State College. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)

 

(BY: . North Dakota Monitor) – The leader of Dakota College at Bottineau will serve as interim president at Lake Region State College.

The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education approved Carmen Simone, the campus dean and CEO at Bottineau, to take over July 1. Simone will step in for Doug Darling, who is retiring June 30 after 12 years as president at Lake Region in Devils Lake.

The two-year schools are about 100 miles apart in North Dakota.

“Dr. Simone has an extensive history of increasing administrative and leadership responsibilities in higher education, and specifically among two-year institutions,” board chair Tim Mihalick said in a news release.

Simone earned her undergraduate degree from the University of North Dakota. Simone has served as dean and CEO at Dakota College at Bottineau since August 2022.

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