Valley City (VCSU, CSi) The VCSU Presidential Search Committee, chaired by Kirsten Diederich, chair of the State Board of Higher Education (SBHE), met on the VCSU campus Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014.

According to Diederich, there were 40 applicants/nominees for the position, with 2 candidates withdrawing from consideration. The committee deliberated for 4 hours to reduce the applicant pool from 38 to 9.

The search committee will meet again on Tuesday, Sept. 30, to interview the remaining 9 candidates via distance-learning technology.

The committee intends to bring 5 candidates to VCSU for on-campus interviews Monday–Wednesday, Oct. 13–15, after which it will recommend a smaller slate of candidates for final interviews with the SBHE—which will select the next VCSU president—on the Valley City State campus Thursday, Oct. 30.