{"id":129862,"date":"2017-09-29T16:13:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T21:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=129862"},"modified":"2017-10-02T19:40:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T00:40:29","slug":"dr-polly-peterson-to-succeed-badal-uj-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=129862","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Polly Peterson to succeed Badal as UJ Pres"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 University of Jamestown Board of Trustees Chairman Jim Unruh announced Friday that Dr. Polly Peterson will succeed President Robert Badal upon his retirement in February, 2018. Unruh stated that the vetting process began in preparation for President Badal\u2019s retirement, and included the Board of Trustees\u2019 Personnel Committee in conversations with a consultant specializing in collegiate executive searches.<\/p>\n

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Unruh says on behalf of the Board,\u201cWe have tremendous confidence in Dr. Peterson\u2019s abilities to lead this institution in its continued growth.\u00a0 She has demonstrated her commitment to the institution in her roles as controller, faculty member, and most recently as Executive Vice President.”<\/p>\n

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As Executive Vice President, Peterson oversees the University\u2019s offices of Institutional Advancement and Business Affairs.\u00a0 She has led the University\u2019s current $60 million Capital campaign which includes the recent construction of the Harold Newman Arena.<\/p>\n

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Peterson holds a Ph.D. in higher education \u2013 institutional analysis from North Dakota State University and an M.B.A. from Regis University. She is a 1989 graduate of the University of Jamestown with degrees in accounting and business administration.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Peterson says,\u00a0 \u201cI am deeply honored to be chosen to serve the University of Jamestown as its fourteenth president.\u00a0 My husband, Darin, and I believe deeply in the University\u2019s mission of developing wholeness in our students. The University has been blessed to have faculty, staff and administration who have dedicated their lives to supporting our students, and President Badal and the trustee leadership have guided the University to a place of tremendous strength. I look forward to the journey ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Peterson will be the first female president in the University\u2019s 134-year history.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Badal says, \u201cThe Board has selected an individual whose skills and vision match the future needs of the University of Jamestown.\u00a0 Polly will be an enthusiastic and successful leader for this institution.\u00a0 During my tenure at UJ, Polly and I have worked together to create an institution that will serve students well into the future. I strongly support the Board\u2019s decision in appointing Polly to the presidential role.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Originally from Northwood, N.D., Peterson and her husband, Darin, a University of Jamestown alumnus, have three children, Andrew (Minneapolis), Paige (Sioux Falls, S.D.), and Courtney (Jamestown).<\/p>\n

Established in 1883 as Jamestown College, the University of Jamestown is a private, liberal arts university granting bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of science in nursing degrees as well as master\u2019s degrees in education, clinical counseling, and leadership and a Fargo, N.D.-based doctor of physical therapy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 University of Jamestown Board of Trustees Chairman Jim Unruh announced Friday that Dr. Polly Peterson will succeed President Robert Badal upon his retirement in February, 2018. Unruh stated that the vetting process began in preparation for President Badal\u2019s retirement, and included the Board of Trustees\u2019 Personnel Committee in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":129872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129862"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129874,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129862\/revisions\/129874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/129872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}