The South Dakota Board of Regents has announced that Marysz Rames will serve as interim president of Dakota State University in Madison. The university enrolls about 2,900 undergraduate students and 250 graduate students. Women make up 48 percent of the student body.
Since 2000, Dr. Rames has been serving as an assistant professor of education and vice president for student affairs at South Dakota State University. She has been on the staff at South Dakota State for 27 years and previously served as associate dean of students.
Dr. Rames holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in educational administration from the University of Northern Colorado. She earned a doctorate in adult and higher education from the University of South Dakota.