Dr. Nichols has been serving as interim president since July. Earlier, she served for three years as the first woman president of the University of Wyoming. From 2009 to 2016 she served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at South Dakota State University.
Dr. Larson has been serving as vice president for academic and student affairs at Hennepin Technical College in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Earlier in her career, she was interim president of North Hennepin Community College.
Since 2009, Laurie Stenberg Nichols has served as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at South Dakota State University. For the 2008-09 academic year, Dr. Nichols was the interim president of Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota.