Jane Schuh, assistant dean of the College of Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources, is chair of the search committee for NDSU’s director of athletics.

Committee members are:

• Jonal Uglem, trustee and former president of the NDSU Development Foundation
• Sam Markell, associate professor of plant pathology, former athlete and faculty athletics advisory committee
• Margaret Fitzgerald, interim chair of the Department of Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences
• Paul Bougie, president of the Team Makers Association
• Jobey Lichtblau, director of admissions
• Casey Peterson, director of Student Success Programs
• Colleen Heimstead, associate director of athletics for compliance
• Emma Kusick, student athlete, women’s golf
• Christian Dudzik, student athlete, football

NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.