Tim Flakoll, Tri College University Provost, is the new chair of the Northern Plains Ethics Institute’s advisory board. Flakoll replaces professor emeritus John Helgeland, who founded the institute and served as its first director and advisory board chair.
In addition to provost for Tri-College University, a partnership between NDSU, MSUM, Concordia College, North Dakota State College of Science and M State, Flakoll also is the director of operations for NDSU Downtown.
Flakoll is an alumnus of NDSU, the Harvard Kennedy School of Executive Education and the University of Oxford Executive Education program.
Flakoll served in the North Dakota Senate for 18 years, and chaired the Education and Agriculture Committees for 14 years. He was selected President Pro Tempore of the Senate. In the Senate, he authored a constitutional amendment to require statements of fiscal impact on initiated measures to improve transparency. He also authored transparency legislation to identify legislators who make open records. He was chief author of legislation to provide funding for all-day kindergarten, funding for early childhood education, laws for humane treatment of animals and legacy legislation for new funding formulas for K-12 and higher education.
He has been recognized with the NDSU Doctor of Service Award, COVS ND Volunteer of the Year Award, Student Advocate of the Year Award from the North Dakota Student’s Association, Children’s Champion Award from the North Dakota Association for Education of Young Children, NDSU Outstanding Organization Adviser of the Year twice and three times received the Preferred Professor Award.
Flakoll has held more than 40 offices with various community, regional or national organizations. He recently served as chair of Fargo’s Downtown Community Partnership and chair of the Midwestern Higher Education Compact, a 12-state partnership with more than 4.2 million students. He recently chaired the Council of State Governments Midwestern Legislative Conference representing 11 states, four Canadian Provinces and 82 million people. Flakoll also is chair of the local Chamber’s Public Policy Committee.
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