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May 20, 1999 - Stover Chosen President of South Central College
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees has named
Keith Stover president of South Central College with campuses
in Faribault and Mankato.
Stover, 50, is currently president of Flint Hills Technical College in
Emporia, Kansas. He began serving at the college in 1986. Prior to this
he was director of the Huron Vocational School in Huron, SD, for 10 years,
from 1976 to 1986.
"Keith Stover is known as a leader who is skilled at forming partnerships
with business and industry," said Michael Vekich, chair of the Minnesota
State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees. "He has a fine
reputation for developing educational programs that meet the changing
needs of students and employers."
A native of Rapid City, S.D., Stover received his master of science degree
in educational administration from South Dakota State University in Brookings,
S.D., in 1975. He received his bachelor of science degree in education
from Black Hills State University in Spearfish, S.D. in 1971.
Stover began his teaching career in the Brookings Public Schools, where
he taught from 1971 to 1975.
"South Central is known for being progressive," said Stover.
"It has many great business and industry partnerships. I have followed
the Minnesota model of technical colleges since the late 1980s, and I
am excited to be a part of that system."
Stover said he will move to Minnesota this summer with his wife, Sandra.
Stover was selected by Chancellor Morris J. Anderson and recommended
to the Board of Trustees from a list of finalists. The finalists were
chosen by a national screening committee composed of college and community
representatives and chaired by Donovan Schwichtenberg, president of St.
Paul Technical College.
South Central serves approximately 5,237 students annually with a full-time
fall enrollment of 2,346.
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system is made up of 36
state universities, community and technical colleges and a campus in Japan.
The system serves approximately 230,000 students a year with a fall 1998
enrollment of about 140,000.
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