South_Dakota_Board_of_Regents
The South Dakota Board of Regents (also known as SDBOR) is a governing board that controls six public universities in the U.S. state of South Dakota. These include Black Hills State University, Dakota State University, Northern State University, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, South Dakota State University, and the University of South Dakota. The Board also governs the South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the South Dakota School for the Deaf.[1]
In control of all institutional decisions for the six public universities, the Board has an operating budget of approximately $306 million.[1] As of April 2023, the members of the Board of Regents are as follows:
- Tim Rave, Baltic - president
- Jim Thares, Aberdeen - vice president
- Jeff Partridge, Rapid City - secretary
- John W. Bastian, Belle Fourche
- Pam Roberts, Pierre
- Brock Brown, Lake Norden - student member
- There are currently three vacancies on the board following the resignation of Barb Stork of Dakota Dunes in 2022, Tony Venhuizen of Sioux Falls in 2023, and Dr. Joan Wink of Howes in 2023.
