Tim Flakoll, the provost for Tri-College University and director of operations for NDSU Downtown has been selected to serve as President of NDSU Phi Kappa Phi. Flakoll is lifetime member of Phi Kappa Pi and an alumnus of North Dakota State University, Harvard University, University of Oxford and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Founded nationally in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most selective multidisciplinary collegiate honor society in the United States, its territories and the Philippines. The NDSU chapter is the 10th oldest dating back to 1913. It is the only Phi Kappa Phi chapter in North Dakota.
Flakoll served in the North Dakota Senate for 18 years. There he chaired the education and agriculture committees for 14 years. He was also 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 requests. 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.
His work has been recognized in a number of ways including with the NDSU Doctor of Service Award, Phi Kappa Phi National Ray Sylvester Distinguished Service Award, COVS ND Volunteer of the Year Award, Student Advocate of the Year Award from the ND Student’s Association, Children’s Champion Award from the ND Assoc. for Education of Young Children, two-time NDSU Outstanding Organization Advisor of the Year and three-time Preferred Professor Award. Flakoll served as VP and general manager of the FM RedHawks and during his tenure they were named “Team of the Decade” by Baseball America.
Flakoll has been active in public service and brings extensive experience to the position having held more than 45 offices with various community, regional or national organizations. Currently he is chair of the Northern Plains Ethics Institute, vice- chair of the Homeward Animal Shelter and a church elder. He has served as the 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 college students. Flakoll chaired the Council of State Governments MLC representing 11 states, four Canadian Provinces and 82 million people. He is the immediate past Chair of the FMWF Chamber’s Public Policy Committee.
Other officers serving NDSU Phi Kappa Phi are: Dean Bresciani - vice-president and president-elect, Linda Fricker - secretary, Dennis Cooley - treasurer, Terence Jackson - member at large, Jeremy Jackson – immediate past president, and Elizbeth Crawford Jackson, publicity and promotion.