Two candidates for the NDSU Extension Service director position have been selected for on-site interviews. During early February, each candidate will participate in interview events in Fargo and Mandan, N.D., and will present a seminar titled “Vision for the Future of the NDSU Extension Service.”
Duane Williams, associate director for the University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service, Laramie, Wyo., will interview Feb. 1-3. Williams earned a doctorate in rural sociology from Kansas State University and was an Extension community development specialist with the University of Missouri prior to his current position. His seminar presentation is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 2, at 11 a.m. in the Memorial Union Century Theater.
Dale Gallenberg, dean of the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls, will interview Feb. 13-15. Gallenberg earned a doctorate in plant pathology from Cornell University and was department head of the plant science department and an Extension plant pathologist at South Dakota State University prior to his current position. His seminar presentation is set for Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 11 a.m. in the Memorial Union Century Theater.
The selected candidate will succeed Duane Hauck, who retired as Extension director on Dec. 31. See www.ag.ndsu.edu/extension/directorsearch for interview details and the candidates’ curricula vitae.