Name Dean Bresciani | ||
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Education Bowling Green State University, Humboldt State University | ||
2017 NDSU State of the University Address
Dean L. Bresciani is an American academic administrator currently serving as the President of North Dakota State University (NDSU), located in Fargo, North Dakota. He began his presidency on May 24, 2010.
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A native of Napa Valley, California, Bresciani came to NDSU from Texas A&M University in College Station, where he was vice president for student affairs from 2004 to 2008 and a full professor in the department of educational administration through 2010. Previously he held senior administrative roles at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and faculty positions both there and at North Carolina State University. He also served in administrative and faculty roles at public universities in Nebraska, Arizona, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, and California.
Bresciani earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology from Humboldt State University in Arcata, California; master’s degree in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio; and doctorate in higher education finance, with a doctoral minor in economics, from the University of Arizona in Tucson.
He has held national leadership positions in professional organizations, including council chair for the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, and board of directors for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. He is a member of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, EDUCAUSE, Association for the Study of Higher Education, National Association of College and University Business Officers, and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.