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Saint Cloud, MN-based Wanda Overland as Interim Director of Human Resources
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Minnesota`s second-largest public university, with more than 15,400 students, is located about an hour northwest of Minneapolis, along the oak-crowned west bank of the Mississippi River. The 100-acre campus is between downtown St. Cloud and the Beaver Islands, a group of more than 30 islands that form a natural maze for a two-mile stretch of the river. The St. Cloud metropolitan area is 24th on Forbes magazine`s “Best Small Places for Businesses and Careers." St. Cloud State is ranked in Forbes magazine`s "America`s Top Colleges" and Money magazine`s "Money`s Best Colleges." St. Cloud State`s undergraduate programs hold nearly every available national accreditation. Students choose from more than 200 majors, minors and pre-professional programs, including regional rarities such as meteorology and geographic information systems.
About the Person
Wanda I. Overland is the Interim Director of Human Resources at St. Cloud State University. Priort to that, she served as vice president of student life and development at St. Cloud State University since July 10, 2006. As vice president of student life and development at St. Cloud State University, Overland was the senior student affairs officer providing management, leadership, vision and direction for student support services. From 2004-06, she has been associate vice president of student affairs and dean of students at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) providing overall administration of student affairs programs. Overland`s higher education experience has been at North Dakota State University and BGSU. At BGSU she served as assistant vice president of student affairs and dean of students. She was also responsible for the development and implementation of collaborative initiatives between student and academic affairs and the coordination of division assessment activities. During her tenure there, she also provided leadership and administrative oversight in the construction and opening of a new $35 million renovation to the student union building. At NDSU Overland served as assistant dean of student life and director of the Memorial Student Union from 1995-99 and as director of student organization development from 1984-91. She was also a residence hall director at NDSU and early in her career taught home economics at Hillsboro and Bottineau high schools in North Dakota. The new vice president holds bachelor`s and master`s degrees in home economics education from NDSU and a doctorate in higher education administration from BGSU. She is a native of Harvey, N.D.
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