ST. PAUL, MN – The Joint Legislative Committee on Higher Education is seeking applications to fill a vacancy on the Board of Regents for the University of Minnesota. The opening will be for the Board’s First Congressional District seat. To be considered, applicants must reside in Minnesota’s First Congressional District and would be elected for the remaining three years of the current term, which expires in 2021.

The Joint Legislative Committee, chaired by Sen. Michelle Fischbach (R-Paynesville) and Rep. Bud Nornes (R-Fergus Falls), will meet to interview and screen applicants and will recommend one nominee to the Joint Convention of the Legislature. The Joint Convention will then elect the new Regent.

The Board of Regents is the governing body of the University of Minnesota system and its five campuses in Crookston, Duluth, Morris, Rochester, and the Twin Cities. Regents are unpaid and serve six-year, staggered terms.

Application materials are available on the Legislative Coordinating Commission’s website at: https://www.lcc.leg.mn/regents/application.html. For more information on the process, including dates for the joint committee and convention dates, please contact Jason Fossum, committee administrator for the Senate Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee, at (651) 296-1223 or Jason.Fossum@senate.mn.

The deadline for applications is 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 16, 2018.