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Interim president highlights enrollment goals, investments in Northland State of the College

Shari Olson, who grew up on a farm northeast of East Grand Forks, highlighted the goals, challenges, opportunities and recent developments at the school.

October 18, 2024

From Grand Forks Herald

EAST GRAND FORKS – For Shari Olson, stepping into the role of interim president of Northland Community and Technical College this past summer “is like coming home,” she said.

Olson, who was raised on a farm northeast of East Grand Forks, has returned to the institution where she spent 13 years of her long career in higher education, which included positions in Wyoming, Arizona and the Twin Cities.

In her “State of the College” address Thursday, Oct. 17, she shared her background and updated the audience of business, industry, finance, government, education, health care and other area leaders on what’s happening at Northland.

“Our role is to change lives,” Olson said. “That’s what we aspire to. That’s our North Star.”