Strizich named dean at Northern COTS

Larry Strizich has been appointed the permanent dean of the College of Technical Sciences at Montana State University-Northern.

This appointment was effective Wednesday and is the result of a nationwide search.

Strizich has served as interim dean of COTS since September 2014, when former Dean Greg Kegel became the chancellor at MSU-Northern.

Prior to that, he had been the chair of the College of Technical Sciences since September 2004.

"It is a great honor to be able to continue to serve the university system and Northern," said Strizich. "Having worked at Northern for 28 years, it is...