Minnesota State Chancellor Scott Olson has announced a national search will begin immediately for the next president of St. Cloud State University, with the goal to have a new leader in place by January 2026.
SCSU Interim President Larry Dietz announced in a letter to campus July 9 that he will be leaving the position by Dec. 31 to attend to family health challenges.
Dietz came out of retirement to begin a two-year term as interim president in July 2024.
“Interim President Dietz has helped the university to identify and make difficult decisions, always with the goal of strengthening SCSU for the future,” Olson said. “He has and will continue to lead with compassion, wisdom, and humor over the next several months as we identify a permanent leader for the university.”
A timeline of the search process will be shared with the campus community in the next few weeks.
“We have made many strides in a short period of time, but we have more work to do over the next six months to address the challenges we face,” Dietz said. “I am confident that we will meet those challenges and SCSU will continue to focus on the future.”
