Erquiaga named acting Nevada university chancellor

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) -The previous chief of the Nevada Division of Training has been appointed interim chancellor of the Nevada System of Greater Training.

Dale Erquiaga will serve within the function overseeing Nevada’s public college system for 18 months as college regents search a everlasting alternative. Regents appointed him to the job on Thursday.

Melody Rose served 19 months as chancellor earlier than reaching a separation settlement on April 1.

Erquiaga begins July 1 and can earn a base wage of $300,000, The Related Press reported.

Some teams urged the regents to postpone a vote on the appointment and launch a full checklist of names that had been submitted for consideration, within the identify of transparency, AP mentioned.

Regents Lois Tarkanian and John Moran voted no.

Erquiaga’s profession in public service in Nevada features a latest appointment as the chief director of the Kenny Guinn Middle for Coverage Priorities, the NSHE mentioned.

Erquiaga beforehand labored because the director of presidency affairs, public coverage, and strategic planning on the Clark County Faculty District and as superintendent of public instruction for Nevada, the NSHE mentioned. He additionally served as director of the Nevada State Division of Museums, Library & Arts and was Nevada’s chief deputy secretary of state.

“I’m humbled and honored to function appearing chancellor of this nice state’s public greater training system,” Erquiaga mentioned in an announcement launched by NSHE. “Our universities, state school, group schools, and analysis institute are state treasures. I sit up for working with our college students, school, workers, alumni, and pals to make sure our necessary work continues to positively impression the lives of all Nevadans.”

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