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James M. Smith, who earned his doctorate in educational leadership and his undergraduate degree in elementary education from Miami University, has been named president of Northern State University, Aberdeen, S.D.
Smith, who will assume the duties of president July 1, 2009 is currently vice president for economic development at Bowling Green State University. Previously, he was dean of Bowling Green’s Firelands campus. He also served in administrative capacities at West Texas A&M University and Butler University and as a school administrator in central and southwest Ohio.
Northern State University, a residential liberal arts institution, has 2,200 students and offers 38 majors and nine graduate programs plus associate degree and pre-professional programs.
Smith earned his Ph.D. from Miami in 1988 and his B.S. in elementary education, also from Miami, in 1979.