Laurie Nichols
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Laurie Stenberg Nichols
| image = Laurie Nichols official photo.jpg
| caption = Nichols in 2016
| office = 11th President of Black Hills State University
| term_start = July 1, 2019
| term_end =
| predecessor = Tom Jackson Jr.
| successor =
| office1 = 26th President of the University of Wyoming
| term_start1 = May 16, 2016
| term_end1 = June 30, 2019
| predecessor1 = Richard McGinity
| successor1 = Neil Theobald
| birth_name = Laurie Ann Stenberg
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Colman, South Dakota, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| education = South Dakota State University (BS)
Colorado State University (MEd)
Ohio State University (PhD)
| spouse = Tim Nichols
| children = 2
| module =
{{Infobox academic | child=yes
| alma_mater =
| thesis_title = Factors associated with the professional socialization relationships of secondary male and female home economics educators
| thesis_url = https://www.proquest.com/docview/303709377/
| thesis_year = 1988
| doctoral_advisor = Janet F. Laster
| academic_advisors =
| discipline =
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| workplaces = {{plainlist|
- University of Idaho
- South Dakota State University
- Northern State University
- University of Wyoming
- Black Hills State University
}}
}}
}}
Laurie Nichols is an American academic administrator serving as the 11th president at Black Hills State University. Nichols previously served as the 26th president of the University of Wyoming.
Early life and education
Nichols was born in Colman, South Dakota.{{cite web|title=President Laurie Stenberg Nichols |url=https://www.bhsu.edu/About-BHSU/President |website=Black Hills State University |accessdate=February 7, 2020}} She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from South Dakota State University in 1978, followed by a master in education from Colorado State University in 1984 and a PhD in family and consumer sciences education from Ohio State University in 1988.{{cite web |title=Laurie Nichols, President |url=http://www.uwyo.edu/president/nichols/index-old.html |website=University of Wyoming |accessdate=September 28, 2018}}{{cite web |title=The Next President of the University of Wyoming |url=https://www.wiareport.com/2015/12/the-next-president-of-the-university-of-wyoming/ |website=WIA Report |date=24 December 2015 |accessdate=February 7, 2020}}
Career
Nichols began her career at the University of Idaho. She was the dean of the College of Education and Human Sciences at South Dakota State University from 1994 to 2008, and interim president of Northern State University from August 2008 to June 2009. She was the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at South Dakota State University from 2009 to 2016 and then was appointed the 26th president of the University of Wyoming in 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.uwyo.edu/president/past-presidents/laurie-nichols.html |title=Laurie Nichols |work=University of Wyoming Office of the President |access-date=2024-05-16}}
Nichols served as the president of the University of Wyoming from May 16, 2016, to June 30, 2019, when she was abruptly fired by the Wyoming Board of Regents. Nichols has been the subject of an ongoing investigation, which found that Nichols had displayed a pattern of verbal abuse during her tenure at the university.{{Cite web|last=WyoFile|first=Seth Klamann and Andrew Graham Star-Tribune and|title=Investigation found evidence former UW president yelled at subordinates, documents show|url=https://trib.com/news/local/education/investigation-found-evidence-former-uw-president-yelled-at-subordinates-documents-show/article_72c889fb-64e6-5b5c-906c-4d4ef6d5731b.html|access-date=2020-09-14|website=Casper Star-Tribune Online|date=4 February 2020 |language=en}} She assumed the presidency of Black Hills State University in 2019,{{cite web|title=Laurie Stenberg Nichols Named President of Black Hills State University in South Dakota |url=https://www.wiareport.com/2019/12/laurie-stenberg-nichols-named-president-of-black-hills-state-university-in-south-dakota/ |website=WIA Report |date=26 December 2019 |accessdate=February 7, 2020}} initially on an interim basis. Her appointment as president was confirmed by the South Dakota Board of Regents in December 2019.
Personal life
References
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Category:People from South Dakota
Category:South Dakota State University alumni
Category:Colorado State University alumni
Category:Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology alumni
Category:University of Idaho faculty
Category:South Dakota State University faculty
Category:Northern State University faculty
Category:Presidents of the University of Wyoming
Category:Black Hills State University
Category:American women academics
Category:Women heads of universities and colleges