FARGO – North Dakota State University President David Cook is a finalist for the president’s job at Iowa State University.

Cook will have an on-campus interview in Ames, Iowa, on Thursday, Nov. 6.

Cook has been NDSU’s president since May 2022.

The other finalist is Benjamin Houlton, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

The Iowa State University website said following the campus visits, the Board of Regents will meet in closed session on Nov. 11 to hear from the search committee co-chairs, interview the final candidates and select a new president.

Cook replaced Dean Bresciani to become NDSU’s 15th president.

Prior to NDSU, Cook held executive leadership roles at the University of Kansas, including vice chancellor for Public Af

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