MCC begins search for new president

The Mesalands Community College board of trustees announced Friday it would begin a nationwide search for a president.

The college stated it would take applications from candidates through April 17.

A news releasee stated that five candidates would be proposed to the board by a selection committee, which includes board Chairman Richard Primrose as the search chair.

Allen Moss has been Mesalands’ interim president for about a year. Josh McVey, vice president of student affairs, stated in an email that Moss would apply for the position.

The board hired Moss as interim president in February 2023 after his predecessor, Gregory Busch, left town following no-confidence votes against him from the executive staff, staff senate and faculty senate.

Busch was accused of hiding details about the college’s dire financial condition and threatening to fire employees if those details were made public.

Busch submitted his resignation weeks later.