Thomas M. Mitzel

The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education recently named Thomas M. Mitzel, Ph.D., as the next president of Dickinson State University (DSU). Mitzel currently serves as the dean of faculty and vice president of academic affairs for Trinity College in Connecticut, a position he has held since 2013. Prior to his time at Trinity College, Mitzel spent nearly two years as dean of the School of Sciences and interim director of the Wild Basin Creative Research Center at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. He received a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Northern State University, then earned his doctoral degree in organic chemistry from Boston College and was a postdoctoral fellow at Ohio State University. Mitzel will assume his new role as the 12th president of DSU in January 2016.