WINONA, Minn. – Hoping for stability in its teacher-training program leadership, Winona State University appointed Scott Solvaag as dean of the College of Education. Sorvaag has been at cross-town Saint Mary’s University for 23 years and has lived in the same house in Knopp Valley most of that time. The Winona State education college, enrollment 1,300, has had a revolving door of deans – some career-climbers who left after a year or two, some whose departures were unexplained, one who left too quickly for an organized immediate search for a successor, and one who left after a few weeks with a note to faculty that she missed her true love back in Georgia too much to stay. In recent months, Winona State faculty veteran Ted Reilly, now associate vive president, has done double duty as interim education dean. At Saint Mary’s Solvaag, age 57, has held numerous responsibilities, most recently as chair for undergraduate teacher education. His new salary: $159,000.
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