Elizabeth Bjerke was named UND’s Department of Aviation Chair Tuesday.
Bjerke, formerly an associate chair and professor, will be running the department within the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences that has about 1,500 majors and about 50 faculty members.
“It’s very exciting, we have a great group of faculty and students, and our department and I look forward to moving us into the future,” Bjerke said.
She will be replacing Kent Lovelace, chair for the past 20 years, who announced earlier this year that he was stepping down.
Bjerke is involved with the Aviation Accreditation Board International, the University Aviation Association and UND’s chapter of Women in Aviation. She is also a lead representative for FAASTeam, an aviations safety group, for the North Dakota region.
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More info: Share higher education news at news@gfherald.com ; include “Higher ed notebook” in the subject heading. To see more regional higher education news, visit the websites of UND , University of Minnesota-Crookston , Northland Community and Technical College , Mayville State University and Lake Region State College . Herald Staff Writer Dani Meyer contributed to this column.
