BISMARCK (KFGO) - The North Dakota Board of Higher Education's audit committee has authorized the hiring of an an independent 3rd party to investigate whether NDSU President Dean Bresciani's involvement with and communications about the NDSU athletic department media guidelines violated board policy.
Committee member Greg Stemen says this has become a national story and believes the higher ed board is obligated to hire an outsider to review the matter. Stemen says he doesn't want to worry "where this person graduated from, where this person has relatives or who they might cheer for on Saturday's."
University System Chancellor Mark Hagerott will handle the hiring of the third party investigator. The timeline and cost have are not known.
The Board is looking into Bresciani's handling of now-rescinded media restrictions for covering Bison athletics that caused an uproar on social media and media outlets.
Bresciani is already under scrutiny by the board over communications issues identified earlier and his contract extension was postponed and is expected to be reviewed again in November.