Provost/Vice President Craig Schnell

Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs
North Dakota State University
103 Old Main
Fargo, North Dakota 58105

Tel: 701-231-7131
Fax: 701-231-1013
e-mail: Craig.Schnell@ndsu.edu

Education

* 1965 - B.S. South Dakota State University
Pharmacy (Highest Honor)
* 1967 - M.S. Purdue University
Pharmacology / Toxicology
* 1969 - Ph.D. Purdue University
Pharmacology / Toxicology

Professional Experience

North Dakota State University (1985 - Present)

* Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs (Named Provost in 2002) (Vice President, 1997 - Present) (Interim 1995-97)

* Responsibilities of Chief Academic Officer:
Responsible for academic activities in eight colleges (Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources; Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Business; Engineering and Architecture; Human Development and Education; Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Sciences; Science and Mathematics; and University Studies) as well as the Libraries; International Programs; Assessment and Accreditation; Institutional Research and Analysis; Summer School; Distance and Continuing Education; and the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute.

* Member - Board of Commissioners of Tri-College University

* Dean, Graduate School (1985 - 1995)
University of Nebraska Medical Center (1979 - 1985)

* Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacodynamics and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy

Purdue University (1972 - 1979)

* Associate Professor of Pharmacology with Tenure, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy (1975-1979)

* Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy (1972-1975)

Washington State University (1971 - 1972)

* Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy.

U.S. Army, Chief of Toxicology, Ft. Baker, Calif. (1969 - 1971)

* Military Rank: Captain

Post-Doctorate (1969)

* Research Associate in Pharmacology/Toxicology, Purdue University

Pre-Doctorate (1965-1969)

* U.S.P.H.S. Predoctoral Fellow, Purdue University

Community Pharmacy (1965)

* McKay Drug Store, Sturgis, S.D.

Pharmacy Licensure

* South Dakota (1965 - present)
* North Dakota (1995 - present)

Scientific and Professional Societies

• American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (1976)
• Society of Toxicology (1977)
• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (1971)
• American Pharmaceutical Association (1960-1975)
• Academy of Science (1971)
• New York Academy of Science (1969)
• Western Pharmacology Society (1971)
• International Society for Chronobiology (1978)
• Kappa Psi (1962)
• National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC)(1985)
  • Council on Research Policy and Graduate Education (CRPGE)
  • Council on Academic Affairs (CAA)
• National Association of Water Institute Directors (1985-1995)
• American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists [Charter Member (1986)]
• Council of Graduate Schools (1985)
• Midwest Association of Graduate Schools (1985)
• National Association of Colleges and University Business Officers (1994-present)
• Society of Research Administrators (1994)

Honorary Societies

• Sigma Xi (1969) (Research)
• Rho Chi (1963) (Pharmacy)
• Phi Lambda Upsilon (1962) (Chemistry)
• Blue Key (1963) (Service)
• Phi Kappa Phi (1963) (Scholarship)
• Phi Lambda Sigma (1992) (Pharmacy Leadership)
• Society of Research Administrators (1994)

Honors

• Distinguished Alumnus, South Dakota State University (2004)
• Distinguished Alumnus, Purdue University (1998)
• Burroughs-Welcome Scholar in Toxicology (1983-1988)
• Outstanding Young Men of America (1978)
• Henry Heine Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching, School of Pharmacy, Purdue University (1975)
• Kappa Psi Grand Council Scholarship Key, South Dakota State University (1965)
• Public Health Service Predoctoral Fellowship (1965-1969)

Committees/Activities

National

• American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC)
• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
• National Research Council Subcommittee on Toxicology, National Academy of Science
• Society of Toxicology
• Safe Drinking Water Committee, National Academy of Science, National Research Council

Consultantships

• Army Investigation Drug Review Board; The Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army Research and Development Command
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• National Institute of General Medical Sciences
• Ad hoc, Scientific Review Committee, NIAMDD
• Veterans Administration Hospital Grant Program
• Special Scientific Review Committee, NIH
• Peer Review, Health Effects Research Laboratory (HERL), Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio
• National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences
• Member, Environmental Health Sciences Review Committee, National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences
• Several industrial firms (Sandoz, UES, Eastern Research Group, Life Systems)
• Higher Learning Commission - Counselor-Evaluator, Team Chair (2006)