On March 18, 2020 at the Minnesota State Board of Trustees meeting, Michael Berndt was confirmed as the next president of Dakota County Technical College and Inver Hills Community College.
Berndt has served as interim president of both colleges for two years. This confirmation installs him as the permanent president to lead our institutions.
Learn more about our new president, below.
Michael Berndt has served as interim president of Dakota County Technical College and Inver Hills Community College since 2018. Previously, he served Century College from 2014 to 2018 as vice president of academic affairs, and from 2002 to 2014 he served Normandale Community College in several capacities including vice president of planning and institutional effectiveness, assistant to the president for strategic initiatives, and chair of the English department. He has teaching experience at Augsburg College, the University of Minnesota, and Normandale Community College. He holds a bachelor’s from the University of Minnesota Morris and a master’s from Southern Illinois University.
View Michael Berndt's Biography