School in good position for future, Mitchell native says Written By: Erik Kaufman | ×
Amy Novak, president of Dakota Wesleyan University, addresses the audience during the Class of 2020 graduation ceremony Sunday at the Corn Palace. The event was originally scheduled for May, but the arrival of COVID-19 forced the school to postpone those plans. (Erik Kaufman / Republic)
After 18 years as part of the Dakota Wesleyan University family, Amy Novak is moving on to new adventures.
Come July, Novak will step down as president of the private four-year university to take a new position at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, where she will take over as president at the 3,000-enrollment Catholic school. Novak, who previously served DWU as provost and vice president for enrollment management, became president of DWU in April of 2013.