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Ryan Johnson, Grand Forks Herald ---- UPDATE: North Dakota GOP Senate leader's death leaves questions A meeting with NCAA officials about UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname and logo has been postponed because of the death of North Dakota Senate Majority Leader Bob Stenehjem, officials said Wednesday.
The meeting was scheduled to take place Monday in Indianapolis.
But Grant Shaft, president of the State Board of Higher Education, said the meeting was postponed after Stenehjem’s funeral arrangements were set for the same day.
“We’re in the process of contacting the NCAA to let them know that we will have to postpone the meeting,” he said. “They’ll provide us with some alternate dates and I should have those in a day or two.”
Stenehjem was among several state officials expected to attend the meeting, including his brother, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, as well as House Majority Leader Al Carlson, North Dakota University System Chancellor William Goetz and UND President Robert Kelley.
Shaft said NCAA officials were contacted Monday shortly after Stenehjem was killed in a single-vehicle rollover accident in Alaska and were told that the visit might have to be delayed.
“My understanding was the NCAA was fine with that and very understanding,” he said.
