Ex-SEMO president signs new contract with university

Dr. Dale Nitzschke will serve as Southeast Missouri State University's federal legislative consultant for a third year, the Southeast board of regents announced Tuesday.

The decision to offer Nitzschke, a former president of the university, a one-year renewal of his contract was made at the board meeting April 16. The board accepted the signed contract at its meeting Friday.

The amount of the contract was not disclosed.

Nitzschke was president of the university from 1996 to 1999. He then served two years as university chancellor in charge of fund raising before his hiring as a legislative consultant.

University officials said the relationships he has developed with Sens. Kit Bond and Jim Talent and U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson have helped the university obtain millions of dollars in federal funding during recent years of lower state funding.

The amount of Nitzschke's previous contract was $160,000.