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Tim Flacco honored with Sorokin Award for decades of service to Midwestern Higher Education Compact

Midwestern Higher Education Compact · December 5, 2025
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Summary

Tim Flacco, North Dakota’s governor’s designee to the Midwestern Higher Education Compact and a recently elected Cass County commissioner, received the Sorokin Award in recognition of roughly 26 years of service, including leadership roles that helped North Dakota join a multistate distance-education authorization agreement.

Tim Flacco, the North Dakota governor’s designee to the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MEC), received the Sorokin Award at an MEC meeting, where colleagues praised his decades of service and regional leadership.

The award presentation opened with an introduction naming the prize after Phil Sorokin and announcing Flacco as the recipient. Meeting presenters highlighted Flacco’s long tenure with MEC and listed leadership posts including chair (2017–18), vice chair (2016–17) and past chair (2018–19). The introducer initially said Flacco was first appointed in 2001 and had served 'more than 24' years; Flacco corrected that account during his remarks, saying he began serving in 1999…

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