Jay Noren is the former President of Wayne State University and former Provost of Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi.[citation needed]
On Tuesday, July 20, 2010, Jay Noren announced his resignation from Wayne State University for personal reasons.[1][2]
In December 2015, Noren applied for the presidency of the University of North Dakota. He was one of six finalist applicants invited to the University in early 2016,[3][4] though the position was ultimately given to Mark Kennedy.[5]