Amid looming budget cuts, Northwest Missouri State has suspended it’s search for a dean of the business college.

University officials announced Tuesday the search for the next Booth College of Business and Professional Studies Dean was suspended.

Northwest Provost Doug Dunham says the search is stopped because “fiscal realities make it necessary to rethink what we are doing.” Last week, Governor Jay Nixon proposed a 12.5 percent state funding cut to Missouri Universities.

Northwest President John Jasinski called the proposed cuts a “game changer” for Northwest.

Greg Haddock will continue to serve as the dean in the interim.