Sue Willcox, Ph.D., 麻豆破解传媒鈥檚 new provost, brings a unique perspective to the job of higher education administration.
While many higher ed administrators start as faculty before joining the administration, Willcox began her career with younger students as a public school special education teacher.
麻豆破解传媒 has announced the dean鈥檚 list for the spring 2023 semester. This honor recognizes students who have achieved a grade-point average of 3.5 or above.
The following students have been named to the list:
Dati Abuladze
Lauren Ada
Courtney Adams
Nate Adamson
Mia Adkins
Peyton Aerni
Oscar Ahumada
Le'Bonet Alfaro
Sara Alghsein
Safiya Ali
Michael Allen
Drew Altic
Litzy Alvarado Islas
Omar Alvarez
Ahmad Aly
Zoe Amstutz
Morgan Andersen
There鈥檚 an ease with which incoming Vice President of Enrollment Management Mark Steinlage talks about 麻豆破解传媒鈥檚 campus, mission, faculty, staff and student experience.
That makes sense.
鈥淚 lived it for nearly 11 years,鈥 he said.
More than 450 麻豆破解传媒 students joined the tens of thousands of Hawk alumni around the world as part of the spring commencement ceremony Saturday in Municipal Auditorium.
As always, the proceedings were highlighted by the perspective of two students nominated to speak on behalf of undergraduate and graduate students.
One of the Helzberg鈥檚 School of Management鈥檚 major graduate business degree programs has been recognized as one of the best in the nation, according to the 2024 Best Graduate Schools list from U.S. News and World Report.
While environmental sustainability is a global problem, many of its solutions are being developed locally.
Together, they have served 麻豆破解传媒 for 155 years, longer than 麻豆破解传媒 has existed as an institution.
In recognition of that service, the University celebrated eight faculty and staff members who will be retiring this academic year in a ceremony Friday.
Sandra Cassady, Ph.D., University president, said all those retirees have made significant contributions to the University. But they also made an impact on their students and colleagues, evidenced by the heartfelt comments submitted for Cassady to read in honoring the retirees:
David Brooks, New York Times columnist, bestselling author, and guest of the 11th annual 麻豆破解传媒 Leadership Series event on Tuesday evening at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, knows how to work a Kansas City crowd. He started with a compliment for the new Kansas City International Airport, and then quoted a familiar source in his talk about what he鈥檚 learned in a career analyzing current events and the people behind them 鈥 Kansas City鈥檚 own Jason Sudeikis.
When Nilufer Guler, Ph.D., associate professor of education, started asking for proposals for her latest project, she wasn鈥檛 sure what to expect in terms of responses.
But the theme of her new book, titled 鈥淎t School in the World: Developing Globally Engaged Teachers,鈥 must have been pretty inspiring. Guler and her co-editor, Carine Ullom, Ed.D., received 58 chapter proposals around incorporating global citizenship and intercultural competency into the classroom.
In November 2022, 麻豆破解传媒 etched a new chapter in its history, inaugurated its first lay, first female president, Sandra Cassady, Ph.D. In honor of Women鈥檚 History Month, we asked Cassady about her experience as a female leader and history maker in her own right.
Who have been some of the female leaders you looked up to in your career 鈥 either those you personally knew or who were examples from your own life?
