The university’s fiscal year 2025 budget was approved.
Chancellor Domenico Grasso provided the following university updates:
- His participation in an American Association of State Colleges and University Conference panel discussion with Oakland University President Ora Pescovitz and Michigan State President Kevin Guskiewicz on topics related to the Israel-Hamas war and its impact on college campuses, DEI and talking about what drew the panelists to be university presidents
- Recent west coast alumni receptions with Vice Chancellor Casandra Ulbrich and College of Business Dean Frederic Brunel
- The campus’ continued efforts on healthy lifestyles including upcoming bike awareness and safety initiatives, promotion of our hiking/walking trails and the addition of pickleball courts behind the Fieldhouse
- Boasting that this past academic year saw 21 student athletes achieving a 4.0 GPA, up from just four the previous year
The following regular appointments were approved:
Joint or additional appointments or transfers of regular associate or full professors and selected academic and administrative staff.
College of Business
- Lee A. Freeman, associate dean, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027, also associate professor of management information systems, with tenure
- Kevin Kobelsky, chair, Department of Accounting and Finance, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027, also associate professor of accounting and finance, with tenure
- Claudia S. Kocher, associate dean, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027, also associate professor of finance, with tenure
- Young K. Ro, chair, Department of Information and Operations Management, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027, also professor of operations management, with tenure
- Crystal J. Scott, chair, Department of Management and Marketing, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027, also associate professor of marketing, with tenure
Appointments of regular instructional staff
Vitalis Im, B.A., assistant professor of Health and Human Services, CEHHS, Sept. 1, 2024 through April 30, 2027
Retirements
Donald E. Shelton, associate professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Department of Behavioral Sciences, without tenure, CASL, April 30, 2024
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