Graduate Program Gets New Leaders

Operations and Information Management Professor Don Hausch has taken over the post of associate dean for master's programs. Hausch had served as director of the school's Executive MBA program since 1999.

Working with Hausch will be Assistant Dean for Master's Programs Sandra Kelzenberg. For the past 17 years, Kelzenberg has been involved in MBA administration at the University of Minnesota, most recently as director of full-time MBA marketing and admissions and acting director and assistant dean of the full-time MBA program at Minnesota's Carlson School of Business.

Don Hausch	Sandra Kelzenberg

 

Kelzenberg will lead the implementation of the school's new MBA program design with its emphasis on career specializations. She has B.A. and M.Ed degrees from the University of Minnesota, and earned an Executive MBA from its Carlson School. Dean Michael Knetter said Hausch and Kelzenberg “form a very strong team to lead the implementation of a new academic program and to deliver the student services to support it.”

Also at the graduate level, Kari Nysather has been named director of graduate career development and will work with students, coordinate career services across centers and programs and attend to the needs of employers who visit campus for recruiting purposes.