Margaret Williams has been named dean of the UND College of Business and Public Administration, according to a news release.
Williams come to UND from the School of Business Administration at Wayne State University in Michigan, where she served as interim dean.
“I am excited to join the great faculty and staff in the College of Business and Public Administration and look forward to continuing the focus on student engagement and success,” Williams said in the release. “I also look forward to becoming a part of the college’s outstanding research tradition.”
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This comes after Dennis Elbert, who served as dean to the college for 17 years, stepped down to take a faculty role in June. He will focus more on research as the Eugene Dahl Endowed Chair of Innovation and Leadership.
Williams’ research on employee compensation, employee perception of fairness at work, leadership and work-life issues has appeared in psychology journals and she has also served on several editorial review boards. Williams will assume her post Aug. 7.
Other news
- OnlineU.org listed the University of Minnesota-Crookston as one of the most affordable online colleges for its accounting, health management and marketing degree programs.
- The Frank W. Veden Charitable Trust has made a $100,000 contribution to UMC in memory of Ken Broin, who served as its lead trustee for more than a decade. The gift will be used to establish the Ken Broin Scholarship for business students at UMC.
- Students from Lake Region State College recently competed at the Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference in Nashville, Tenn. Hannah McInnes and Robyn Iverson placed 10th in business ethics and Jordan McGath placed 10th in word processing.
- The UND Center for Innovation has been awarded a $90,000 Federal and State Technology Partnership grant from the Small Business Administration. The grant will be used to encourage more North Dakota businesses to participate in the Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
- Greenwood Consulting Group President Jim Greenwood is conducting a one-day proposal workshop for Phase I of the Small Business Innovation Research Program from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 13at the UND Center for Innovation, 4200 James Ray Drive. The seminar will cover which agencies participate in the research program, what they want to fund, the difference between contract and grant awarding agencies and many recent changes to the research program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program. To register, contact Tyler Okerlund at (701) 777-6623 or tyler@innovators.net .
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. Herald Staff Writer Dani Meyer contributed to this column.
