NEW WSU BSB Dean Announced

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...later today apparently:

http://www.kansas.com/business/updates/story/423251.html

Sorry, thought I'd go ahead and start a thread on the topic, since there's probably a lot of WSU business schools grads on the forum. :D

Original announcement of the finalists from a few weeks back:

http://wichita.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2008/04/14/daily2.html

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It will be:

Doug Hensley, Dean of the Craig School of Business at Fresno State University.

http://www.craig.csufresno.edu/craig_history_and_info/d_message.aspx

http://www.lateupdate.com/education/dean-of-craig-school-of-business-to-resign-tomorrow.php

It seems to be a very solid hire at first blush. I was really afraid when I saw the original list (posted in the link in the OP) that WSU would bungle it up, since a couple of the candidates seemed notably less qualified. Hensley was one of the guys that I personally had hoped we'd hire out of the list.

Dr. Hensley comes to WSU after a 3 year stint at Fresno St., and with an educational history that includes an undergrad at Princeton, MBA from Portland, and a doctorate from Washington.

Anyways... FWIW. :)

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He sounds acceptable. At least since they didn't hire me

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He sounds acceptable. At least since they didn't hire me

:D

Believe me, ANYTHING is better than the previous dean. I think he spent time on campus to collect his check and that's about it. The business school at WSU is fairly strong, and he did absolutely nothing to further the school. When I shook his hand to receive my "diploma" scroll at graduation a few years ago, it was honestly one of the only times I had ever seen the guy.