The University of Kentucky's Gatton College of Business and Economics is pleased to announce a new level of support for students – the Professional Resource Center (PRC). This center will offer a one-stop shop for current and potential graduate students. The goals for this initiative are to enhance recruitment efforts and provide greater academic support for the MS and MBA programs, while helping our students with career success and navigation.
This exciting, coordinated effort will result in several modifications in staffing. The center will be led Dr. Paul Childs, Associate Dean for MBA and Online Programs and by Dr. Nancy Johnson, Associate Dean of International and Graduate Programs. Dr. Childs will be responsible for the Professional MBA program and Real-Time Online programs; while Dr. Johnson will continue to administer international initiatives, the daytime One Year MBA program, and the professional masters’ programs. The PhD program will remain distinct, but within Dr. Johnson's purview.
Supporting Dr. Johnson will be Karl Gustafson and Lorna Patches. Leading the academic initiatives for the MBA program, Karl Gustafson will be named the Academic Director for the MBA programs. Lorna Patches will serve as the Executive Director of the PRC and will lead initiatives for co-curriculum, career resources and recruitment.
In addition to her current role as the Director of the Graham Office of Career Management, Sarah Madison will take the role of Interim Director of Recruiting and Career Services for the center. The other members of the recruitment team will include Candace Bramley-Hardesty, Christopher Carney, Rick Mason and Yingnan Song.
"I am delighted by the assembly of this team and look forward to accomplishing our overall goals by increasing student recruitment and student success, says Simon Sheather, Dean of the Gatton College of Business and Economics. I am most proud and particularly grateful to the staff who will serve in this coordinated effort to benefit the students at the Gatton College."
For more information about Gatton's professional masters and MBA programs, visit us at gatton.uky.edu/programs/professional-graduate-programs.
