From the Dean’s Desk

Dear Colleagues, I appreciate that issues related to the presidential transition are on all of our minds. I met with student leaders to gain their perspectives and discussed transition issues in recent faculty and staff meetings. President Ono’s messages have noted that the campus is monitoring and reviewing federal actions and working to understand their…

Dear Colleagues, I hope your semester is moving forward smoothly. I appreciate that the wildfires in southern California and the changes associated with the U.S. Presidential transition have been top of mind for many over the past few weeks. With regard to LA, our hearts go out to those impacted by the fires, especially given…

Dear colleagues, As 2024 comes to a close, I hope you have plans for a bit of downtime and special activities that mark the holiday season. This is always a time of reflection as we head into a new calendar year. As I reflect on the year, I am grateful for everyone’s hard work and…

Dear Colleagues, It was great to have the first snow of the season last week — it makes it feel like we are heading into the home stretch of the semester and the holiday season. To that end, I look forward to celebrating with you in a couple of weeks at our annual Ross Holiday…

Dear colleagues, I hope you are enjoying the fall so far. As we approach the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 5, please encourage everyone who is able to vote to do so. Here is a fun video that our students created to help get out the vote – you may get a kick out of…

Dear colleagues, Fall is officially here! Going back to my elementary school days, fall has always been my favorite season — I have always loved “back to school,” the changing leaves, and the crisp autumn mornings. I hope you are also enjoying the season. And our fall is off to a big start with some…

Dear colleagues, And here we go! The last couple of weeks have been very busy welcoming many students back to campus. It was especially fun to see the great turnout at our Centennial birthday party on Monday, where we celebrated with a 100-foot-long birthday cake and the marching band. This was a very nice way…

Dear Colleagues, I hope you are all enjoying the summer season and looking forward to welcoming our students back this fall, as I am. Before we talk about the news at Michigan Ross, I wanted to share a few early highlights from the Olympics. Did you know that two team members for USA men’s gymnastics…

Dear Colleagues, Though we are officially in summer, things are not slowing down — there is a lot of exciting news to share!   As we have previously communicated, five individuals will be taking on new leadership roles over the next month or so. I’m pleased to welcome Matt Young as our new chief advancement officer….

Dear Colleagues, Congratulations on wrapping up the academic year! Thanks for the many ways you supported and celebrated our students who just graduated. Our commencement ceremonies went very well, thanks in no small part to all of the pre-planning. A very special thanks to Lynnette Iannace and Amy Byron-Oilar, in addition to the U-M Division…