4 | INNOVISION MAGAZINE As this academic year winds down, we are boxing up our things in Old Main so they can be moved into the newly renovated DeFrancesco building in mid-July. Nearly all the units of the College of Business will be housed there: the Dean’s office, the Department of Business Administration, the Sport Management Department, and the Lead Office for the Pennsylvania network of Small Business Development Centers. Staying behind in Old Main will be the Kutztown University Small Business Development Center. While we all have been under the same roof these past couple of years in Old Main, we are located in different wings on different floors, which did not foster organic, serendipitous collaboration. In DeFrancesco, we will certainly benefit from this. Moreover, our students will be happy to have more convenient access to faculty. What a whirlwind of a year it was for us in the College of Business! The size of the Dean’s office expanded by two people. In late summer, we welcomed our new Associate Dean, Dr. Jeff Wehrung, who was able to hit the ground running with the strong administrative experience he brought from his previous institution, Black Hills State University. Just this month, we hired Allyson (Ally) Larese as a Management Technician, a role that will support accreditation and assessment, among other things. Ally was an internal hire, and we are pleased with all the KU experience she brings to the table. With the pandemic in our rear-view mirrors, this academic year we were back to normal with a full slate of activities and events, many of which are featured here in the magazine. This spring, the Sport Management faculty created and implemented a high school sport business case competition, which attracted teams from Florida and New Hampshire. I was very impressed with the work these young students did and next year promises to be bigger and better! This past fall, the Department of Business Administration launched its fully revamped MBA program, which is based on a stackable certificate model. Judging from the size of our applicant pool, there seems to be solid interest in it. I hope you enjoy this edition of Innovision magazine. This year, we decided to produce one magazine that covered both semesters, rather than produce one magazine for each of the fall and spring semesters. Let us know what you think of this change; we would love to hear from you. LETTER FROM THE DEAN
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