Dr. Sesnowitz retires as Dean of the School of Business

Although his retirement was announced sometime ago, the fact that it is actually close to happening seems surreal. He came to VCU in 2000 and although not many business students have been at VCU for more than 4 years, they all know the extent to which his leadership allowed the School of Business to grow and flourish. This is a great time to reflect, thank, and appreciate... even for ELS, Dr. Sesnowitz pointed our society in the right direction in regards to establishing the right relationships within VCU and even connected us with one of the greatest people he could have, our advisor, Mr. Doug Knapp.

Fortunately, Dr. Sesnowitz isn't retiring completely, he will be joining the Dept. of Economics as a professor. Meanwhile the search for a new Dean is ongoing. Until one is found Dr. Urban, the current Professor of Marketing and Chair of the MKTG dept. will be the interim Dean. Dr. Urban, who is a leader himself also has a proven track record of swift change and reform as recently proven by his vast improvements to the MKTG dept all within a year's time. It's going to be very interesting to see who VCU finds to fills Dr. Sesnowitz's shoes, but judging from other recent appointments, such as Michael Rao as VCU's new president and others....the new Dean of the School of Business is sure to be a real game changer!

Thanks Dr. Sesnowitz, our society wishes you continued progress and success.