Denise Douglas has been named Case Western Reserve University's new associate dean of graduate studies.

Douglas, who previously served as director of career planning and student life at the Weatherhead School of Management, brings wide-ranging academic and administrative experience in higher education, including teaching of management and career skills to MBA students, curriculum planning, strategic planning, career counseling, student recruitment and retention and student orientation programming.

As associate dean, Douglas' primary responsibilities include oversight of graduate admission procedures and operations; orientation for new students; budgeting; serving as adviser to the Graduate Student Senate; managing and maintaining graduate school records, including graduation certification and tracking academic progress; and assisting Dean Lenore Kola in activities related to curriculum and program development.

Prior to her arrival at Case in 2000, Douglas served as director of internship programs at George Mason University's School of Information Technology and Engineering in Fairfax, Va. She also spent five years at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., managing student recruitment efforts at Georgetown's MBNA Career Education Center and working as a special projects assistant at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Douglas currently serves as co-chair of the Fringe Benefits Committee of the Case Staff Advisory Council. Douglas also serves as a mentor in Case's Office of Minority Affairs and is a member of both the Staff Advisory Board and Strategic Planning Committee at the university's new Center for Women.

A May 2004 doctorate candidate in higher education administration at the University
of Minnesota, Douglas holds a master's degree in educational administration from the University of Minnesota and received her bachelor's degree in English from George Mason.

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