Insight on Business

w w w . i n s i g h t o n b u s i n e s s . c o m N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 6 • I NSIGH T | 41 As the Dean of the Cofrin School of Business, Hensler provides academic and administrative leadership and oversight for all Cofrin School of Business programs including business administration — UW-Green Bay's highest enrolled major — accounting and the Master's in Management graduate program. Hensler also serves as Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Business Partnerships, organizing university efforts to develop and grow collaborations to support student learning and faculty research. With Hensler's appointment, Miller is looking to create more partnerships like the one signed in 2015 with leadership consulting firm InitiativeOne in downtown Green Bay. e partnership gives students in the Cofrin School of Business opportunity to be placed in internships with InitiativeOne as well as with companies and non-profits on the firm's extensive national client list. e value proposition is clear to InitiativeOne CEO Fred Johnson. "If we go into a large corporate setting that needs some specific expertise, we are going to tap into UW-Green Bay faculty for providing real-life solutions," he said. Explosive Growth in Engineering Technology J ohn Katers, Dean of UW-Green Bay's College of Science and Technology, has been moving at warp speed since his appointment earlier this year. With the University's new engineering technology program growing 200% in year one and an increasing marketplace demand for scientists, engineers and technologists, Katers is out meeting with community leaders and manufacturers to see what more his team can do to support their success. "It's exciting to be a part of developing the vision for the next 50 years," Katers shares. "Our recent partnership with the Medical College of Wisconsin and our new Engineering Technology programs are great examples of how we are aligning our courses and preparing students for the emerging needs of the marketplace." In Fall 2015, UW-Green Bay began enrolling students in a trio of high-demand, high quality Engineering Technology degrees developed in collaboration with visionary faculty and regional manufacturing leaders. e college's Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology is a collaborative program with Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, and includes Electrical Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology and Environmental Engineering Technology. One of the companies supporting scholarships in the Engineering Technology program is Superior Diesel, based in Rhinelander. "e demand is here, and these are good jobs," says Superior Diesel President Brian Wendt. "Young people used to think of industry as being dark and dirty, oil and smokestackers, and it's much more tech driven now…clean, creative, challenging." Not only does Wendt anticipate his company's need for engineers, he knows he'll also need employees with expertise in purchasing, sales, accounting, production and product support — all areas where UW-Green Bay has long produced high quality employees for the marketplace. Wendt's needs reinforce the sentiment shared by Chancellor Miller in his 2014 installation address to campus: "We are living in an interdependent world and a growing innovation economy. To prosper, our students must be entrepreneurs in their careers. ey must exhibit extraordinary creativity, collaborative abilities and flexibility. ey must not fear the world and its complexity," Miller said. "In Doug Hensler, you are getting an internationally known, thoughtful business leader and an academic scholar who will bring entrepreneurial ideas and global connections to UW‑Green Bay's Cofrin School of Business. He will be a great resource for the University and an amazing advocate for the business school." - Ravi Pendse, Ph.D Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Brown University Doug Hensler served as Provost of the Naval Postgraduate School from June 2013 to October 2015. He is an accomplished leader with deep ties to education, government and the global business community. At the Naval Postgraduate School, he was responsible for the masters and doctoral education programs to military and civilian students; continuing education programs for executives and leadership — both military and civilian, and administered $120 million in research programs. Prior to the Naval Postgraduate School, Hensler served at Wichita State University as Dean of the W. Frank Barton School of Business — a leading business school in Kansas with a history of placing students in international businesses, innovative organizations and state-of-the-art industries. While at Wichita State, Hensler led organizational changes that streamlined the Barton School's ability to respond to students and companies, and collaboration initiatives with other colleges and schools at WSU. At WSU, he led the successful review of AACSB accreditation. He served on the Board of Directors of the Wichita Business Coalition for Health Care, the UK-based GSE Research advisory board and several editorial boards. Hensler holds a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Washington, an MBA from the University of Portland and a BSE in Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences from Princeton University. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of California. Meet Doug Hensler

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