Woo Named to Top AACSB Post

Dean Carolyn Woo has been named vice chair and chair-elect of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the international ccrediting body for business education.

A member of the AACSB International Board of Directors since 1999, Woo began her term July 1 as vice chair and will serve as chair in the 2003-04 academic year. She currently chairs the organization's Accreditation Branding Task Force and has served on the Business Accreditation Committee and as board liaison for the Mid-Continent East Regional Deans."I am convinced that Carolyn will be a highly successful and effective leader of AACSB International," said Jerry Trapnell, Clemson University's business school dean. "As our organization continues to focus on growth in our globalization agenda, continuous improvement in our accreditation processes and standards, enhancing member services and critical issues facing management education worldwide, her energy and vision will be huge assets."

Woo earned her bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in strategic management from Purdue University and later directed the university's professional master's programs in the Krannert School of Management. After serving as the associate vice president of academic affairs at Purdue, she assumed the deanship of ND's College of Business in 1997. She also holds the Ray and Milann Siegfried Chair in Management.

Woo was selected in 1998 as one of 40 Outstanding Young Leaders of American Higher Education by Change magazine and serves on the boards of Beta Gamma Sigma and four publicly traded corporations.