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Luehrsen named director of CEL
Althea E. Luehrsen, director of business development for the School of Management, was named director of the school's Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL), effective July 1.
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Luehrsen had worked in business development for the school since October 2001. In that role, she was responsible for developing new business, expanding current sales and promoting awareness of many SOM offerings, including executive education programs, CEL, Executive and Professional MBA programs, computer training and the Jacobs Executive Development Center.
She previously worked in sales and sales management in the region's hospitality industry. Prior to joining UB, Luehrsen was director of sales for Hart Hotels/Holiday Inn in Amherst. She also has worked as director of sales and marketing for the University Inn and Conference Center in Getzville and as corporate sales manager and executive meeting planner for the Buffalo/Niagara Marriott in Amherst.
Luehrsen also brings entrepreneurial experience to the position. In the 1990s, she created, developed and operated her own local delivery company, Entirely Errands, which served more than 100 residential and commercial accounts in Western New York.
Courtney J. Walsh, assistant dean of the School of Management and director of the school's Center for Executive Development, announced Luehrsen's appointment.
"With her past experience and her first-hand knowledge of CEL, Althea will help the school continue its commitment to entrepreneurs in Western New York," Walsh noted.
Established in 1987, the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership is tailored for small-to-medium-sized private businesses. CEL alumni employ more than 15,000 Western New Yorkers and are worth nearly $2 billion to the local economy.
SUNY Learning Network hits record enrollment
More than 50,000 students enrolled in the award-winning SUNY Learning Network—the online learning arm of the State University—during the 2002-2003 academic year, making SLN one of the largest online learning programs in the nation, SUNY Chancellor Robert L. King has announced.
SLN's 2002-03 enrollment of 53,789 has more than doubled in two years over the 2000-01 enrollment of 25,814. SLN enrolled 40,014 students in 2001-02.
The learning network now offers 3,200 courses and 60 degree programs, including certificates and masters degrees, taught by professors on 56 SUNY campuses. In SLN's first academic year, 1995-96, it enrolled 119 students in eight courses on two campuses
"SUNY Learning Network's robust enrollment growth is a testament to the high-quality instructional programs taught at the State University of New York," said King. "The SUNY Learning Network is an outstanding success because the courses offered through SLN are developed and taught by our superb faculty, not some outside source."
SLN is an integrated instructional component of SUNY's campuses, noted SUNY Provost Peter D. Salins. "Courses are developed and taught by SUNY faculty. By being grounded in the academic programs of each campus, this is an online approach that works"
The Sloan-C consortium of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation last September recognized SLN with its award for "Excellence in Institution-Wide ALN Programming." Asynchronous Learning Networks, or ALN, are networks for anytime/anywhere learning. SUNY Learning Network was cited for its ability "to bring SUNY's diverse, high-quality instructional programs within the reach of learners everywhere."
The Sloan Foundation has provided more than $4 million in funding for SLN.
For further information on SLN, visit http://sln.suny.edu/.