Sheri Minarski has been appointed Administrative Director of the Systems Engineering Program, which was effective as of June 1, 2022.
Minarski has filled in as acting program manager since stand-alone administrative services for Systems were established in 2021. As acting program manager, she has helped lead a smooth transition into a new era for Systems and capably steered multiple key initiatives that will ensure our future success.
Minarski joined the program in 2010 as the director’s assistant, and she was promoted to the distance learning corporate recruiting associate position in 2019. In that role, which she has continued to perform while serving as acting program manager, she managed all aspects of the annual M.Eng. student-recruiting plan for both the on-campus and distance-learning cohorts. She also played a key role in coordinating the approval of the Ph.D. program, and she developed new corporate educational partners while capably managing a portfolio of existing relationships and collaborations.
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