Senate and University Council Elect Four New Rectorate Members
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On Friday, 3 July, the University Elective Assembly of TU Dortmund University elected four new rectorate members: Professor Wiebke Möhring, Professor Nele McElvany, Profesor Tessa Flatten and Professor Gerhard Schembecker. They will take up office on 1 September together with Professor Manfred Bayer, the new Rector. Chancellor Albrecht Ehlers, whose second term of office will last until 2022, is also a member of the Rectorate.
The members of the Senate and the University Council of TU Dortmund University came together under strict hygiene rules in the Main Lecture Theater for the meeting of the University Elective Assembly. Wearing a mask when entering the University’s premises and keeping an appropriate distance apart when seated has meanwhile become routine. The public watched via livestream. This was also how the committee had already elected physicist Professor Manfred Bayer as Rector on 24 April. It was now convening at his suggestion to elect a team of prorectors.
Bayer’s proposal for the four departments – Academic Affairs, Research, International Relations and Finance – met with very wide approval among the University Elective Assembly: Elected were Professor Wiebke Möhring from the Institute of Journalism, Professor Nele McElvany from the Center for Research on Education and School Development (IFS), Professor Tessa Flatten from the Faculty of Business and Economics and Professor Gerhard Schembecker from the Faculty of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering. Together with physicist Professor Manfred Bayer as Rector and lawyer Albrecht Ehlers as Chancellor, from 1 September they will form the Rectorate of TU Dortmund University. As usual, the areas of responsibility will be set down in the business allocation plan at the constituting meeting. When asked, Bayer stressed that diversity management was important to him and that this area would be staffed with competent colleagues in the Rectorate.
Looking forward to working together in future
“I’m very pleased that I could recruit these four dedicated people – although I’ve never made a secret of the fact that rectorate offices cost time,” said Professor Bayer. “I value the experience they are contributing as TU members in the areas of academic affairs, research, finance and especially international relations. And I’m excited about exchanging new ideas – unconventional ones too.” “The composition of the new Rectorate replicates very well the variety of subjects at TU Dortmund University,” said Professor Lorenz Schwachhöfer, Chairman of the Senate. “I’m looking forward to working with them in future.” Professor Ernst Rank, Chairman of the University Council, also congratulated them on their election: “I wish the new Rectorate every success in further optimizing already good conditions for students and staff at TU Dortmund University and at the same time strengthening our considerable research potential.”
Short portraits of the four new rectorate members
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Professor Wiebke Möhring, born in 1970, will be responsible for Academic Affairs. She was appointed as Professor for Online and Print Journalism at TU Dortmund University in 2016, having previously been professor at Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts for seven years. As a member of the examination board for journalism degree programs, she is already familiar with the contents of many programs in other faculties via the minor subject agreements. From 2018 to 2020 she was managing director of the Institute of Journalism.
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Professor Nele McElvany, born in 1977, will in future be in charge of Research. She was appointed as Professor for Empirical Educational Research at TU Dortmund University in 2009. She was previously a research associate at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin for seven years. Her main research interest is the reading skills of children and adolescents. She heads the international education study PIRLS in Germany and is also involved in other collaborative projects. Prior to her nomination as prorector, she was a member of the Senate of TU Dortmund University for two years.
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Professor Tessa Flatten, born in 1980, will establish International Relations as a separate department within the Rectorate. She was appointed as Professor for Technology Management at TU Dortmund University in 2015, having previously worked as an economist at RWTH Aachen University. She has many international contacts in the USA, Asia and Russia, among others, and has been a lecturer at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, for ten years. She has been collaborating with St. Petersburg University since 2017 and is helping, for example, to organize a conference on the topic of digitalization. At TU Dortmund University she is a member of the advisory board of the Center for Entrepreneurship & Transfer (CET) and of the IT & Media Center (ITMC).
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Professor Gerhard Schembecker, born in 1963, will be Prorector Finance. He was appointed as Professor for Plant and Process Design at TU Dortmund University, his alma mater, in 2005. He was previously managing director in several international start-ups. He is also Chief Financial Officer in his role as president of the UA Ruhr Liaison Office in New York. As Vice-Dean of Budget and Structure of the Faculty of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, he is very familiar with the budgeting model of TU Dortmund University. Prior to his nomination as prorector, he was a member of the Senate of TU Dortmund University for four years.
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