UNM Hosts Second Lecture Tied to Academic Planning Efforts

James Ellis

Interim Provost Chaouki Abdal­lah announced the sec­ond of sev­eral pub­lic lec­tures in con­nec­tion with the activ­i­ties of the Uni­ver­sity Coun­cil on Aca­d­e­mic Pri­or­i­ties (UCAP). The sec­ond talk titled, “Cre­at­ing the Next Gen­er­a­tion of Lead­ers” fea­tures James Ellis, Dean of the Mar­shall School of Busi­ness from the Uni­ver­sity of South­ern Cal­i­for­nia. The lec­ture will be held Fri­day, Feb. 10 at 3 p.m. in the audi­to­rium of the Sci­ence & Math­e­mat­ics Learn­ing Cen­ter on main cam­pus. A pub­lic recep­tion will follow.

“I am pleased that James Ellis, a UNM grad­u­ate, estab­lished busi­ness pro­fes­sional and dean of one of the top busi­ness schools, has agreed to come to UNM and share his unique per­spec­tive about the future of higher edu­ca­tion. I encour­age all mem­bers of our com­mu­nity to join us for this and future lec­tures in an effort to engage the broad­est pos­si­ble audi­ence in con­ver­sa­tions about our university’s future,” Abdal­lah said.

Ellis holds an MBA degree from the Har­vard Busi­ness School and a BBA degree from the Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico where he was inducted into the Ander­son School Hall of Fame. Prior to his aca­d­e­mic appoint­ments, he worked in the busi­ness world as President/CEO of Porsche Design and CEO of Port O’Call Pasadena. He is cur­rently dean of the Mar­shall School of Busi­ness at the Uni­ver­sity of South­ern Cal­i­for­nia, where he is respon­si­ble for the edu­ca­tion of 5,700 stu­dents, both grad­u­ate and under­grad­u­ate. In addi­tion, he has a full time appoint­ment as pro­fes­sor of mar­ket­ing which he has held since 1997. Prior to being appointed dean, he was the vice provost of glob­al­iza­tion for the uni­ver­sity, where he was respon­si­ble for build­ing the USC name worldwide.

The Uni­ver­sity Coun­cil on Aca­d­e­mic Pri­or­i­ties (UCAP) is a group of fac­ulty, admin­is­tra­tors and stu­dents work­ing with Interim Provost Abdal­lah to iden­tify the prin­ci­ple fea­tures of the con­text of higher edu­ca­tion in the coun­try and for UNM to come up with pos­si­ble sets of alter­na­tive aca­d­e­mic direc­tions. The effort is con­ceived as a pre­lude to more for­mal aca­d­e­mic plan­ning that will set goals and make defin­i­tive plans.

View com­plete Jim Ellis Lec­ture and dis­cus­sion with audi­ence here.

For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact Lau­ren Liwski or call 505–277-2611.