Mary Sass named Business Administration Bachelor’s Program director in Poulsbo

Mary Sass has been named as academic program director and lead faculty for the Business Administration bachelor’s degree program at the Western Washington University Center at Olympic College in Poulsbo.

Sass, an associate professor of Management at Western, has started her new duties in Poulsbo, which include undergraduate teaching, scholarship, community outreach and administration, which also includes development and implementation of the program.

Offered through Western’s College of Business and Economics, Western’s Poulsbo-based bachelors of Business Administration program is designed to prepare students for leadership roles in business and the community. A bachelor’s in Business Administration is beneficial for students with a variety of career goals, including opportunities with financial institutions, manufacturing and retail firms, service industries and the public sector.

“I am extraordinarily pleased Mary has agreed to support the mission of Western – that being to meet the higher education needs of the state of Washington – by accepting the new position of academic program director/lead faculty for the General Business Degree offered in Poulsbo. I have every confidence in Mary’s ability to make this program a success,” said Craig Dunn, dean of Western’s College of Business and Economics.

Sass, who has been a faculty member at Western since 2006, has a doctorate in Business Administration with a concentration in Organizational behavior and Development from George Washington University.

Western Washington University Center at Olympic College in Poulsbo is a collaboration between Olympic College and Western Washington University; it’s part of a joint vision to serve the community and businesses on the Kitsap and Olympic Peninsulas. Through the partnership, Western offers a variety of degree programs, professional development opportunities, a lecture series and programs for youth grades K-12.

For more information on the WWU Center at Olympic College Poulsbo please visit www.wwu.edu/poulsbo.