Kansas State University has hired Claudia Petrescu as its first ever vice provost for graduate education.
She will also be the dean of the graduate school, a role previously held by Carol Shanklin since 2009.
Petrescu will come to K-State from Michigan, where she served in several administrative and leadership roles for over a decade at Oakland University and Eastern Michigan University.
She also has an extensive academic background as a professor of public administration and nonprofit management.
As head of the graduate school, Petrescu will oversee graduate programs and operations while also working to advance recruitment and enrollment.
Petrescu has a doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh, masters degrees in economics and social and public policy and is fluent in Hungarian and Romanian.
She will begin her new role at K-State in January of 2021.
