E10 Ep.010 - 5Q's with Dr. Tom Erekson, Dean of the College

Ep.010 - Episode Notes
Dr. Tom Erekson was interviewed November 18, 2019.

Thomas L. Erekson is Dean of the College of Business and Technology at Eastern Kentucky University, a position he has held since August 1, 2014. Before coming to EKU he served as a Dean at Western Illinois University, a School Director at Brigham Young University, a Dean at Bowling Green State University, and he has held faculty and administrative positions at the University of Maryland, the University of Illinois, the University of Wyoming, and Northern Illinois University. He earned his doctorate and his master’s from the University of Illinois and his bachelor’s degree from Northern Illinois University.

Dr. Erekson has published more than 60 articles, three books, and has presented more than 100 papers at national/international conferences. He has a strong record in securing grants, including providing leadership for a $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation in 2004 to establish the National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE). He has served on the boards for several professional societies, and he has served as a consultant to the U. S. Department of Education, the Navajo Nation, BoysTown, major corporations, and several school districts, colleges and universities.

Dr. Erekson and his wife, Terry, are originally from Aurora, Illinois, and they love living and working in Kentucky.

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