A new Dean has been in office at the Department of Marketing and Human Resource Management since the beginning of the summer semester: Prof. Dr. Elmar Günther, Professor of General Business Administration, in particular Marketing, succeeded Prof. Dr. Klaus Blettner in March.
Following the resignation of long-standing Dean and current Lord Mayor candidate Prof. Dr. Klaus Blettner, Prof. Dr. Elmar Günther, Professor of General Business Administration, in particular Marketing, took over as Dean of the Marketing & Human Resource Management Department at the start of the summer semester. Prof. Dr. Elmar Günther has been a professor, Vice Dean and Head of Studies in the Department since 2015 and was unanimously elected to the position of Dean at the Department's election meeting on 17 December 2024. He will be supported in this role by the Vice Dean for Examination Affairs, Prof. Dr. Claudia Kohl, and Dean's Office Managing Director Anja Hausmann.
"After around 60 days in office as Dean of the Department of Marketing and Human Resources Management, I would like to thank the Executive Board of Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences for their excellent, constructive and trusting cooperation. A central goal of my term of office is the consistent further development of our study programs - in particular through the integration of digital skills and the considered use of artificial intelligence in the curricula in order to provide our students with future-oriented qualifications. The Department will shape this process with a spirit of innovation, responsibility and in close cooperation with teaching staff, students and practice partners," said Elmar Günther, outlining one of the future focal points of his work.
"The Executive Board is also delighted with the ongoing, very constructive and trusting cooperation and the further development of the Department! The targeted expansion of AI skills in our degree programs strengthens both the individual qualifications of our students and the innovative power of the university as a whole. We are very grateful for Professor Blettner's many years of outstanding leadership of the Department," said University President Prof. Dr. Gunther Piller on behalf of the Executive Board.
