This Reading Day, we will say farewell and best wishes to retiring
Virginia Wesleyan University faculty member Dr. Ehsan Salek, Professor
of Management, Business, and Economics. With 25 years of service to the
institution, he has undoubtedly left his mark on VWU and will be missed
by all.
Dr. Salek graduated from National University of Iran with
a degree in economics in 1976, after which he came to the United States
to pursue graduate studies at Oklahoma City University (MBA),
University of Missouri-Columbia (M.S.), and Nova-Southeastern
University-Florida (DBA). After a three-year stint as a manager in
banking and hospitality industries, he began teaching in higher
education at Lewis Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. He moved with
his family to Virginia in 1990, and after teaching at St. Paul's
College for three years, arrived at Virginia Wesleyan in 1993.
Professor
Salek's teaching, research, and consulting interests are in strategic
management, human resource management, ethics and workforce diversity.
For his first sabbatical in 2000, he served as a faculty
intern/consultant to Applied Materials, Inc., the largest semiconductor
manufacturing equipment maker in the world, in Santa Clara, California.
For his second sabbatical in 2009, Dr. Salek taught and conducted
research in management at the University of Madero in Puebla, Mexico. In
retirement, he will return to California and continue to teach online
courses through VWU Online.
I invite you to attend the
traditional commemorative tree planting this afternoon in Wilson
Arboretum to celebrate Dr. Salek's distinguished service. The event will
begin at approximately 12:45 p.m., rain or shine.
Best wishes to our students in your studies today, and to our faculty in your exam preparation.
