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New program director looking to help grow the Social Work Program
For various reasons, it didn’t work out the first time Jenni Jacobsen applied for a job at Ashland University several years ago. The same thing happened a few years ago. That didn’t deter Jacobsen, though, who was finally hired by the university as an associate professor and program director for its Social Work Program on her third try a few months ago. “I trusted the process and felt like I would eventually end up here,” Jacobsen said recently from her…
MBA from Ashland University shifts trajectory of Ambur Banner's career in social work
Ambur Banner says her Master of Business Administration degree from Ashland University really shifted the trajectory of her career. “Most people don’t think of a social worker as a seasoned business leader – but here I am,” said Banner, who was recently named the acting director of the Unified Government Public Health Department in Kansas City, Kansas. “Social workers are leading in different spaces every day,” she added. “My MBA gave me the education I…
