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June 6, 2013

Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico Eco­nom­ics Pro­fes­sor Kate Krause has been appointed to the posi­tion of Dean of the Hon­ors Col­lege and Uni­ver­sity Col­lege by Provost Chaouki Abdallah. The appoint­ment is effec­tive immediately.

“I am extra­or­di­nar­ily pleased to announce Dr. Kate Krause as Dean of the Hon­ors Col­lege and Uni­ver­sity Col­lege,” Abdal­lah said. “During her short tenure as Interim Dean, she suc­cess­fully reor­ga­nized Uni­ver­sity Col­lege and was very effec­tive in assess­ing the value of and sup­port­ing our most suc­cess­ful under­grad­u­ate stu­dent suc­cess pro­grams.  Addi­tion­ally, she suc­cess­fully and expertly imple­mented the rec­om­men­da­tions of the Hon­ors Col­lege Task force. I am con­fi­dent that she will con­tinue to excel in this impor­tant lead­er­ship posi­tion for Aca­d­e­mic Affairs.”

Krause earned her B.S. in Eco­nom­ics from the Uni­ver­sity of Min­nesota, Twin Cities in 1977. She went on to earn a J.D. from Stan­ford Law School and her Ph.D. in Eco­nom­ics from the Uni­ver­sity of Wis­con­sin in 1996.  She joined the Eco­nom­ics Depart­ment fac­ulty at the Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico in 1996.

In 2007-08 Krause was a recip­i­ent of the UNM Out­stand­ing Teacher of the Year Award.