35: Sulin Ba (DePaul) on Serving the Underserved to Transform Lives

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Jim Ellis and Ken Kring speak with Sulin Ba, dean of DePaul University's Driehaus College of Business since July 2022. Prior to joining DePaul, she was the Treibick Family Endowed Chair at the University of Connecticut School of Business, where she served as the school’s first Associate Dean of Academic and Research SupportBorn and raised in China, Ba came to the United States to pursue graduate education. This experience makes her a perfect fit for DePaul, a school whose enrollment is 40% first generation students and 45% students of color.In this discussion, Dean Ba shares with Jim and Ken how her focus on the underserved has resonated successfully within the DePaul community, and the greater Chicago community at large. Topics discussed include:• Working with a diverse student population • Supporting first generation students  • Building Community within and beyond the business school • Rethinking career support for students and grads• Building an effective and impactful leadership team  • Collaboration with campus leadership Learn more about Sulin Ba.Comments/criticism/suggestions/feedback? We'd love to hear it. Drop us a note at [email protected] for listening.-Produced by Joel Davis at Analog Digital Arts--DEANS COUNSEL: A podcast for deans and academic leadership.James Ellis | Moderator | Dean of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (2007-2019)David Ikenberry | Moderator | Dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder (2011-2016)Ken Kring | Moderator | Co-Managing Director, Global Education Practice and Senior Client Partner at Korn FerryDeansCounsel.com