Fachhochschule Dortmund's new University Council met for the first time on April 20, 2023. Ina Brandes, Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, presented the members of the Council with their certificates of appointment and welcomed three new members.
Seven members were appointed for a further term of office. With Evi Carola Hoch, Prof. Achim Schmidtmann and Prof. Jan Ehlers, the university was able to gain three new members for the committee. This means that the University Council will be able to conduct business for the next five years.
Following the presentation of the certificates, the Council convened for its first constituent meeting. Guido Baranowski was unanimously re-elected as Chairman, and the members also unanimously elected Jutta Reiter as his deputy.
These are the members of the new University Council:
- Guido Baranowski, Chairman of the University Council, former Chairman of the Management Board of Technologiezentrum Dortmund
- Jutta Reiter, Deputy Chairwoman of the University Council, Managing Director of the DGB Dortmund-Hellweg region
- New: Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Achim Schmidtmann is Professor of Information Systems, in particular Business Information Systems and ERP Systems, at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and is a member of the electoral board there. From 2006 to 2017, he researched and taught at the Faculty of Computer Science at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts and was head of the Master's degree program in Information Systems, a member of the faculty council, alumni representative, initiator and co-editor of the faculty publication series.
- New: Evi Carola Hoch has been a member of the Executive Board of the Wilo-Foundation based in Dortmund since 2012 and is responsible in particular for the family foundation's global social commitment. Science and research as well as education and social issues are among the foundation's areas of support, alongside culture and sport. Environmental and climate protection as well as topics relating to water as a resource, technology and digitality as well as (social) entrepreneurship are important focal points of its commitment. In line with the motto "empowering young people", this primarily benefits young people.
Evi Carola Hoch completed the Magister Artium (M.A.), the Polonicum (University of Mainz) and the Executive Master of Business Administration in International Business (ENPC, Paris). She is a member of the University Council of Hof University of Applied Sciences, the Board of Trustees of Masterplan Wissenschaft Dortmund and other associations and committees. - New: Prof. Dr. med. vet. Jan Ehlers holds the Chair of Didactics and Educational Research in Healthcare at Witten/Herdecke University and is Vice President for Learning and Teaching at the university. He previously headed the Competence Center for E-Learning, Didactics and Educational Research in Veterinary Medicine at the TiHo Hannover. Prof. Ehlers is a member of the editorial board of the Journal for Medical Education, the examination board of the Lower Saxony Veterinary Association, the Scientific Advisory Board of FOM University Essen and other committees and institutions.
- Heike Bähner, Chairwoman of the Board of the Fördergesellschaft der Fachhochschule Dortmund and former member of the Board of all Volkswohl Bund Lebensversicherung companies
- Dr. rer. pol. Horst Günther, independent business consultant
- Dr.-Ing. Thomas Graefenstein, Member of the Management Board of roTeg Aktiengesellschaft
- Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Sabine Keggenhoff, architect, Detmold School of Architecture and Interior Design and Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences
- Dr. Kurt Sohm, Head of Quality Assurance, FH Technikum, Vienna
Ulrike Martina Sommer (Managing Director of Wider Sense TraFo gGmbH), Prof. Uwe Großmann (Faculty of Business Studies, Fachhochschule Dortmund) and Prof. Manfred Glesner (Head of the globally cooperating research group "Microelectronic Systems") have left the University Council. Fachhochschule Dortmund would like to thank them warmly for their work.
The University Council of Fachhochschule Dortmund consists of ten members, of which a maximum of three are from the university. The Higher Education Act of North Rhine-Westphalia specifies the various tasks: The Council advises the Rectorate, supervises the management and meets at least four times a year. Among other things, it makes recommendations and comments on the university development plan, the statement of accounts and other reports, as well as matters relating to research, art, teaching and studies.
The Council members are also part of the university electoral assembly, which elects and, if necessary, dismisses the members of the Rectorate, including the Rector and Chancellor.