The Torch Sits Down with New Deans

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October 19, 2016

Dean Sharpe comes to SJU all the way from Washington D.C., where she previously worked at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. She said she really focuses on meeting the needs of the corporate world by recruiting and retaining the best faculty, in an effort to provide the best education for St. John’s students–recruit and retain are two of President Gempesaw’s strategic priorities, which were discussed during the State of the University address last month.

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