Two Women Administrators Announce Their Retirements

Kate Haugen, associate vice president for student affairs at North Dakota State University, has announced that she will step down from her post at the end of the calendar year. Dr. Haugen joined the staff at the university in 1994 and has served in her current post since 2006.

Dr. Haugen is a graduate of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. She holds a master’s degree and an educational doctorate from the University of Iowa.

Madelyn Ross, vice chancellor for national media relations and university marketing communications at the University of Pittsburgh, is leaving her post on August 31. She joined the staff at the university in 2005 after serving for 22 years as the managing editor of The Pittsburgh Press and later the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Ross is a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and holds a master’s degree from the Graduate School of International and Public Affairs at the University at Albany.