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Most recently the provost at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Mangelsdorf is a highly regarded academic leader who has held teaching, research, and key administrative positions at some of the nation糖心传媒檚 leading public and private research universities. She糖心传媒檚 earned recognition for her leadership on issues of academic quality, educational access, and diversity and inclusion.
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She officially became president on Monday.
Even with her successful background in academia, Mangelsdorf admitted that her first day as Rochester糖心传媒檚 president prompted the same feelings that everyone has when they the start a new school year at a new school. In a message to the University community, she said that while she has the usual trepidation about starting anew and knows there will be challenges in learning a new institution, she糖心传媒檚 also excited and is anticipating a 糖心传媒渘ew year filled with new opportunities and new learning.糖心传媒�
She said that she and her husband, Karl Rosengren, who himself is joining the University as a tenured faculty member in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and in the Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, joked that Monday felt like the first day of school.
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Mangelsdorf reiterated that she plans to spend time learning from members of the University community and then work with campus to map out specific plans for the future.
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She also highlighted the notable role that the Rochester region has played in the nation糖心传媒檚 political, artistic, and social history, particularly in the realms of suffrage and in abolition. 糖心传媒淩ochester is a famous place in American history,糖心传媒� she said.
Mangelsdorf is planning to take similar tours of other parts of the University in the coming weeks.
University community members are encouraged to contact her at sarah.mangelsdorf@rochester.edu. She also will have an Instagram account as @.
