Tracy Mack to return to Lubbock Christian University as business dean
Lubbock Christian University this week announced the appointment of a new dean of its School of Business. Following a three-year hiatus, Tracy Mack is returning to LCU after previously leading the transition of the university's Department of Business to establish the School of Business.
During his previous tenure at LCU, he's also credited for partnering with the Advancement Office to complete fundraising and construction on the Christa Dobbs Center for Business building, and masterminded the creation of the Master of Accounting program, according to a news release from LCU.
Mack was selected from a field of several finalists for the position.
“While Tracy Mack brings an obvious expertise and business acumen to this role as well as a level of seasoning as a teacher who connects well with our students and really all our key stakeholders, the thing that impresses me most about Tracy is his remarkable character," LCU President Scott McDowell said in a statement. "He embodies our mission and is the kind of person we want to hold up as a role model of what a Christian businessperson looks like.”
McDowell said Mack possesses a spirit of innovation that is coupled with a gentle approach to leadership.
Dr. Toby Rogers has served as interim dean for the School of Business for the past year since Matt Bumstead stepped down from the role to focus on teaching in the business classroom.
After being away from the University for three years, Mack shared the following about his return,
Mack said he is honored by the trust LCU Provost and Chief Academic Officer Dr. Kent Gallaher has shown in reappointing him as dean.
"It is my privilege to return to LCU and to follow the excellent example of leadership shown by my friend Matt Bumstead," Mack said. "My hope, desire, and goal is that the LCU School of Business will continue to prepare exemplary Christ-centered students for lives of leadership in businesses all across the southwest, the nation, and the world.”
Mack will officially step in to lead the LCU School of Business – the largest undergraduate program of the university – on March 1. The business school offers undergraduate academic programs in Accounting, AgriBusiness, Digital Media Application, Economics, Finance, General Business, Information Systems and Technology, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, and Web Design, as well as a unique Master of Accounting degree, through which students earn both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in five years.
The public is invited to a come-and-go reception to welcome Mack back to LCU on from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. March 1 in the Dobbs Center for Business.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Tracy Mack to return to Lubbock Christian University as business dean
