Ute Clement and Arno Ehresmann elected as Vice Presidents of the University of Kassel - Future Presidium now complete

Prof. Clement received 24 of a possible 32 votes (with two invalid votes), Prof. Ehresmann 29 of 32 votes. Clement, a professional educator, will be responsible for personnel development and organizational culture in the field of science. Ehresmann, an experimental physicist, will be responsible for research, among other things.

Prof. Clement expressed his gratitude for the trust placed in him. "In the past 15 years, our University of Kassel has grown dynamically and strongly. I want to help build on these successes and contribute to ensuring that it continues to develop healthily and well in the future."

Prof. Ehresmann said, "I thank you for the confidence expressed by the Extended Senate. It is motivation and obligation for me to continue the positive development of the recent past together with all university members. Our university is to become an internationally recognized center of research, teaching and culture, a true home for excellent minds with creative ideas."

Clement and Ehresmann will take up their posts on October 1 of this year. This completes the management team of future President Prof. Dr. Reiner Finkeldey. Finkeldey, previously vice president of the University of Göttingen, will also take up his presidency on October 1. The now elected Clement and Ehresmann succeed the previous vice presidents Prof. Dr. Claudia Brinker-von der Heyde and Prof. Dr. Martin Lawerenz. The presidium also includes Vice President Prof. Dr. Andreas Hänlein and the university's chancellor. Dr. Oliver Fromm was appointed as the university's new chancellor, and his term begins this Wednesday.

Commenting on the election, Prof. Finkeldey said: "I am pleased to have won two distinguished members of the University for the Presidium in Professor Clement and Professor Ehresmann. Not least because of their work in the Senate, both are very familiar with the challenges we want to tackle together in the coming years." 

Prof. Postlep added: "I am glad that the new university management is now complete, and I am sure that it will continue the successful work of the previous presidium."

Ute Clement (51) studied educational science at the Fernuni Hagen. She received her doctorate and habilitated at the University of Karlsruhe. After a brief stint as a substitute professor at the University of Giessen, she has headed the Department of Vocational Education and Training at the University of Kassel since 2003. She is also deputy director of the Institute for Vocational Education and Training. Her research interests include vocational education and training in international comparison and vocational education and training policy. She was previously a member of the Senate. She is now leaving this office. 

Arno Ehresmann (50) studied physics at the University of Kaiserslautern, where he also earned his doctorate and habilitated. Since 2005, he has headed the department of Functional Thin Films and Physics with Synchrotron Radiation at the University of Kassel. Since 2010, he has been the spokesperson of the scientific center Center for Interdisciplinary Nanostructure Science and Technology (CINSaT) at the University of Kassel. In addition, he is coordinator of the LOEWE priority "Electron Dynamics of Chiral Systems (ELCH)". His research interests include nanoscience issues related to magnetic thin film systems and fundamental atomic and molecular physics processes. Ehresmann has also been a member of the Senate and is now retiring from this position.

Ute Clement and Arno Ehresmann had been proposed to the Extended Senate by the incumbent President Prof. Dr. Rolf-Dieter Postlep. His designated successor Prof. Finkeldey was involved in the search for candidates.

Picture of Prof. Dr. Ute Clement (Photo: Blafield) at
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Picture of Prof. Dr. Arno Ehresmann (Photo: Blafield) at
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More pictures coming soon at www.uni-kassel.de.

Contact:

Sebastian Mense
University of Kassel
Communications, Press and Public Relations
Tel.: +49 561 804-1961
E-mail: presse[at]uni-kassel[dot]de