UM’s Dean Craft moving to Oglethorpe, Mellon named interim dean

“I am enormously honored to have had the opportunity to serve as the dean of the Michael E. Stephens College of Business for these past 11 years,” Craft said. “I have been with the Stephens College faculty as we have grown enrollment dramatically, added new academic programs, been through two successful accreditation visits and recently opened the new state-of-the-art Stephens Hall.”

Mellon has been at UM since 2014, serving as assistant professor through 2018 and associate professor and department chair since 2019. She has developed and co-developed multiple new concentrations and minors in the college, is heavily involved in the community and has worked to foster experiential learning techniques in the SCOB.