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SUE C. MAES
Dean of Continuing Education

 

Sue MaesSue Maes, dean of continuing education at K-State, has served the education community for decades. She is an expert on building new academic programs and fostering institutional collaboration.

As senior development officer since 1995 at K-State's Educational Communications Center, she provided leadership to the campus, Regents system and state of Kansas in the development of telecommunications and multimedia infrastructure. As co-director of the Institute for Academic Alliances, Maes has worked across faculty teams to build online master's degree programs in family financial planning, gerontology, youth development, merchandising and community development.

Maes was the assistant dean and director of academic outreach in 1994-95 for the Division of Continuing Education. She also was in charge of planning and resource development for several years.

From 1998 to 1999, Maes was president of the University Continuing Education Association, and in 2000 she was elected to the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame. For the past several years she has helped develop the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance. Maes also is skilled in project management and external funding acquisition. She has taught numerous classes and seminars on teaching strategies and grant writing, and she has been awarded numerous grants for research.

In addition to her administrative abilities, Maes has demonstrated a decades-long commitment to advancing rural education and community development. She was a co-founder of the Rural Clearinghouse for Lifelong Education and Development in 1984, a national effort to improve rural access to education. She also helped design the Kansas Center for Rural Initiatives, a rural assistance center at K-State that was created to serve rural communities in the areas of economic development, leadership, micro-enterprise and strategic planning.

Maes also has served as the executive director for the University for Man, now UFM Community Learning Center, a nonprofit campus and community education program.

Maes received a bachelor's in social science, a master's in family and child development, and a doctorate in counseling and educational psychology, all from K-State. She also has participated in the Harvard University's Institute for Management of Lifelong Education.

Maes can be reached at 785-532-5644 or scmaes@k-state.edu.