A year veteran of the concrete industry has been tabbed to direct the new concrete industry management program at South Dakota State University. Tim Hostettler, currently of Rapid City, will take the reins in early July.
Final board approval of the new program was received in May. SDSU is the fifth U. SDSU was selected after an extensive search of five universities. Entry-level courses will be offered this fall with the full program to be implemented in fall Hostettler, a native of northern California, began work as a concrete laborer at Pleasant Valley Ready Mix in Chico, California, in Also while there, he taught night classes in the concrete industry management program at California State-Chico from to Bruce Berdanier, dean at the Jerome J.
Found teaching passion at Chico State A lesson he learned at Chico State is that promotion within the industry will be vital for growing enrollment and financial support. Two years later, program director Tanya Komas asked him if he would team teach a class on facility management.
Two weeks before classes were to begin, his faculty partner resigned, and Hostettler taught solo. He was assigned another class for spring semester and two classes the next school year. Demanding, but he loved it. I really enjoyed working with the students. A lot of them stay in contact and keep me posted on what they are doing. His background also includes a Master of Business Administration in from the concrete industry management program from Middle Tennessee State, home of the first such program.
Hiring a recruiter is in the second year of the plan. Right now, Hostettler will teach two classes and introduce himself to regional firms in the concrete industry. There is a perception issue that concrete is a dirty, grimy job. But what is exciting about the industry is there is a place for you regardless of your interest whether it is numbers, human relations, quality control or operations.
