{"id":5121,"date":"2023-10-04T16:16:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T16:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=5121"},"modified":"2025-02-10T13:51:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T18:51:52","slug":"thank-you-dr-ingraham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/04\/thank-you-dr-ingraham\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You, Dr. Ingraham"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column5121_954482-7c > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column5121_954482-7c > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column5121_954482-7c > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column5121_954482-7c > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column5121_954482-7c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column5121_954482-7c > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column5121_954482-7c > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column5121_954482-7c{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column5121_954482-7c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column5121_954482-7c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column5121_954482-7c dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p><strong>Dr. Frank Ingraham<\/strong> ends his distinguished service as Wilmington University Alumni President this year, having served in the role since 2018, and as an alumni board member since 2012. He holds three degrees from WilmU: a B.S. in Human Resource Management, an M.S. in Human Resource Management, and an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership. His academic WilmU experience made him an excellent choice for alumni president, and he served alums with dignity and respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from his work as president, Dr. Ingraham was a human resources practitioner, certified mediator, and adjunct instructor at WilmU. He has many certifications \u2014 a few from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), plus Six Sigma Black and Green belts. He\u2019s also written two books. One of them, \u201cPersonal Branding Life Planning Mastery,\u201d helps readers formalize individualized brands while initiating detailed life plans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With expertise in employee, labor and community relations and solid entrepreneurial roots, Dr. Ingraham\u2019s leadership foundation was cemented, and his long-standing focus on conflict management enhanced his tenure. Ultimately, he has centered his efforts on helping people find their purpose and improve their quality of life, and that mission was evident at WilmU and the many places he worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe University \u2014 and the Alumni Association in particular \u2014 will be forever grateful that he chose to serve with us.\u201d \u2014 <em>Dr. Stefanie Whitby<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In this case, retirement doesn\u2019t mean slowing down. Dr. Ingraham plans to take a deep dive into his family\u2019s genealogy.&nbsp; He will continue to mediate conflict issues in the community, military and workplace, then write a third book. He also plans to devote more time to his family.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDr. Ingraham has been an incredible leader,\u201d says <strong>Dr. Stefanie Whitby<\/strong>, assistant vice president of Alumni Relations and Development and director of Athletics. \u201cThe University \u2014 and the Alumni Association in particular \u2014 will be forever grateful that he chose to serve with us. Frank defines leadership. He sets goals, inspires creativity, and encourages others to step outside their comfort zones to make an impact. He believes in making the most of every opportunity, every new encounter, and celebrating the milestones along the way. We wish Frank all the best in his next chapter and look forward to staying connected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Ingraham is one of those rare people who is supportive and non-judgmental; a great listener who\u2019s empathetic and kind. So, maybe we won\u2019t see him around as much anymore, but chances are that Dr. Ingraham will still be up for lunch or some other gathering. He will most certainly remain a cherished and trusted friend to many at WilmU.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>\u2014 Maria Hess<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Frank Ingraham ends his distinguished service as Wilmington University Alumni President this year, having served in the role since 2018, and as an alumni&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[145,135],"tags":[498,14,76],"class_list":["post-5121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-news","category-magazine","tag-magazine-fall-2023","tag-wilmington-university","tag-wilmington-university-alumni"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":145,"label":"ALUMNI NEWS"},{"value":135,"label":"MAGAZINE"}],"post_tag":[{"value":498,"label":"Magazine Fall 2023"},{"value":14,"label":"Wilmington University"},{"value":76,"label":"Wilmington University Alumni"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Frank-2023-mag-feature-480x480.jpg",480,480,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Mckayla Imperatrice","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/author\/mckayla\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":145,"name":"ALUMNI NEWS","slug":"alumni-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":702,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":113,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":145,"category_count":113,"category_description":"","cat_name":"ALUMNI NEWS","category_nicename":"alumni-news","category_parent":0},{"term_id":135,"name":"MAGAZINE","slug":"magazine","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":692,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":431,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":135,"category_count":431,"category_description":"","cat_name":"MAGAZINE","category_nicename":"magazine","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":498,"name":"Magazine Fall 2023","slug":"magazine-fall-2023","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1055,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":27,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":14,"name":"Wilmington University","slug":"wilmington-university","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":571,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":357,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":76,"name":"Wilmington University Alumni","slug":"wilmington-university-alumni","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":633,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":13,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15637,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5121\/revisions\/15637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}