Mia Hawlk EdD

Mia Hawlk has worked in higher education for 15 years. Eight of those years have been in Graduate Business Education. She joined UCONN in 2014. Currently serves as the Executive Director of MBA Programs. In this role she oversees and provides direction for the Online, Part-time, Full-time and Executive MBA degree programs. Mia enjoys connecting with her students and helping them to find balance in their work, school and home lives. She is actively engaged in the national PMBA community and was appointed to the national PMBA/OMBA advisory board in 2020. In 2021 along with a colleague from Villanova she co-founded the Big East Part-time MBA consortium in an effort to increase knowledge share among peer institutions. She is a member of many organizations that promote female leadership, and recently has been speaking about the challenge of balancing motherhood during COVID. Mia holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership and also teaches technical communications for the MS in Business Analytics and Project Management program at UCONN. Mia lives in Portland Connecticut with her husband, David and her two daughters: Payton and Dylan. When she is not watching softball games or dance recitals, she can be found in her gardens or creating flower arrangements.

Email: mia.hawlk@uconn.edu