Dennis Kuhlman (courtesy photo) News from K-State Communications and Marketing Former longtime CEO and dean of Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus, Dennis Kuhlman, died Monday due to complications of COVID-19. Kuhlman served as CEO and dean of the Salina campus from 1997 until his retirement in 2012, leading the campus’s enrollment growth and its establishment as an aviation industry leader. He also grew campus facilities, including the addition of the Student Life Center, which opened in 2009. K-State President Richard Myers says Kuhlman’s leadership “helped establish our Polytechnic campus in Salina as one the preeminent aviation and applied technology institutions in the country. The university is in a better place as a result of his vision and dedication.”