Ronnie Sturzenegger is the new director of Juventus Schools
As of January 21, 2019, MSc ETH Environ. Sc Ronnie Sturzenegger will be the new director of Juventus Schools Zurich and succeeds lic. oec., dipl. Hdl. HSG Matthias Rüegg. The Board of Trustees of Juventus Schools has elected Ronnie Sturzenegger to this responsible position.
Ronnie Sturzenegger will succeed Matthias Rüegg, who, after ten years as director of the Juventus Schools, will take over as head of the Zurich School of Economics (HWZ), an enterprise of the Swiss Commercial Association and the Juventus Schools Foundation. Rüegg has accepted this challenge at the HWZ following the departure of Prof. Dr. Peter Petrin. "The HWZ is the leading part-time university of applied sciences in Zurich. Leading the HWZ is a new and exciting challenge for me," says Matthias Rüegg. "For ten years, I was able to lead the Juventus schools and celebrate many wonderful successes and initiate innovations."
An environmental scientist at the top
With the election of 46-year-old Ronnie Sturzenegger from Männedorf, the management of Juventus Schools remains in the best hands, according to a press release. The future director of Juventus Schools is an environmental scientist and high school teacher and has successfully managed AKAD College since 2008. In his role, he has designed new courses, made optimizations to didactic concepts throughout the group and initiated internal quality optimizations. "The great challenge of Juventus Schools is to lead the new JuveCampus into the second century as a first-rate educational location with design initiatives," emphasizes Ronnie Sturzenegger.
In the best hands with Juventus schools
Founded in 1918, Juventus Schulen is a private education provider headquartered on Europaallee in Zurich. The school has a cantonal educational license to provide basic school and vocational education (SOG and BOG). In 1920, Juventus Schulen became the first school in Switzerland to run an evening school, thus making it possible to take the Matura exam while working.
Since 2017, the Juventus Schools Foundation operates in four business units: Juventus Wirtschaftsschule (KV, Marketing, Informatik), Juventus Maturitätsschule (Wirtschaftsgymnasium, BMS), Juventus Schule für Medizin for medical training and further education on behalf of the Canton of Zurich and as a private provider, and Juventus Technikerschule HF as a higher technical school for technicians. The Juventus schools accompany more than 2000 students annually and have more than 200 qualified lecturers. Learning success with optimal learning support is the focus and guarantees high success rates. Partners of the Juventus Schools include the HWZ (Zurich University of Applied Sciences), the Swiss Institute of Business Administration and the ZHAW (Zurich University of Applied Sciences).
