College Deans speak to the opportunities ahead
18 February 2021
With 海角社区 for Tomorrow, the university community is now in the process of transforming administrative and academic structures to meet our financial challenges, build on our strengths in teaching, research, and community engagement, and position the 海角社区 for continued growth and reinvestment in our core mission. This is a fundamental change not only to our structures and operations but to our culture. It involves all faculties and units of the university working together to put in place more integrated and streamlined administrative systems, processes, and practices that will work in concert with and support the university’s core academic mission.
The establishment of three new colleges—the College of Health Sciences, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, and College of Social Sciences and Humanities—opens up significant opportunities for increased university-wide collaboration and engagement in teaching, learning and research not only within the colleges but also across the colleges and autonomous faculties (Campus Saint-Jean, Faculty of Native Studies, and Augustana).
Since the announcement of their appointment, the college deans have begun consulting with faculty deans as well as with faculty, students, and staff, and are in the process of planning for broad consultation and engagement on the mission, vision, and shared services for each of the colleges. This week, we invited them to give us a brief introduction to the colleges and an overview of the opportunities they see ahead.
Message from Greta Cummings, College of Health Sciences
Strengths of our health sciences community have always been our intensive scholarship and collaborative, interdisciplinary approaches. The College of Health Sciences will be a natural extension of this