Cram

Bob Cram has been named the executive director of the University’s new Centre for Continuing and Distance Education (CCDE). The CCDE remains part of the Extension Division until Extension is disestablished on June 30, 2007.

Ken Barteski, a seasoned chartered accountant, has joined Corporate Administration as a financial analyst for a term extending until the end of December.

Kelly Kay, a graduate of the Bachelor of Journalism program at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, began duties as operations assistant in Corporate Administration in September.

Martin Gonzalez recently became an executive assistant in the Office of the Vice-President Finance and Resources. Gonzalez, a graduate of the MBA program at the U of S, has worked in an administrative role in the Extension Division and as manager of the Technology Enhanced Learning Program.

Department of Animal and Poultry Science technician Karen Schwean-Lardner has won the Tyson Food Support Personnel Award from the Poultry Science Association. The award recognizes the contributions of support workers as critical to faculty members. Schwean-Lardner is also pursuing her PhD in the department.

Bass-baritone player Garry Gable and pianist Kathleen Lohrenz Gable of the Department of Music are currently in China after being invited to teach and perform at the Conservatory of Music in Tianjin and Wuhan. They will present lectures on pedagogy issues for singers and pianists as well as song literature of the world.

Lieutenant Governor Gordon Barnhart announced that David Kaplan, professor emeritus of Music, and Bill Waiser, professor of History, will receive the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, the province’s highest honour. Kaplan helped establish the Department of Music and was head for 15 years. Waiser’s most recent publication is Saskatchewan: A New History.

Three new recruitment officers recently joined Marketing and Student Recruitment (MSR) in the Student and Enrolment Services Division.

Trena Raven, currently completing a degree in Public Administration, accepted a permanent position. She has worked for nearly eight years as a special constable with Campus Safety. Elizabeth Conner, who has degrees in Arts & Science and Education, joined MSR in a term position until the end of the April. Amy Ta also becomes a recruitment officer in a term position. Ta has been the co-manager of marketing and communications at Wanuskewin Heritage Park for the past year.