July 11, 2008
| Graham Scoles’ term as acting dean in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources has been extended to June 30, 2009. |  Scoles
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Vivian Hajnal will serve as acting dean in the College of Education for 2008-09. |
Andrew Van Kessel will serve as acting associate dean of research in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources for 2008-09. |
| Louise Humbert will continue her work as acting associate dean of undergraduate student affairs in the College of Kinesiology until June 30, 2009. |  Humbert
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Dr. Femi Olatunbosun will begin his five-year term as associate dean of faculty affairs in the College of Medicine July 1, 2009. |
John Ault, manager of the Student Employment and Career Centre, recently accepted the Campus Saskatchewan Excellence in Learner Support Services award on behalf of his office. |
| Len Haines will serve as acting associate dean in the College of Education for 2008-09. |  Haines
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Glenn Donnelly serve as acting associate dean for the Regina site in the College of Nursing for 2008-09. |
Dr. Gillian Muir will serve as acting associate dean of research for the WCVM for 2008-09. |
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Janet Bangma has been appointed acting associate dean in the library for 2008-09. |
Jim Kells begins a five-year term as head of Geological Engineering starting July 1, 2009. |
| Kevin Schneider has been named associate dean of science in the College of Arts and Science for a five-year term. |  Schneider
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Dr. Bruce Grahn has been appointed associate dean academic in the WCVM for a four-and-a-half-year term starting Jan. 1, 2009. |
| Bruce Coulman, head of the Dept. of Plant Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources, has been awarded the 2008 Canadian Plant Breeding and Genetics Award for his work in plant agriculture. |  Coulman
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Matt Webster, director of Trust Advisory Services in the Financial Services Division, marked his 40th year of employment with the university on June 1. |
Susan Blum has accepted the position of director of Research Services in the Office of the Vice-President Research beginning July 14. |
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Rick Bunt, associate vice-president of Information and Communications Technology, was elected president of the Canadian University Council of Chief Information Officers for a two-year term. |
| Graduate student Nancy Bawa has been awarded the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop scholarship for her research in bio-fuels. She conducts her research under the supervision of Gordon Hill in the College of Engineering. |  Bawa
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Steve Kook has been named coach of the U of S women’s hockey team and takes up that position Aug. 1. |
| Dean McNeill, head of the Department of Music, released his new CD, Mélange: New Music for Trumpet and Piano, on June 24 at the Mendel Gallery. The CD features both Bonnie Nicholson and Jon Ballantyne. |  McNeill
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Dr. Andrew Kirk, head of the Division of Neurology, has been recognized by the Huntington Society of Canada with the Michael Wright Community Leadership Award. |
Mark Wartman has been appointed as the development officer in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources and began June 17. |
Tammy Hornung has joined the Library Dean’s Office as the library support services manager. |
| Graduate student Luanne Sirota has been awarded first place in the 2008 Sustainable Asset Management student competition for her research on management of civil infrastructure. |  Sirota
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Caroline Tait from the Dept. of Women’s and Gender Studies, received this year’s YWCA Women of Distinction Award in the science, technology or research category. |
The following appointments, announced by the Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic, will all begin July 1: |
Trevor Crowe has been appointed associate dean in the College of Graduate Studies and Research for a five-year term. He will be on leave in 2009-10, so his term will be extended to June 30, 2014. |
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Todd Pugsley from the College of Engineering has agreed to serve on the Strategic Projects Team (SPT) in the Office of the Vice-President Research as special advisor on energy initiatives for a three-year term. |
| Harley Dickinson has been appointed associate dean of social sciences in the College of Arts and Science for a five-year term. |  Dickinson
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Lynnette Stamler has been appointed assistant dean in graduate studies in the College of Nursing for three-years. |
David Meyer begins a five-year term as head of Archaeology. |
Eric Neufeld begins a five-year term as head of Computer Science. |
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Chary Rangacharyulu begins a five-year term as head of Physics and Engineering Physics. |
| Jim Guedo begins a one-year term as acting head of Drama. |  Guedo
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Richard Julien begins a three-year term as head of the Department of Languages and Linguistics. |
Lee Barbour will continue as head of Civil and Geological Engineering for one year. |
Rick Long begins a five-year term as head of Industrial Relations and Organizational Behaviour in the Edwards School of Business. |
Valerie Korinek begins a three-year term as head of the Department of History. |
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Marek Majewski will continue as head of the Department of Chemistry for three-years. |
| Ajay Dalai begins a five-year term as head of the Department of Chemical Engineering. |  Dalai
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Lou Qualtiere continues his work as assistant dean of undergraduate medical education in the College of Medicine for a three-year term. |
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