lakehead’s board of governors announces its 2013 fellow
may 7, 2013 – orillia, on
the chair of the board of governors of 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 , cameron clark, is proud to announce that toronto dentist, dr. robert bennett, will be named a fellow of 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 in recognition of his important contribution to help establish and grow the orillia campus.
this will be the first time the title of fellow is bestowed upon someone who has contributed to lakehead orillia.
“he has provided advice to members of the mayor’s task force, two 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 presidents, the orillia campus dean, and other members of the university faculty and staff on how best to rally external support, both financially and politically,” said clark.
dr. bennett became involved in the development of the campus in 2004. his can-do attitude, extensive experience with ontario post-secondary education, as well as his private and public relationships in education, made dr. bennett an asset to the mayor’s task force that brought a university to the city of orillia.
dr. bennett brought knowledge and experience from 20 years as a member of the university of toronto’s governing council, u of t’s college of electors and u of t’s faculty of dentistry alumni association.
lakehead president & vice-chancellor, dr. brian stevenson, congratulated dr. bennett, saying, “on behalf of a grateful university, i wish to thank him for his hard work and counsel that helped bring lakehead to orillia. his tremendous contributions are appreciated by lakehead and the county of simcoe.”
dr. bennett said he was moved by the announcement. “i was very humbled that orillia's community leaders would nominate me for this honour.”
a fellow of the university is someone who has contributed to the growth, development, and well-being of lakehead. dr. bennett can attend and speak as a non-voting member at board of governors meetings, he will have the right to participate in convocation ceremonies, wear designated academic regalia at special university events, as well as other special privileges.
the fellow title will be bestowed upon dr. bennett on saturday, june 8, 2013, at 10 am during lakehead’s convocation ceremony at rotary place in the west orillia sports complex.
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