Board changes title: rector to president

 

The Board of Governors, on the recommendation of the Rector's Cabinet and their own executive, has changed the titles in English of its senior administrators.

Rector was changed to president and vice-rector to vice-president. The designation vice-president was added that of provost. The French-language names remain unchanged.

The reason is conformity to practice throughout North America. “Rector ”dates from the era when Quebec's education was more closely tied to religious authority. McGill and Bishop's Universities have long used principal in preference to rector.

Members of the Board
At the June 17 Board meeting, Normand Beauchamp and Miriam Roland were appointed members of the Associates of the Chancellor, and Roland was named Governor Emeritus and made a lifetime member of the Corporation of Concordia University.

Eric Molson's term as chancellor was extended for one year to June 30, 2005. Alain Benedetti was re-elected chair of the Board, and Charles Cavell, Me Rita de Santis and Peter Kruyt were re-elected vice-chairs.

Two new members were elected, both Concordia business alumni: Tony Meti, a senior vice-president of the National Bank, and Patricia Saputo a chartered accountant and financial planner.

Re-elected were Howard Davidson, Judith Kavanagh, Christine Lengvari, John Parisella, Jacques St-Laurent, Mackie Vadacchino de Massy and Jonathan Wener.

Faculty members: Rhona Richman Kenneally (Fine Arts), June Chaikelson (Arts and Science) and Lawrence Kryzanowski (John Molson School of Business).

Undergraduate students: Brent Farrington, Tyler Wordsworth, Patrice Blais and Natalie Pomerleau.

Advisory Search Committees
Elected to the search committee for president: Harvey Shulman and William Knitter (Arts and Science), Christopher A. Ross (JMSB), Terry Fancott (Engineering and Computer Science), and Catherine MacKenzie (Fine Arts): Maria Peluso (part-time faculty). Staff members: Joanne Beaudoin and Richard Bisaillon.

Members of Fine Arts elected to the search committee for a dean: Ana Cappelluto, Andrew Dutkewych, Rosemary Mountain and Cathy Mullen, all full-time faculty; Gary Schwartz, part-time; Elaine Denis, staff.

Maryam Etezadbrojerdi was elected to represent graduate students on the evaluation committee for the Vice-Rector, Services. ”