A brief notice confirms the new school structure rollout on March 31 and lists support resources.
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Special CamNews
March 26, 2025
Special CamNews from the President – School Restructuring Reminder
From Dr. Lane Trotter, President
Colleagues, as previously shared, we will be moving to a new school structure, effective March 31. As a reminder, the reorganization is intended to position the college for future success in the wake of at least a dozen major policy reforms over a 10-month period by the federal government to the international student program. Once things stabilize, we want to emerge stronger than ever before.
It has been good to get out and meet with faculty and staff, both in person and online, during school and department meetings. The questions and suggestions have helped guide the college as restructuring plans were finalized.
The new structure reflects the initial from John Boraas, now-retired Provost and Vice-President, Education and Innovation and from Richard Stride, who is Acting Provost and Vice-President, Education and Innovation.
The objective, as outlined in a , is to group similar programming together to take better advantage of synergies and efficiencies in operations as well as promote greater collaboration between related disciplines. The structure will also allow us to spread out the administrative load more evenly. Budget savings will come from running more balanced portfolios with fewer administrators, as well as from improved operational efficiencies.
School names and titles
We can now confirm the names of the schools and titles. Program departments and location information detailed in the remain the same.
Arts and Access
Dean, Ian Humphries | Associate Dean, Heather del Villano
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Acting Dean, Ruthanne Orihuela | Associate Dean, Nasr Khalifa
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Acting Dean, Steven Rumpel | Associate Dean, Carl Everitt
Health Sciences and Human Services
Dean, Carly Hall | Associate Dean, Dwayne Pettyjohn
Trades, Industry, and Professional Studies
Acting Dean, Michelle Brown | Associate Dean, Ken Kosik
Indigenous Education and Community Connections
Executive Director, Todd Ormiston
You’ll notice that there are three Acting Dean positions. We will be posting a competition for two positions – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics along with Trades, Industry, and Professional Studies – in early 2026 once things settle. The Acting Dean for Business is backfilling for Richard Stride.
My thanks to everyone who stepped up to assume additional responsibilities and help us through the process.
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