The University will be extending the term of Prof. Michael Emes as dean of the College of Biological Science (CBS) by two years to June 2014.
The goal is to align the completion of his term as dean with the completion of a multi-year review of the University’s science programs and of The BetterPlanet Project campaign.
“Michael has been integral to initiating and developing relationships currently underway as part of The BetterPlanet Project, and it is important to have him continue to provide clear and consistent direction,” says Maureen Mancuso, provost and vice-president (academic). “His institutional knowledge will also be tremendously helpful during the science review.”
The University is embarking on a process of determining where and how it should focus its science teaching and research endeavours to best take advance of its historic strengths and future opportunities. The process will include assessing current science programs and the effectiveness of how they are administered and managed.
Emes was appointed CBS dean in 2002 and re-appointed in 2007. He arrived at Guelph during the early phases of the development of the science complex and was heavily involved in the restructuring of the college.
Before coming to U of G, he spent 21 years at the University of Manchester, first as a faculty member in the botany department and then as dean of research in the largest unified school of biological sciences in the United Kingdom.