Back-to-school for UBCO students and its new principal alike
September 17, 2020
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Lesley Cormack welcomes her first UBC incoming class
As students head back to school this week at UBC Okanagan, albeit virtually for most, the campus’ new Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal Lesley Cormack will be among their ranks as she oversees her first full term at UBC.
Cormack arrives at UBCO after having served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta since 2010 and as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Simon Fraser University before that.
She was appointed in February but didn’t arrive in the Okanagan and begin her the new role until the summer. As she prepares to welcome her very first UBCO incoming class, she says that she feels like a first-year student again—just getting to know a new campus full of new people.
Cormack also reflects on the challenges and opportunities the coming year will bring.
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