Effective April 1, 2011, Barbara Evans, dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FoGS), will conclude her appointment as dean and returning to her homeland, Australia. Many of her initiatives have contributed to the enhancement of the graduate student experience at UBC.
Her accomplishments include:
- Developing multi-year funding for doctoral students and increasing central merit-based graduate scholarship funds almost three-fold
- Expanding professional development opportunities for graduate students through the Graduate Pathways to Success program
- Enabling the development of workshops for faculty designed to enhance the quality of graduate student supervision
- Producing strategic analyses and reports of the outcomes of our graduate programs
- Establishing the ‘Postdoctoral Fellows Office’ in FoGS
- After broad consultation, developing the Graduate Student Strategy and Operational Plan 2010 – 2015 for UBC’s Vancouver campus
- The Welcome Centre which has provided an inviting and informative space for staff to greet and serve students and faculty
- FoGS website redevelopment which has improved communications both internally and outside the university
Evans was recently named as one of the top 50 current and emerging leaders in Australia by Advance, the leading global network of Australians and alumni abroad. She was honoured at the Advance Women’s Leadership Summit in Sydney.
Dr. Susan Porter, associate dean of Professional Development and clinical associate professor in the Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, will be taking up the post of Dean pro tem for the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FoGS) as of April 1, 2011.
Porter took up the post of Associate Dean, Professional Development at FoGS in August of 2008 where her mandate has been to advance graduate student development at UBC with a particular focus on working towards an increased awareness of, and commitment of students to, scholarly and research integrity and social responsibility. She is clinical associate professor in the Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and a scientist in the Microbiology Laboratory at Vancouver General Hospital, responsible for the development and oversight of molecular-based testing.
A faculty member at UBC since 1991, she has served as graduate advisor for Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Assistant Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, for the Faculty of Medicine.
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