Happy Friday Applied Arts, First off, I want to wish all of you a belated welcome back for the 2021-22 academic year—and add a special welcome to folks new to the Faculty of Applied Arts. It has been a very long time since I last did a blog post. I will re-commit myself to sending…Continue Reading Dean’s Blog – September 2021

Hi Applied Arts, As January closes, I wanted to update you a number of things. It’s a long list, so I hope you’re seated comfortably.   We’re a Faculty Now! It’s official—we are now the Faculty of Applied Arts. The Board of Governors approved our interim proposal for the formation of faculties at its December…Continue Reading Dean’s Update – January 2021

Hi Applied Arts, The fall term is drawing to a close—it will certainly live long in the memory. Here are few updates and reminders before November disappears. 2021-22 Budget Development Our first experiment with zero-base budgeting was bumpy—really bumpy. I need to give a huge shout out to Carolyn Kauth, who somehow persevered through the…Continue Reading Dean’s Update – November 2020

Hi Applied Arts, I feel like this year we all need a huge congratulations for just making it to midterm. Before getting to some updates, I want to acknowledge that this has been a particularly painful month for the YukonU community as we mourn the loss of one of our students, on top of continuing…Continue Reading Dean’s Update – October 2020

Hi Applied Arts, Well this has been an interesting week, hasn’t it. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions or concerns, or just thoughts to share, in response to the unexpected departure of Mike DeGagne. While his resignation is a setback for the organization, we need to stay focused on our…Continue Reading Dean’s Update – September 2020

Hi Applied Arts, With the COVID-impacted fall term about to start up, I thought it best to send out another blog posting with a few recent updates. It’s likely the next few weeks will be chaotic. We’ll need to stay focused on looking after ourselves, supporting one another, and supporting our students. Your adaptability and…Continue Reading Dean’s Update – late August 2020

Hi Applied Arts, I’ve been seeing a few faculty members returning from vacation, so it’s seems the right time to get back to monthly blogging. I hope that, despite all the restrictions in place because of COVID-19 and the cool, wet summer we’ve had, you managed to find time away to relax and have some…Continue Reading Dean’s Update – August 2020

Hi Applied Arts, Technically, a Dean’s Blog posting is scheduled until this coming Friday, but there are a few items that I need to bring to everyone’s attention sooner rather than later. New student advising process Fall 2020 might still seem a long time from now, but the University will be rolling out a new…Continue Reading Dean’s Update – June 2020

Hi Applied Arts, I hope you all had a restful May long weekend. It has been a frantic two months since we learned we’d be off campus and trying to find ways to work from home. Thank you everyone for the incredible effort and dedication you have put into this time of transition, particularly when…Continue Reading Dean’s Update – May 2020

Northern Review – 50 Issues I forgot a huge milestone for research and scholarship in the North in my initial blog posting for April: the Northern Review published its 50th issue this month. Congratulations to Deanna McLeod, Amanda Graham, and everyone else involved with the journal!…Continue Reading Dean’s Update – April 2020 (addendum)