Engineering professors receive prestigious university appointments

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Two Waterloo Engineering professors have been appointed to senior university positions.  Flora Ng, a chemical engineering professor and a University Professor, became chair of the University Appointments Review Committee as of June 1, 2013.  Her appointment is for a three-year term.  Beth Jewkes, a management sciences professor and a past chair of the management sciences department, will become the university's associate provost, resources as of August 1, 2013. Jewkes' appointment is also for three years. The appointments were announced to University of Waterloo staff and faculty on June 12 by Geoff McBoyle, the university's vice-president academic & provost.