Catherine Newell Kelly began her career at the University of Waterloo in 1996 in what was then known as Distance and Continuing Education, helping to shepherd the office through the transition from correspondence, including cassette tapes and notes, to online delivery, enabling a better learning experience for students regardless of their.
Newell Kelly was also actively engaged in the original implementation of Quest.
She became the Director of the Centre for Extended Learning (CEL) in 2005 and CEL is now among the largest online learning operations in Ontario and beyond, supporting over 40,000 course registrations annually.
She served for many years on the Executives of the Ontario Council for University Lifelong Learning (President, 2006-07), and the Canadian Association for University Continuing Education (President, 2012-13). She has been an active member of several University committees, including the Academic Programming Strategic Theme steering committee, Leadership Forum Advisory Committee, Pension and Benefits Committee, Undergrad Operations, and several others.
She helped to shape and launch the Ministry’s eCampusOntario, serving as its inaugural Executive Director from 2015-2016 on loan from Waterloo.
She completed her BA (Economics) at Waterloo in 1993 and her Master of Business Administration at Wilfrid Laurier University in 1995.
The Registrar is the senior department head responsible for the management of the Office of the Registrar, which includes:
Catherine Newell Kelly, Registrar