I’m pleased to announce departmental changes within Humber International as we conclude our work on the current internationalization strategy and look ahead to the creation of Humber’s third internationalization strategy in 2023. We have re-organized the department around three key operational areas: international enrollment, global education and international development. 

International enrollment will continue to play a role in Humber’s ongoing success. To focus our efforts, align our resources and secure maximum return for our outreach while maintaining a globally diverse international enrollment base, I will be hiring a Director of International Enrollment in the next month. Both the international recruitment and admissions functions will report into this position and will provide opportunities to better align all enrollment functions under one lead position. The Director position will work closely to support overall college enrollment goals, and with the enrollment team in the Registrar’s Office. 

The current Associate Director, Admissions and Student Services, position will be repurposed into the International Enrollment Director position. The International Student Advisor team will now report into the second key operational area, Global Education and Partnerships. This area will be led by Rebecca Fitzgerald, in her new role as Associate Dean, Global Education and Partnerships. Rebecca’s portfolio will combine comprehensive international student services with global education initiatives such as collaborative online international learning, student and faculty exchange, global academic partnerships and other projects such as the Global Summer School and Global Systems Gap Challenge.

Our international development portfolio has expanded significantly under the direction of Nalini Andrade. We are currently overseeing $12 million in development projects in Africa, Asia, South America and the Caribbean. Nalini has been named the Director of the International Development Institute. She will continue to develop and secure capacity development projects around the world, growing both the project portfolio and Humber’s ability to affect meaningful, lasting global change.

There are three other changes in the department that will support our realignment. Joshua Favaro is now the Associate Director, International Operations, and oversees all finance, agent relations, human resources, technology and customer service functions. Mathusa Maheson is now the Manager responsible for the Customer Service team within the department.

Vedika Taunk, who was the Manager of International Marketing, is now the Associate Director, Digital Analytics and Strategy. For part of her new role, she will continue to report through Humber International and oversee the department’s marketing and communications. The other part of her position is to lead college-wide digital analytics development, co-reporting to Andrew Leopold in Government Relations, Marketing and Communications.

In this role, Vedika will lead digital analytics measurement and how data and analytics are assessed and deployed to maximize the ROI of all marketing and communications efforts across the college. Some of her primary responsibilities include developing a digital analytics framework, designing a system to collect and integrate data and analytics, and providing counsel to assess and identify opportunities to deploy digital analytics to initiatives and decision making.

Please join me in congratulating our colleagues as they advance Humber’s internationalization commitments around the world.

Andrew Ness
Dean, International