I am pleased to announce the new Dean for the School of Media Studies and Information Technology is Guillermo Acosta. As you know, Humber conducted a national search for the Decanal role. Following that, a faculty interview committee short-listed candidates, both internal and external, conducted six interviews and made recommendations to the President. Notably, the committee was unanimous in its endorsement of Guillermo Acosta and the President has confirmed that recommendation.

As many of you know, Guillermo brings considerable experience to the Decanal role, including: teaching experience at Ryerson University and the University of Guelph as an adjunct professor; teaching experience at Humber in diploma, post-grad and continuing education programs; program coordinator leadership experience in diploma and post-grad programs at the Lakeshore and North campuses; a history of expanding programming enrolment and access to resources; leadership in launching Humber’s two-year post graduate certificate in Global Business Management; and managing Humber’s largest continuing education program grouping (Business School), including on-line programming, and consistently exceeding enrolment and revenue targets. Currently, Guillermo is Associate Dean in the School of Media Studies and Information Technology responsible for the new media and IT cluster of programs.

Guillermo holds an undergraduate degree in business from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello and a graduate degree in business from the Universidad Metropolitana, both in Caracas. He is multilingual, has multinational brand development and management experience in telecommunications and the spirits and wine industry, and has played key roles in various international projects including Bhutan, Guatemala, Bangladesh, Indonesia (Banda Aceh) and China. Recently, Guillermo has been an invited speaker on e-learning (keynote at Richland College in Dallas) and engaging learners in on-line learning (Learning Summit, Chicago).

I would like to personally thank the committee members. They offered considerable expertise and thoughtfulness to this task. Also important were the many ideas and perspectives offered by Humber Faculty and Staff across the college.

Please join me in welcoming Guillermo Acosta to his new role effective July 3rd, 2012.

Thanks.

Michael Hatton.