Past month, Cen Huang knowledgeable us of her final decision to conclusion her tenure as the U of A’s vice-provost and associate vice-president (Global) at the conclude of June 2024. We are grateful to Cen for her remarkable contributions and perseverance for the past 14 several years to advancing internationalization endeavours and the mission of the College of Alberta.
Because joining the University of Alberta in 2009, Cen has held numerous significant management positions, which include interim vice-provost and associate vice-president (Worldwide), government director (Intercontinental Partnerships) and affiliate vice-president (International Improvement), and executive director of Worldwide Relations and Recruitment and assistant vice-president (Global). She was also an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Instruction.
As a respected leader and innovator in global instruction in Canada and globally, Cen consistently employs a collaborative method to resolving advanced troubles with a focus on relationship-setting up outcomes. At the U of A, she has efficiently led quite a few international initiatives, such as establishing strategic and significant partnerships, appreciably enhancing worldwide university student enrollment and mobility, bringing leadership to intercontinental ability-setting up jobs, and effectively utilizing the Instances Bigger Training Effect Rankings task. She has spearheaded and consolidated institutional attempts in romance constructing with China and India, resulting in a lot of effective collaborations.
Also, Cen led the institution of the Canada Understanding Initiative in China (CLIC), a application implemented by a bi-national college consortium for Canadian learners to study in China, and the Global Tutorial Management Development (GALD) application, which has delivered schooling to far more than 900 college directors from in excess of 200 intercontinental universities. Through her tenure, global university student enrolment has additional than doubled among 2009 and 2022.
We are grateful to Cen for her a lot of contributions to the College of Alberta group and her ongoing dedication to her portfolio. In the coming months, Cen will continue on to direct the internationalization portfolio and focus on building the new Intercontinental Strategic Approach, which will align with and support Condition: A Strategic Approach of Affect. She will then choose an administrative go away for a 12 months prior to retiring in July 2025.
A look for committee will be proven to guide in getting a ideal prospect for the purpose.
Verna Yiu
Interim Provost and Vice-President (Tutorial)
Melissa Padfield
Deputy Provost (Learners and Enrolment)
Kathryn Todd
Deputy Provost (Tutorial)
