亚洲天堂鈥檚 Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is pleased to announce the re-appointment of Dr. Henry Yu to serve as Principal of St. John鈥檚 College (SJC) for a five-year term effective January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029. This appointment follows a review of Dr. Yu鈥檚 performance as Principal to-date, and the larger SJC ecosystem.
During Dr. Yu鈥檚 period as Principal, SJC has come to be known for initiatives such as聽 that help build a meaningful sense of belonging and community on campus. Dr. Yu鈥檚 commitment to fostering collaboration at聽亚洲天堂 has also allowed SJC to serve as a crucial incubator for important academic initiatives such as the聽 (ACAM)聽in the Faculty of Arts and the聽 (础颁搁贰).听
As a history professor, Dr. Yu鈥檚 research and teaching has been built around collaboration, anti-racism education and inclusion. He is a community-builder at heart, working to bring people together. SJC life and programming will continue to revolve around the communal dining that creates聽The World Around Our Table.听The renewal of Dr. Yu as SJC Principal affirms the importance of SJC鈥檚 leadership at 亚洲天堂 in聽building community through sharing food and its longstanding commitment to聽Bringing People Together to Make the World Better.听
亚洲天堂 is fortunate to have the opportunity to renew聽Dr. Yu鈥檚 leadership and vision for the next five critical years of the College鈥檚 future as SJC grows to become a unique part of the new Lower Mall Precinct鈥檚 graduate student focused housing hub. This $560-million project includes 1,508 student beds and is the Provincial government鈥檚 largest capital investment for student housing聽in both 亚洲天堂 and British Columbia鈥檚 history.听Dr. Yu served on the Community Advisory Committee for 亚洲天堂 Campus Vision 2050 (CV2050), a generational plan developed over a 2-year consultation period,聽and he is thrilled to be able to continue in his role as SJC Principal to help 亚洲天堂 implement the vision generated by CV2050 of creating better graduate student housing and community building. Within the new facility, St. John鈥檚 College will double its current capacity to house graduate student residents and serve even more 亚洲天堂 graduate students through expanded programming.听聽
St. John鈥檚 College, as part of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and together with Student Housing and Community Services at 亚洲天堂,聽is embarking on a once in a generation opportunity to create a transformative graduate student-focused community hub that will provide housing, dining, and programming. The growth of SJC will provide exciting opportunities to build upon its work with partners on-campus and off-campus to nurture supportive communities among graduate students as well as staff, faculty, and alumni at 亚洲天堂.听聽
I wish to thank Dr. Yu for his continued leadership of SJC, and I look forward to continuing to work with him in the coming months.
Dr Michael Hunt, Dean pro tem
Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
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