Joan Ross joins college's board of governors
Posted By CECILIA NASMITH CNASMITH@NORTHUMBERLANDTODAY.COM
Posted 2 months ago
Retired Northumberland Hills Hospital CEO Joan Ross was inducted this week as the newest member of Fleming College's board of governors.
Meeting at Cobourg -- which is one of the college's four campuses, along with Peterborough, Lindsay and Haliburton -- the governors toured the Elgin St. facility prior to meeting and welcoming Ross for a two-year term.
Since 1992, said vice-chair Sandra Hill, it has been the custom to welcome all present and past governors into the college's Governors' Club with a tie or scarf of the Murray-clan tartan. Sir Sandford Fleming, after whom the college was named, was Scottish, Hill said. However, since the Fleming clan is a subclan of the Murray clan, the ties and scarves bear the Murray pattern.
As part of the agenda, the governors heard a report from Cobourg campus leader Deborah Clifford. The highlights:
* Their esthetician program, which has expanded its focus to health and wellness, has a close association with Ste. Anne's spa -- a valuable partnership for the students.
* Another partnership is with the Northumberland Child Development Centre in support of their Learning, Earning and Parenting program. The college will host a visit to the esthetician program by about 30 mothers and provide babysitting.
* Some $98,000 in new funding has been received in support of its academic upgrading program, coinciding with an increase in students seeking more education and training in order to re-enter the workforce. More than 100 students are enrolled on both full-and part-time bases.
* An application has been made to permit the college to serve Northumberland's large and vital artisan community by creating a program to teach them business skills. This is being done in partnership with the Northumberland Business Advisory Committee, Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation and several arts associations.
