A reception hosted by UWindsor president Robert Gordon on Tuesday in the Welcome Centre celebrated faculty and librarians reaching career milestones in 2018-19.

Among the achievements noted by provost Douglas Kneale were:

• Promotion to Librarian IV of Heidi Jacobs, Leddy Library
• Awarded tenure to Pascale Chapdelaine, Faculty of Law
• Promotion to associate professor with tenure
  Paul Datta, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology
  Jeff Defoe, Department of Mechanical, Automotive, and Materials Engineering
  Laurie Freeman, Faculty of Nursing
  Nigel Hussey, Department of Integrative Biology
  Phillip Karpowicz, Department of Biomedical Sciences
  Thomas Kenworthy, Odette School of Business
  Jesse Ovadia, Department of Political Science
  Emmanuelle Richez, Department of Political Science
  Beth-Anne Schuelke-Leech, Department of Mechanical, Automotive, and Materials Engineering
  Noel Semple, Faculty of Law
  Sujith Xavier, Faculty of Law
• Promotion to professor
  Randy Bowers, Department of Mechanical, Automotive, and Materials Engineering
  Joel Gagnon, School of the Environment
  Anna Lanoszka, Department of Political Science
  Carlin Miller, Department of Psychology
  Steven Rehse, Department of Physics
  Jill Urbanic, Department of Mechanical, Automotive, and Materials Engineering
  Wai Ling Yee, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
• Promotion to learning specialist, ancillary academic staff III with permanence of Tanya Noel, Department of Integrative Biology
• Promotion to sessional lecturer II
  Lisa Baggio, School of Creative Arts
  Andre Narbonne, Department of English and Creative Writing
  Jose Seoane Hernandez, School of Creative Arts
  Renu Sharma Persaud, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology

“This is a wonderful occasion for us to mark the advancement of our colleagues,” said Dr. Gordon. “We are indeed fortunate to have these fine scholars and educators pushing the boundaries of exploration here at the University of Windsor.”