UWindsor president Alan Wildeman described current realities and the University’s approach to dealing with its challenges in an address Tuesday to the Board of Governors.

His presentation, in support of the commitment to communicating the University’s financial position, ranged from student enrolment to budget pressures and capital planning.

“While the operating budget challenges might be provincial or national in their pattern, the solutions have to be local,” Dr. Wildeman told the board.

He also discussed progress on the development of the Strategic Mandate Agreement, charting a course under the provincial government’s differentiation framework.

Wildeman promised a fundraising effort that will “engage people with messages about what is important to us and how they can make a difference” and introduced a new group to provide guidance on the University Campaign.

The President’s Advisory Council includes UWindsor alumni:

• Frank Ewasyshyn (BASc 1974, MASc 1976, MBA 1989, LLD 2001), retired Chrysler executive;
• Peter Farmer (LLB 1974), retired chief executive officer of Denison Mines;
• Wilf Gobert (BSc 1971), chair of Calgary Economic Development;
• Ida Goodreau (BComm 1981, MBA 1986), director of University of British Columbia’s Centre for Healthcare Management;
• Michael Kaye (MBA 2008), vice-president of Alexa Translations;
• Richard Peddie (BComm 1970, LLD 2001), retired president of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment;

as well as Mary Hatch, director of the Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation, and Marc Odette, director of the P&L Odette Charitable Foundation.

The slides used in the presentation are available on the presidential communications website.