May 19 celebration for the founding dean of the Faculty of Science

Faculty and staff members in the Faculty of Science were joined by members of the UOIT campus community (past and present) to pay tribute to Dr. William Smith, founding dean, who will retire on June 30.

A long line of people came to the podium to salute Dr. Smith for his remarkable achievements as leader of the faculty over UOIT's first eight-and-a-half years. Dr. Smith who was joined by a large contingent of family members for the celebration, was recognized for forging the development of a wide range of interdisciplinary programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Dr. Smith was hired by UOIT in 2002 to become the founding dean following a long and distinguished academic career that began at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and continued at the University of Guelph.

In honour of Dr. Smith's legacy at UOIT, the Founding Dean of Science Graduation Award has been established to reward a graduating student of the Faculty of Science for his/her outstanding academic achievement. The Advancement department would like to thank all of those who have already contributed. If you haven't made your contribution yet, there is still time to do so. To make an online contribution, please click here. Your support to the Founding Dean of Science Graduation Award provides great recognition to our graduating students and enhances Dr. Smith's legacy. Thank you for your generosity.

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