Season 4, Episode 6: Marianne Marando - Seneca College Vice-President, Academic

About Today's Show

Today's episode takes us behind the scenes of Seneca College, with our guest, Vice-President, Academic, Marianne Marando.   In "normal" times, VP Academic is a very tricky role.  But these days, with so much change happening, it’s never been trickier, or more important.   In this episode we'll hear about how Seneca is continuing to be a leader in providing flexible, accessible education and student experience.  

Also in this episode we talk about:

1.  What will Seneca College look like as we come out of the pandemic. (Pat's looking forward to the food options!)

2. The excellent organization, Blue Door, which supports women, families, and men experiencing homelessness. (click here to visit their website)

3.  Some behind the scenes insights into the role of Vice-President, Academic.

4.  So much more....

More about Today's Guest, Marianne Marando

As VP Academic, Marianne Marando recently returned to Seneca after five years at Durham College, where she was Associate Vice-President, Academic.  As you’ll hear from our conversation, Marianne started her career in academia at George Brown College, where she became the marketing program coordinator, beforing joining Seneca College as a professor, and coordinator in the School of Marketing.   Then she progressed to academic chair positions in the School of International Business, and the Centre for Human Resources and the School of Media and Marketing. Marianne also served as Seneca’s Director of Marketing and Communications, before accepting the role of Executive Dean, School of Business, IT & Management at Durham.

She was then appointed Associate Vice-President, Academic, responsible for program review and renewal, capital budgeting, corporate training, international education and the office of the registrar. Marianne holds an honours degree in business administration and an MBA from York University, an adult education certificate from Seneca and is enrolled in the Doctor of Education, Educational Leadership program at Western University. Marianne is also the board chair at Blue Door, a York Region-based provider of emergency housing and housing supports.   Blue Door Shelters provides shelter to families, youth, women and men without a safe place to stay. As they say on their website, Homelessness can happen to anyone.  It’s an incredible organization that helps people experiencing homelessness and shelter anxiety make the transition to permanent housing, and begin to move forward in their lives.

Important Links and Co

• Blue Door can be reached through their website here
• What does "Macgyver" mean?  Check out this link to find out!

Keeping Up to Date on COVID-19

For Updates on Seneca's Policies Regarding COVID-19, visit here:

https://inside.senecacollege.ca/health

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Pat Perdue