administration and governance News Archive
![Chancellor Anne Mahon](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ChancellorMahon-Announcement-UMT-1200x800-F-150x150.jpg)
Chancellor Mahon re-elected to second term
April 6, 2022 —
Passionate champion of UM begins second term on June 1
![Sweetgrass sign detail. Installed at Curry Place. From the Indigenous Art and Placemaking project.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Sweetgrass2-web-150x150.jpg)
Nominations sought for five Indigenous Senators for UM Senate
January 18, 2022 —
Deadline is 12 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022
![The Administration Building on Fort Garry campus in winter 2021. // Photo by Chris Rutkowski](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/admin-winter-2-150x150.jpg)
The 2023 Governance Master Schedule is now available
January 5, 2022 —
This document includes all scheduled Senate, Board of Governors, and Committee meeting dates and submission deadlines and are updated throughout the year.
![Janesca Kydd in her office](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Janesca-Kydd-1-150x150.jpg)
Meet Janesca Kydd, UM’s new top lawyer, dedicated to advancing Reconciliation
July 22, 2021 —
Her father immigrated from Scotland in the 1950s and met her mother, a residential school Survivor. And after Kydd was born the family moved north to run a general store on an island near Misko-ziibiing (Bloodvein First Nation).
![a headshot of Diane Hiebert-Murphy](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Diane-Hiebert-Murphy_2020April30_7116_Crop-150x150.jpg)
Diane Hiebert-Murphy is new Provost and Vice-President (Academic) at UM
May 4, 2021 —
An accomplished researcher, clinician, mentor and administrator, Dr. Hiebert-Murphy is an experienced consensus builder who leads and empowers others with her trusted and confident voice
![Voting is open for the alumni representative on the University of Manitoba Board of Governors](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2016-Rooftop-Panoramic-top-extended-lightened-copy-150x150.jpg)
The 2021 Governance Master Schedule is now available
January 8, 2020 —
Includes all scheduled Senate, Board of Governors, and Committee meeting dates and submission deadlines
![Manitoba legislature.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Legislature2_WEB-150x150.jpg)
President Barnard comments on provincial budget
March 7, 2019 —
The Manitoba government released its budget on March 7, 2019.
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Dr. Edward Jurkowski has been appointed Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Music
January 14, 2019 —
A strong leader and passionate advocate for music and the arts, he has been appointed Dean, effective January 1, 2019.