Memorial University president Dr. Vianne Timmons kicked off a provincial tour visiting people and places in communities across the province last week.
Below is just a sample of the places she went and the people she met on the first leg of her journey at Grenfell Campus.
1/ Grenfell Observatory
Dr. Timmons visited the Grenfell Campus Observatory, home of one the largest astronomical telescope in Atlantic Canada, with Drs. Svetlana Barkanova and Aleksandrs Aleksejevs of Grenfell's physics department.
2/ Grenfell Art Gallery
Dr. Timmons enjoyed the exhibit by artist Will Gill in the Grenfell Campus Art Gallery.
3/ VP meet and greet
Dr. Jeff Keshen, vice-president (Grenfell Campus), hosted Dr. Timmons and introduced her to Grenfell's partners in the Corner Brook community.
4/ Ferriss Hodgett Library
Louise McGillis, associate university librarian with Grenfell Campus, showed Dr. Timmons the Abbie Table: a celebration of life in rural Newfoundland a generation ago by Andy Jones and currently hosted in the Ferriss Hodgett Library. The Abbie Table is inspired by Abbie Whiffen, a grandmother who wrote an essay to communicate to her granddaughter what life was like in Trinity Bay in the mid-1900s.
5/ Grenfell theatre
Dr. Todd Hennessey, dean of the School of Fine Arts, provided Dr. Timmons with a tour of the theatre, a cornerstone of Grenfell's theatre program.
6/ Social distancing greeting
No hand shakes allowed! Dr. Timmons and Lloyd Morgan, a member of the Facilities Management team, tried a non-traditional way to greet each other.
7/ Boreal Ecosystem Research Facility
Mumtaz Cheemah, School of Arts and Social Science, talked to Dr. Timmons about the Boreal Ecosystem Research Facility and the important research taking place in the areas of forestry, agriculture and the environmental sectors.
While in the city, she also met with municipal and community leaders, Indigenous groups, community partners, government representatives, and research facilities.
Her tour will continue through Western Newfoundland, the Great Northern Peninsula, Labrador and Central Newfoundland before returning to St. John’s next month.
