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A new Office of Communications at U of T Mississauga will improve support for students, staff, faculty, alumni and community partners, says interim vice-president and principal, Ulli Krull.

“The ability to quickly and effectively communicate with virtually every corner of the world is a primary driver that creates our sense of global connectivity,” Krull said in an interview Wednesday.

“Modernizing our approach to embrace the full spectrum of communication opportunities, and to do so in a strategic manner, will make it possible for UTM to better participate as a global contributor while ensuring improved supports for our diverse and extended family of students, staff, faculty, alumni and community partners.”

Long-time U of T communications leader Jane Stirling will head up the new office, which will report jointly to David Estok, U of T’s vice-president of communications, and to Krull.  Previously, communications staff at U of T Mississauga reported to the office of advancement.

“With UTM celebrating its 50^th anniversary and looking ahead to its next 50 years, this is an auspicious time to make a strategic change in UTM’s communications portfolio,” Estok said. “We are all excited by the opportunities this change will bring for the future growth and success of the campus.” 

The office will support the campus’s academic and administrative departments with their projects and provide a higher degree of integration with the university’s central communications office, Estok said, reflecting the “one university, three campuses” philosophy.

Located on 225 acres of protected greenbelt along the Credit River, U of T Mississauga is home to 13,500 undergraduate students, 600 graduate students, and more than 2,500 full- and part-time employees (including 980 permanent faculty and staff).  The campus comprises 15 academic departments, 147 programs and 90 areas of study and includes the Institute for Management & Innovation, the Centre for South Asian Civilizations and The Mississauga Academy of Medicine.