08 March 2021
A University of Canterbury (UC) graduate, Sue McCormack has been Chancellor | Tumu Kaunihera of UC since 2018. With her tenure coming to an end, Sue reflected on her UC education, her career and what leading her alma mater has meant to her.
You were on the UC Council for some time before becoming Chancellor. What drew you to that role?
UC has been part of my life for nearly 50 years now.
I first attended as a student in 1972 at the site now known as The Arts Centre. I donât think I ever could have imagined as a graduate that one day I would be back in a governance role â I didnât know then what governance was, or that it existed.Â