UNBC president Dr. Charles Jago will be leaving the university in June of 2006.
Jago has been president of the university since October, 1995 – the university’s second full year of operation.
A university in the north was not supposed to happen. And a medical school in the north certainly wasn’t supposed to happen. This has been a very successful new university,” he said. There is a good time to leave this kind of job. I think it’s time for a new vision, new ideas. It’s time to hand over the torch.”
Jago’s contract was supposed to expire this year, but he accepted a one-year extension. He still has much he’d like to achieve before leaving.
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The University of Northern B.C. is happy to once again be a top-10 university in the annual Maclean’s survey. But it’s trends more than statistics that really bring a smile to the faces of university administrators.
“I’m delighted that we’re in the top 10,” said UNBC President Charles Jago. “But I’m even more satisfied when I see that our students have more access to library materials, more scholarships, and have greater opportunities to learn from our top-quality faculty in small classes.”
UNBC was ranked eighth in the primarily undergraduate, or small university category of the annual survey published by Maclean’s magazine this week. That ties the university’s highest ranking since it first began being included in the poll in 1998. It placed 14th last year.
New UNBC president Donald Cozzetto said he is “settling in quite nicely” in his second week in his new job.
Cozzetto took over on July 1, after former president professor Charles Jago retired. Jago served as president for 11 years.
Cozzetto said his first objective has been to get to know the university and Prince George.
“I’ve met with as many people as I can, both on campus and in the community,” he said. “I’ve been kind of captured by the enthusiasm. People here want UNBC to be successful. People here have a passion for the university.”
Groups from all sectors of the community have created a “synergy” of talent and commitment to UNBC’s success, he added.