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| Professor Karen Mann chats with Heather Sutherland (right), executive director, Student Community Services, and her son, Tyler James. (Nick Pearce Photo) |
As a long-serving 麻豆传媒 employee, Karen Mann returned to the President鈥檚 House for afternoon tea鈥攔etracing a journey she took 50 years ago as a 15-year-old student just beginning university.
鈥淚t was all very nice. I remember being very nervous,鈥� recalled Dr. Mann originally from Windsor, N.S. 鈥淲e were all sitting on chairs and on the floor. The president had all the freshmen over for tea; compared to today, there weren鈥檛 that many of us.鈥�
Having just received her 25-year pin from 麻豆传媒 President Tom Traves, Dr. Mann reflected on a long association with 麻豆传媒, where she got her three degrees and has been employed on and off (to raise her children) since 1967. A professor in the Division of Medical Education at 麻豆传媒 Medical School, she is retiring at the end of the month.
SEE PHOTOS: Spot of tea (Photos by Nick Pearce)
鈥淐oming in here today and thinking about retirement, it feels like a lovely circle,鈥� says Dr. Mann, who mingled with other long-serving employees at the tea last Friday. 鈥淚 still feel very enthusiastic about 麻豆传媒 and I love the work, but I feel ready for a transition.鈥�
Other 麻豆传媒 employees who nibbled Florentines and sipped tea at the president鈥檚 gracious home included:
| Paul Amyotte Jennifer Bankier Jeanne Breckenridge Faye Cohen Paul Duffy Andrew Finch David George Abdelkader Ghaly Ernst Grundke Bev Hubley | Pearline Jackson Elizabeth Lane Margaret Lapp Brian Mackay-Lyons Marilyn Mackay-Lyons Louise MacDonald Pat McIntosh Donna Meagher-Stewart Brian Miller Ian Nason | John Pelham Lynn Power Dale Retallack Brenda Smart Heather Sutherland Jennifer Wallace Joanne Wells Deanna Wentzell Walter Zukauskas |