The University of Manitoba School of Agriculture will have a new Director come October 17th, as Sue Clayton will be taking over the position. Clayton is the current Executive Director of Agriculture in the Classroom - Manitoba(AITC-MB), and she says her new position means her career has come full circle.
"I have a degree from the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences at U of M, and then I actually worked at the faculty for about eight years as the Community Liason Coordinator for the faculty which was basically student recruitment and marketing, so I was involved with the degree programs and the diploma programs at the time, helping to recruit more students into the programs, and then I went on to Agriculture in the Classroom."
Clayton says her whole career to this point has been about agriculture and education.
"It's been an interesting path to get to the Director of the School of Ag position because as I mentioned I did work at the University, I worked overseas for a number of years in the Agriculture industry as well in Europe, and then back at the University and then Agriculture in the Classroom. I also was a school trustee for a number of years for a school division in the City of Winnipeg, so it's always been education and agriculture that's in my background."
Clayton is leaving her current position at AITC-MB at the end of September, and Katharine Cherewyk will be taking over the position.
