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Article: Poff ready to tackle issues as BU prez
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- The Brandon Sun
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- January 17, 2009
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An idea now percolating through the community to establish a medical school at Brandon University could receive a valuable endorsement from its incoming president.
As the Sun reported last week, Deborah Poff, the Vice-President Academic and Provost at the University of Northern British Columbia, will be installed as BU's 16th president and vice-chancellor when outgoing president Lou Visentin retires at the end of July - and she brings with her a keen knowledge of how a medical school can flourish in a smaller urban centre.
Poff was integral in establishing a 32-seat medical school at UNBC in the northern city of Prince George several years ago, something that she told the Sun has already ...