A
      Welcome
      for
      Jennifer
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Rob
      Coffin
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      There’s
      a
      new
      face
      roaming
      the
      halls
      of
      UPEI’s
     
     
      Robertson
      Library
      this
      year.
      Her
      name
      is
      Jennifer
     
     
      Goddard-Sheppard
      and
      she
      is
      our
      newly
      appointed
     
     
      Student
      Services
      Director.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Born
      in
      Montreal,
      Mrs.
      Goddard-Sheppard
      has
     
     
      since
      lived
      in
      various
      places
      in
      Canada.
      She
     
     
      started
      her
      university
      life
      at
      St.
      Mary’s
      University
     
     
      where
      she
      earned
      a
      B.A.
      in
      Sociology.
      From
     
     
      there
      she
      moved
      to
      Dalhousie
      to
      take
      a
      Master
      of
     
     
      Public
      Administration
      Degree.
      With
      a
      desire
      to
     
     
      learn
      and
      make
      herself
      more
      capable
      of
      serving
     
     
      students,
      Mrs.
      Goddard-Sheppard
      earned
      her
      final
     
     
      degree
      at
      Mount
      Allison
      University,
      a
      Master
      of
     
     
      Education.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Aside
      from
      her
      education,
      Mrs.
      Goddard-Sheppard
     
     
      has
      had
      much
      work
      experience
      which
      helped
      her
     
     
      become
      more
      understanding
      of
      the
      needs
      of
     
     
      students.
      Calling
      herself
      a
      "Student
      of
      Life,"
      she
     
     
      is
      dedicated
      to
      serving
      others,
      namely
      you
      and
      me,
     
     
      the
      students
      of
      UPEI.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      While
      at
      St.
      Mary’s,
      Mrs.
      Goddard-Sheppard
     
     
      worked
      as
      a
      "Don"
      or
      Resident
      Assistant.
      She
     
     
      like
      being
      involved
      in
      the
      university
      life
      and
      her
     
     
      first
      job
      after
      receiving
      her
      M.P.A.
      was,
      quite
     
     
      appropriately,
      as
      Supervisor
      of
      Residences
      at
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Nova
      Scotia
      Technical
      College.
      She
      has
      also
      worked
     
     
      at
      Mt.
      A.
      as
      Assistant
      to
      the
      Dean
      of
      Students
      which,
     
     
      she
      says
      was
      the
      toughest
      job
      she’s
      had
      to
      date.
      It
     
     
      was
      at
      Mt.
      Allison
      that
      a
      trusty
      FAX
      machine
      enabled
     
     
      her
      to
      learn
      of
      the
      opening
      for
      the
      position
      of
     
     
      Director
      of
      Student
      Services
      and
      here
      she
      is,
      as
      of
     
     
      August
      7,
     
    

    
     
      Not
      yet
      30
      years
      of
      age,
      Mrs.
      Goddard-Sheppard
      is
      in
     
    
   
   
    
     
      touch
      with
      the
      needs
      of
      today’s
      student.
      Her
      job
     
     
      description
      requires
      her
      to
      oversee
      many
     
     
      administrative
      operations.
      These
      include:
      daycare
     
    
   
   
    
     
      on
      campus;
      regulation
      of
      food
      supply;
      supervisor
      of
     
     
      residences;
      Canada
      Employment
      Center
      on
      Campus
     
     
      activities;
      heading
      labs;
      effective
      speaking
      courses;
     
     
      financial
      aid;
      counsel
      with
      academic
      and
      personal
     
     
      probtems,;
      and
      housing.
      All
      of
      these
      services
      and
     
     
      more
      are
      available
      at
      UPEI.
      And
      students
      are
     
     
      encouraged
      to
      use
      them
      if
      they
      feel
      a
      need
      to
      do
      so.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Aside
      fromm
      these
      services,
      however,
      lies
      another
     
     
      impeitant
      aspect
      of
      the
      staff
      at
      Student
      Services.
     
     
      Mrs.
      Goddard-Sheppard
      and
      her
      colleagues
      are
      also
     
     
      concerned
      about
      students
      as
      people,
      not
      just
      students
     
     
      as
      persons
      who
      come
      to
      class
      and
      then
      go
      home
     
     
      again.
      If
      any
      student
      or
      group
      of
      students
      has
      a
     
     
      personal
      or
      collective
      problem,
      then
      the
      staff
      at
     
     
      Student
      Services
      would
      like
      to
      hear
      from
      you.
      They’re
     
     
      there
      to
      help
      you
      and
      are
      happy
      to
      do
      it.
      One
      of
     
     
      their
      greatest
      fears
      is
      that
      they
      could
      lose
      touch
      with
     
     
      students.
      They
      do
      work
      hard,
      and
      with
      a
      little
      input
     
     
      from
      students
      they
      can
      become
      better
      able
      to
      serve
      us.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      With
      pleasure
      we
      invite
      Jennifer
      to
      UPEI
      and
      we
     
     
      wish
      her
      and
      her
      staff
      success
      in
      the
      months
      ahead.
     
     
      Jennifer
      states
      exuberantly
      that
      "we
      are
      here
      to
      serve
     
     
      students.".
      Keep
      that
      in
      the
      back
      of
      your
      mind
      and
     
     
      don’t
      hesitate
      to
      make
      use
      of
      the
      many
      types
      of
      aid
      —
     
     
      and
      counsel
      available
      at
      Student
      Services.
      The
     
     
      Department
      is
      just
      behind
      the
      Pit
      in
      Robertson
     
     
      Library.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      September
      20th,
      1990
     
    
   
   
    
     
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