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TINA DI SIMONE

Dean thanks those around her with generous gift

Tina has initiated countless fundraising activities within the King Campus community.
PHOTO: JOANNE RATAJCZAK

SENECA'S DEAN of Applied Arts and Health Sciences Tina Di Simone grew up just three kilometres from King Campus, where she now also serves as Principal. Yet it took her 20 years living, studying and working in Windsor before she found her way home.

“I grew up here,” says Tina. “But I had to leave to find my place.”

After graduating from the University of Windsor and building a successful administrative career at St. Clair College, Tina saw a posting for the dean position at King. She felt like it was written for her. And it turns out she was right. While Tina had no intention of leaving Windsor, the opportunity to join Seneca was too good to pass up.

“For me, Seneca was at the top of the college system,” says Tina. “When you come here, you know you've made it. Now, my plan is to be at King forever.”

Since joining the King community in 2007, Tina has become the Campus's most dedicated advocate and relationship builder in York Region. While leading the development of a new stream of programs focusing on health and wellness, Tina has also been at the forefront soliciting support from government and corporate partners for the Campus's much-needed infrastructure expansion.

She has also ingrained a strong culture of philanthropy within the King Campus community, where students, faculty and staff are always first in line to support initiatives like the Campaign for Students and United Way.

“King started as a small campus, where you knew everyone's names,” says Tina. “And while we've grown, that community feeling remains the same. It's embedded in the culture.”

Tina's commitment to the Campus has recently become even stronger, thanks to her five-year pledge to the Campaign for King. For her, this gift is a tribute to the dedicated faculty and staff, who work everyday to help students become leaders in our hospitals, shelters, schools, police stations and childcare centres.

“This is something I can do to thank those around me,” says Tina. “We have good programs, and great community partners, with amazing faculty, who know their fields and prepare our students for their careers. Our students choose to study here because they want to build better communities across Ontario. There is nothing more inspiring than that.”

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