Joy Warkentin
Joy Warkentin is the former Senior Vice-President, Academic at Fanshawe College. In her extraordinary 40 year career, Joy always put students first. Her wisdom has been and will remain one of Fanshawe College’s strengths. Ms. Warkentin established a noteworthy record of leadership in Ontario and across Canada, while advancing the Province’s college and health care systems. Her dedicated and insightful leadership led to dramatic increases in KPI results (provincial Key Performance Indicators for colleges), graduation rates and academic standards. Under her guidance, Fanshawe College also developed its first academic plan, established student success advisors in every faculty, made research a priority and added innovative new programs.
Impact
The L. Joy Warkentin Applied Degree Entrance Scholarship was establish to recognize a secondary school graduate enrolled in level 1 at Fanshawe College who has achieved the highest academic standing among those accepted to the College for an applied degree program.