Simon Biggs教授被任命爲詹姆斯庫克大學新任總校長，並于今天開始擔任這一職務。
Professor Simon Biggs
詹姆斯庫克大學新任總校長
Simon Biggs教授將接替在詹姆斯庫克大學任職近15年並作出了傑出貢獻的Sandra Harding AO 教授擔任總校長。
Simon Biggs教授在任職于詹姆斯庫克大學前，曾任西澳大學高級副校長。在2018年擔任這一職務之前，Biggs 教授是昆士蘭大學工程、建築和信息技術學院的執行院長。
Simon Biggs教授是國際知名的膠體和粒子技術領域的研究人員。Biggs教授從2002年到2014年在利茲大學擔任皇家工程院/英國核燃料有限公司粒子科學和工程主席。此前他曾在澳大利亞紐卡斯爾大學工作了八年。他目前不僅是皇家工程院也是澳大利亞技術與工程學院的研究員。
詹姆斯庫克大學榮譽校長 Bill Tweddell表示 Biggs教授是由大學理事會一致任命。
Tweddell先生表示“Simon Biggs曾在澳大利亞及海外的多個院校工作，具備著豐富經驗。在未來大學如若面臨重大機遇和挑戰的時候，Biggs教授將爲詹姆斯庫克大學提供強而有力的領導。”
“Biggs教授被詹姆斯庫克大學校園位處熱帶地區以及大學對于澳大利亞和世界的熱帶地區，這一重要地區的承諾和義務所吸引。他有著一個偉大領導者需具備的專業技能和個人特質，他將能夠帶領詹姆斯庫克大學進入其發展的下一個階段。”
Biggs教授表示他感到非常榮幸被任命爲詹姆斯庫克大學新任總校長。
“能夠被詹姆斯庫克大學選中擔任這一職務，我由衷地感到激動。詹姆斯庫克大學位于世界大學排名前300，我真的很高興能夠有機會領導這所大學邁入下一個發展階段。
現如今大學在其服務的社區中扮演的角色尤其重要，我期待著詹姆斯庫克大學，作爲世界一流教育和研究提供者，而且已經在昆士蘭州的北部以及遠北地區以及其他地區擁有良好聲譽的基礎上，能夠進一步發展。
除此之外，我也被詹姆斯庫克大學新加坡校區的持續對整個熱帶地區産生重大影響的未來可能性所激勵。”
大學不僅對于新任校長的加入表示熱烈歡迎，也對于在詹姆斯庫克大學任職校長一職近15年並爲大學作出了傑出貢獻的Sandra Harding AO教授表示由衷地感謝。
Sandra Harding AO教授自2007年1月起擔任詹姆斯庫克大學總校長，于上個星期2022年2月11日正式卸任。
大學在凱恩斯和湯斯維爾爲她舉行了告別活動，向區內的商界領袖、業界和社區夥伴、校董會現任和前任成員及其他人士公開表揚了她在過去15年的傑出領導和奉獻。
爲表示對Sandra Harding AO教授多年對大學傑出貢獻的認可，大學理事會一致決定授予其名譽教授 (Emeritus Professor) 的稱號。
名譽教授是一個頗具聲望的頭銜，僅授予給退休時在校已擔任教授職務至少十年並且在此期間爲學術界或大學社區提供了遠遠超過預期服務水平的教授。
詹姆斯庫克大學榮譽校長 Bill Tweddell 對 Harding教授的領導能力表示敬意。並說：“Harding教授爲詹姆斯庫克大學做出了巨大的奉獻，並且留下了一份輝煌成就遺産。”
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Professor Simon Biggs has been appointed the next Vice Chancellor and President of James Cook University.
Professor Biggs will be succeeding Professor Sandra Harding, who is retiring after nearly 15 years of distinguished service as Vice Chancellor.
Simon Biggs is currently the Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Western Australia. Before taking on that role in 2018, Professor Biggs was the Executive Dean for the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology at the University of Queensland.
He is an internationally recognised researcher in the field of colloid and particle technology. Professor Biggs was previously the Royal Academy of Engineering/British Nuclear Fuels Limited Chair in Particle Science and Engineering at the University of Leeds from 2002 until 2014 after spending eight years at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering.
In his early career, he developed his research through post-doctoral positions at the Institut Charles Sadron (Strasbourg, France) and the University of Melbourne. His undergraduate and doctoral education was undertaken in the United Kingdom at the University of Bristol from where he has a PhD in Colloid Science.
The Chancellor of JCU Bill Tweddell said Professor Biggs had been unanimously appointed by the University’s Council.
“Simon Biggs brings to JCU a very broad range of experience from working across a wide range of institutions in Australia and overseas.
“Professor Biggs will provide strong leadership for JCU during a time of great opportunity and challenge for the university sector.
“Professor Biggs is attracted to the place of JCU in the tropics and the University’s commitment to this important part of Australia and the world. He has the combination of professional skills and personal attributes to be a great leader to take JCU into the next phase of its development,” Mr Tweddell said.
Professor Biggs said he is honoured to be appointed as the next Vice Chancellor and President.
“I am genuinely thrilled to have been selected for this role by James Cook University. JCU is an internationally renowned university ranked in the top 300 of the world’s universities, and I’m really excited about the opportunities to lead the university in its next phase of development.
“The role of universities in the communities they serve is especially vital at this time and I am looking forward to building on the strong reputation JCU already has in North and Far North Queensland and well beyond as a provider of world-class education and research from this beautiful part of the world. I am also motivated by the possibilities that JCU’s presence in Singapore provides to continue to have a significant impact across the tropics.”
Professor Sandra Harding has been Vice Chancellor and President of JCU since January 2007.
In Professor Sandra Harding’s final week as Vice Chancellor, the University was able to hold farewell events in Cairns and Townsville to acknowledge publicly to business leaders and industry and community partners within the region, current and former members of Council and others, her outstanding leadership and dedication over the last 15 years.
Mr Tweddell has paid tribute to Professor Harding’s leadership. He said Professor Harding has made an enormous contribution to JCU, and will leave a remarkable legacy of achievements.
Professor Biggs will begin the role today.