A message from Jay Burdon, associate director, Health, Wellness and Accessibility Services:
It is with mixed emotions that we announce the retirement of Erica Jurus who, after 20 years at Niagara College, will be retiring on May 29, 2020.
Over the course of her career, Erica has held a variety of roles in departments across NC. She first joined the College part-time in 2000 as a project assistant for the Connecting Niagara project. In 2002, she became a full-time assistant for the manager of the Business Development Centre where she worked until 2010, when she joined the ITS department to work on the communications system. For the last eight years, Erica has worked as an administrative assistant on the Health, Wellness & Accessibility Services team supporting front desk duties, promotion and registration for events, mental health and LGBTQ2S initiatives, and administering the webpage, Clockwork database and CampusWell online student publication.
In addition to her employment responsibilities, Erica has contributed to many College committees and events during her time at NC. She served on the United Way committee for nine years, the Support Team Recognition Day committee for 11 years, presenting workshops at the event several times, and on two occasions, Erica was a presenter at the College’s Retirement Banquet.
Erica also joined Niagara College’s Toastmasters Club in 2010, serving on the Club’s executive in various capacities including vice-president of marketing, vice-president of membership and vice-president of education. Out of 3,000 applicants, Erica was selected as one of only 180 international learning masters for Toastmasters International Research & Development team, a position she held for four years, serving the final year concurrently on the District 86 executive team as area 55 director.
Outside of the College, Erica is equally engaged in her community. She can be found presenting a workshop at her local library, posting on her blog, or travelling – she has visited six continents, 24 countries and hopes to continue her explorations along with her husband in the future.
Erica has had the pleasure of working with many different people at NC and would like to thank everyone for their help and friendship over the past 20 years.
We will miss Erica’s knowledge and diverse skillset, and we wish her well as she transitions into retirement.
A virtual retirement celebration will be held for Erica via Zoom Meetings on May 28 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Please contact Jay Burdon at [email protected] to receive the meeting link, ID, and password.
