The passing of Dr. Karen Gough
On Jan. 25, 2016, University of Guelph marketing professor Karen Gough passed away. Gough joined the University of Guelph in 1992, and soon achieved the rank of full professor, and she remained an active member of the university faculty and city community.
“Karen was a valued member of the Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies, and College of Business and Economics, and while she put considerable amounts of energy into undergraduate teaching, her first love was working with graduate students in the MSc. program,” said Dr. Julia Christensen Hughes, Dean of the College of Business and Economics.
The department of marketing and consumer studies is currently raising money for a graduate travel grant, in memory of Gough.
The passing of Dr. Kerry Preibisch
On Jan. 28, 2016, University of Guelph international development professor Kerry Preibisch passed away. Preibisch joined the University of Guelph in 2001, as part of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and International Development Studies.
“She put her scholarship and her social justice principles into action as a fearless advocate for migrant workers,” said Dr. Belinda Leach, Acting Dean of the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences. “She will be missed by students, colleagues, and the migrant worker rights activist community. Our warmest thoughts are with Kerry’s children and her partner, Spencer Henson, of the Department of Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics, [as well] as her close family and friends.”