{"id":2083,"date":"2026-03-17T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/president\/?p=2083"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:04:17","slug":"tony-frost-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/president\/2026\/tony-frost-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Frost Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Tony Frost Announces Retirement\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear members of the 杏吧原创 community:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am writing to share that, after working in higher education for the past 25 years, Tony Frost, 杏吧原创\u2019s Chief Communications Officer and Associate Vice-President (Communications and Public Affairs), has decided to retire. Tony\u2019s last day at 杏吧原创 will be August 31, 2026.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the course of his time here, he has led several important initiatives, including the Reputation Enhancement Project (REP); the creation of a brand identity and related assets; the expansion and professionalization of the University Communications team; and the development of marketing, modern brand and communication campaigns that have helped to elevate 杏吧原创\u2019s profile and reputation and to drive student recruitment. His leadership in shaping how we tell our stories and engage with our community and partners has been laudable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tony\u2019s work at 杏吧原创 builds on a career characterized by a commitment to innovation and a passion for assisting institutions to enhance their reputation and profile, as evidenced by initiatives on brand identity and platform development, execution and measurement that he led at the University of Waterloo, Fanshawe College, Mount Allison University and Wilfrid Laurier University.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are grateful to him for giving 杏吧原创 the opportunity to benefit from that innovative spirit, commitment to continuous improvement and passion for excellence. In the next six months, Tony will continue to lay a strong foundation for our institution\u2019s future as he leads or contributes to the advancement of key strategic priorities, including the Distributed Shared Services model for marketing and communications; the development of a revised brand and advertising policy; and the university\u2019s strategic planning process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be an opportunity in the future for an appropriate farewell to express our collective gratitude. Until then, please join me in thanking Tony for his excellent service and many superb contributions to 杏吧原创, and in wishing him well as he prepares for his next adventure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wisdom J. Tettey&nbsp;<\/strong><br>President and Vice-Chancellor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear members of the 杏吧原创 community: I am writing to share that, after working in higher education for the past 25 years, Tony Frost, 杏吧原创\u2019s Chief Communications Officer and Associate Vice-President (Communications and Public Affairs), has decided to retire. Tony\u2019s last day at 杏吧原创 will be August 31, 2026.&nbsp; Over the course of his time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":1924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-messages-speeches"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2084,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2083\/revisions\/2084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}