Roseann Runte

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Roseann Runte

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| title = President and Vice-Chancellor of Carleton University

| term_start = July 1, 2008

| term_end = July 31, 2017

| predecessor = David W. Atkinson
Samy Mahmoud (interim)

| successor = Benoit-Antoine Bacon

| title2 = President of Old Dominion University

| term_start2 = July 1, 2001

| term_end2 = June 30, 2008

| predecessor2 = James V. Koch

| successor2 = John R. Broderick

| title3 = President of Université Sainte-Anne

| predecessor3 = Charles Gaudet

| successor3 = Harley d'Entremont

| term_start3 = 1983

| term_end3 = 1988

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1948}}

| birth_place = New York

| alma_mater = State University of New York at New Paltz

| blank1 = Salary

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Carleton: $358,474.46 (2012){{Cite web | url = http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/en/publications/salarydisclosure/pssd/orgs.php?pageNum_pssd=1&organization=universities | title = Public Sector Salary Disclosure}}
ODU: Between $300,000{{Cite web |last=Walzer |first=Phil |title=ODU president Runte gets 4.4 raise, to $300,150 |url=http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=91906&ran=57792 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070811045236/http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=91906&ran=57792 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-08-11 |accessdate=2007-09-10 }} and $400,000{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Carol |title=Letter to the Editor of the Virginian-Pilot |url=http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/11_25_2004/vp_ltr.html |accessdate=2007-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070907002338/http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/11_25_2004/vp_ltr.html |archive-date=2007-09-07 |url-status=dead }}

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| website = {{plainlist|

[https://carleton.ca/about/university-executive/the-president-and-vice-chancellor/ carleton.ca]
[http://www.odu.edu/home/admin/rrunte.html odu.edu]

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Roseann O'Reilly Runte, CM is president and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Dr. Roseann O'Reilly Runte appointed President and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roseann_Runte&action=submit |accessdate=2019-02-18 }} Previous to that, she was a university professor and the president and vice-chancellor of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She was also the seventh president of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, only the third woman to head a four-year college or university in Virginia.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Roseann Runte introduced as next president |url=http://www.odu.edu/ao/instadv/archive/vol30issue1/stories/runte.html |accessdate=2007-09-10 }} She has previously served as president of Victoria University,{{cite news|url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2008/08/c7133.html |title=New President Appointed to Carleton University |publisher=CNW Group Ltd.|date=January 8, 2008 |archive-date=June 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609201129/https://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2008/08/c7133.html}} principal of Glendon College, and president of l'Université Sainte-Anne.

Aside from her achievements in academia, she has served as President of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and on the boards of EXPO 2000, the United Way and the Club of Rome.

Early life and education

A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, Runte earned her bachelor's degree in French from SUNY New Paltz and her master's and doctorate from the University of Kansas. Additionally, she has received honorary degrees from Acadia University, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Vasile Goldiș Western University of Arad and the West University of Timișoara.

Career

On January 7, 2008, The Globe and Mail announced that Runte would become president of Carleton University in Ottawa.{{cite news |last=Church |first=Elizabeth |title=Runte takes helm of Carleton University |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/runte-takes-helm-of-carleton-university/article1049996/ |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=2008-01-07 |accessdate=2017-04-03 }}

On March 24, 2017, a press release from Carleton University announced that Runte would be leaving to pursue another leadership opportunity as of July 31, 2017.{{cite web|title=President Roseann O'Reilly Runte to Pursue New Leadership Opportunity Effective July 31|url=http://newsroom.carleton.ca/2017/03/24/president-roseann-oreilly-runte-pursue-new-leadership-opportunity-effective-july-31/|website=Carleton Newsroom|accessdate=3 April 2017}}

Critical acclaim and recognition

Runte's poetry has been translated into English, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Romanian.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=ODU Alumni Magazine: Winter 2001 |url=http://www.odu.edu/ao/alumni_magazine/winter01/stories/runte.html |accessdate=2007-09-10 }} While much of her writing is poetry, she is also noted for her works on cultural studies,{{cite book |last=Perry |first=Gillian |author-link=Gill Perry |title=Femininity and Masculinity in Eighteenth-Century Art and Culture |publisher=Manchester University Press |year=1994 |pages=6 |isbn=0-7190-4228-3}}{{cite book |last=Mehta |first=Binita |author-link=Binita Mehta |title=Widows, Pariahs, and Bayaderes: India as Spectacle |publisher=Bucknell University Press |year=2002 |pages=117 |isbn=0-8387-5455-4}} with emphasis on the role of women in society.{{cite book |last=Harth |first=Erica |author-link=Erica Harth |title=Cartesian Women: Versions and Subversions of Rational Discourse in the Old Regime |publisher=Cornell University Press |year=1992 |pages=168 |isbn=0-8014-9998-4}}

Runte has been awarded the Order of Canada, the French Order of Merit, fellowship in the Royal Society, the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, the Palmes Académiques and a prize from the Académie française.{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=https://www.investottawa.ca/about-us/board-of-directors/|website=Invest Ottawa|accessdate=7 February 2017}} Runte currently sits on the board of directors of Montreal-based National Bank of Canada.

Bibliography

{{cite book| title=La Fontaine's heritage: his reputation and influence on eighteenth-century France| author=Roseann Runte| publisher=University of Kansas | year=1974 }}
{{cite book| title=Studies in eighteenth-century culture|editor=Roseann Runte| publisher=University of Wisconsin Press| year=1978| isbn=978-0-299-07400-5 }}
{{cite book| title=Man and nature: Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies|editor1=Roseann Runte |editor2=Roger L. Emerson |editor3=Gilles Girard| publisher=The University of Western Ontario| year=1984 }}
{{cite book| title=Birmanie blues ; suivi de, Voyages à l'intérieur| author=Roseann Runte| publisher=Éditions du GREF| year=1993| isbn=978-0-921916-25-3| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/birmaniebluessui0000runt_k8d1}}
{{cite book| title=Poeme / Roseann Runte ; în române̕ste de Dorin Ghi̕sa| publisher=Editura Hestia| year=1994| isbn=978-973-96074-8-3| author=Runte, Roseann, Ghi̕sa, Dorin }}
{{cite book| title=A Canadian in love| author=Alfred Bader| editor=Roseann Runte| publisher=Victoria University| year=2000| isbn=978-0-7727-5700-5| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/canadianinlove0000bade}}
{{cite book| title=The Foundation for International Training: twenty-five years dedicated to international development| editor=Roseann Runte| publisher=Legas| year=2001| isbn=978-1-894508-18-6 }}