Sheila retirement party

Dozens of people gathered in the ShuBox this afternoon to celebrate Sheila as she retires after 35 years. I took my last film course from Sheila, back in 1992 when I'd come back to school to finish my degree. Afterwards she wrote me a reference letter for grad school, then hired me as a sessional when finished that. When I had doubts about myself, she didn't. She convinced me to apply for the tenure track job that became my career. She invited me to participate in by research projects such as the NMSL, and when she became dean, she asked me to be the Film Department head. She was always challenging me but always on things she knew I would rise to, knowing me better then I knew myself.