{"id":2186,"date":"2025-09-03T18:54:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T18:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/business\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2025-09-03T18:54:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T18:54:57","slug":"lorne-mackenize-retires-after-25-years-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/business\/2025\/09\/03\/lorne-mackenize-retires-after-25-years-of-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorne Mackenize Retires After 25 Years of Service!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year, we celebrate the incredible legacy of Lorne Mackenzie \u2014 a cherished colleague, mentor, and leader \u2014 as he retires from the UFV School of Business after 25 years of service! &#x1f389;<\/p>\n<p>Lorne\u2019s impact is woven into the fabric of our School. From co-designing the flagship BUS 100 and BUS 405 courses to helping launch the BBA program in Chandigarh, his contributions have shaped generations of students.<\/p>\n<p>Lorne brought business theory to life in the classroom. His teaching was deeply enriched and made special by extensive real-world experience, including as President of KFC Canada and as a multi-unit franchise owner-operator.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond his academic achievements, Lorne continues to be passionate community advocate, serving on boards that promote meaningful change both locally and abroad. &#x1f30d;<\/p>\n<p>At Lorne\u2019s retirement party in May, colleagues honoured his legacy with stories that were funny, moving, and deeply inspiring \u2014 just like Lorne himself.<\/p>\n<p>While Lorne\u2019s next chapter includes travel, vineyards, and well-earned rest with his wife Mila, his influence will continue to resonate in every class, meeting, and hallway conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Lorne, for everything. You showed up everyday with presence, poise, and purpose. Your calm wisdom and generous mentorship has made a difference in all of us! &#x1f64f;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, we celebrate the incredible legacy of Lorne Mackenzie \u2014 a cherished colleague, mentor, and leader \u2014 as he retires from the UFV School of Business after 25 years of service! &#x1f389; Lorne\u2019s impact is woven into the fabric of our School. From co-designing the flagship BUS 100 and BUS 405 courses to helping &#8230; <a title=\"Lorne Mackenize Retires After 25 Years of Service!\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/business\/2025\/09\/03\/lorne-mackenize-retires-after-25-years-of-service\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":274,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/274"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2187,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186\/revisions\/2187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}