Debut­ing tonight on UMFM and run­ning month­ly from 5:30 — 6 PM CT (in place of Art World Inno­va­tors, which has gra­cious­ly offered up its times­lot to accom­mo­date the broad­casts) is In Con­ver­sa­tion with UM Pres­i­dent Michael Benar­roch. As the title implies, this is a chance to hear first-hand from the head of campus.

In future episodes there will be an oppor­tu­ni­ty to dis­cuss spe­cif­ic plans and ini­tia­tives at the U of M but for this debut episode Pres­i­dent Benar­roch dis­cuss­es the path that took him to Ontario to serve as Provost at Ryer­son before return­ing to Win­nipeg and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Man­i­to­ba (where he had pre­vi­ous­ly served as Dean of the Asper School of Business). 

In addi­tion to its month­ly FM broad­cast, all episodes of the show will be avail­able as on-demand, down­load­able podcasts. 

*Pho­to cred­it: Alia Youssef