{"id":34941,"date":"2024-05-09T11:12:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T15:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/?p=34941"},"modified":"2025-03-24T15:28:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:28:46","slug":"in-memoriam-betty-zahalan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/2024\/in-memoriam-betty-zahalan\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam: Betty Zahalan"},"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                        In Memoriam: Betty Zahalan\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"217\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/Betty-Zahalan.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/Betty-Zahalan.png 217w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/Betty-Zahalan-200x217.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is with great sadness the Faculty of Engineering and Design shares news of the recent passing of Elizabeth (Betty) Zahalan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Betty was a cherished member of the Carleton community for more than 30 years, brightening the lives of many hundreds of students as Administrator for the School of Industrial Design from 1983-1995 and the Department of Electronics from 1995-2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even after her retirement, Betty remained a vibrant and active presence within the Faculty, returning for countless short-term roles assisting both undergraduate and graduate students, her most recent concluding in spring 2023. Betty passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on April 9, 2024, following a brief illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She will be deeply missed throughout our community. Our sincere and heartfelt condolences go out to Betty\u2019s family and loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with great sadness the Faculty of Engineering and Design shares news of the recent passing of Elizabeth (Betty) Zahalan. 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