Lakehead University celebrates Charter Day on July 1
Lakehead University is celebrating its 50th Anniversary and will be at Couchiching Beach Park on Canada Day for its Charter Day (July 1, 1965) birthday party.
June 26, 2015 – Orillia, ON
Lakehead Orillia is celebrating the University’s Charter Day – July 1, 1965 – at Canada Day celebrations in Orillia’s Couchiching Beach Park on Wednesday, July 1.
Come for the party! The community is invited to join in the celebrations – a giant 50th Anniversary cake will be cut and served, along with the traditional Canada Day cake, and a Lakehead booth will be onsite with lots of fun prizes, popcorn and more.
To commemorate Lakehead’s Charter Day, the University’s 50th Anniversary flag will fly downtown at the Orillia Opera House during the week of June 29 to July 6.
The Canada Day celebration is one of a number of 50th Anniversary activities taking place this year with the highlight being the “Homecoming Dinner & Dance Party – a 60s Celebration” on November 13 featuring Lance Anderson’s Hitsville Revisted – the Music of Motown show. Tickets will be available at Lakehead’s booth on Canada Day or can be purchased online at 50.lakeheadu.ca.
To learn more about Lakehead University’s 50th Anniversary, visit 50.lakeheadu.ca. For a schedule of Canada Day activities in Orillia, visitcanadadayorillia.ca.
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MEDIA: For more information, please contact Communications Officer, Kathy Hunt, at 705-330-4008 ext. 2014 or kjhunt3@lakeheadu.ca.
In 2015, Lakehead University will celebrate 50 years of exceptional education. Guided by its Strategic Plan (2013-2018), Lakehead is known for providing an education focused on independent thinking, unconventional scholarship, and a close sense of community. About 9,700 full-time equivalent students and 2,000 faculty and staff learn and work in ten faculties at two campuses in Orillia and Thunder Bay, Ontario. Lakehead University is a fully comprehensive university: home to Ontario’s newest Faculty of Law in 44 years, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, and faculties of Engineering, Business Administration, Health & Behavioural Sciences, Social Sciences & Humanities, Science & Environmental Studies, Natural Resources Management, Education, and Graduate Studies.
Maclean’s 2015 University Rankings places Lakehead University 2nd in Ontario and among Canada’s Top 10 undergraduate universities, and 1st among Ontario’s undergraduate universities for Total Research Dollars, Social Sciences & Humanities Grants, and Library Expenses. In 2014, Re$earch Infosource ranked Lakehead 2nd in Ontario and 3rd among Canada’s undergraduate universities.
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