Lakehead University celebrates the Alumni Association with unveiling

Photo of unveiling of Alumni Commons Wall of Honour

From left, Mark Tilbury, Annual Fund and Alumni Engagement Director; Dr. Moira McPherson, Lakehead’s Interim President and Vice-Chancellor; Dr. Michel Beaulieu, President of the Alumni Association, and Deb Comuzzi, Vice-President, External Relations, unveiled the Alumni Wall of Honour on Thursday at Lakehead University.

April 19, 2018 – Thunder Bay, ON

An event was held to celebrate the Alumni Association with the unveiling of the Alumni Commons at Lakehead Thunder Bay on Thursday, April 19.

Since 1965 the Alumni Association of Lakehead University has contributed over $2 million and counting, mainly toward student financial aid.

The Alumni Commons is a newly refurbished space between the Agora and the Faculty Lounge that overlooks Lake Tamblyn. The Alumni Wall of Honour proudly displays all award recipients, honorary members and past presidents of the Alumni Association of Lakehead University. Along the long hallway, 30 years of student art can now be admired.

“We’re extremely proud of the Alumni Commons,” said Dr. Michel Beaulieu, President of the Alumni Association of Lakehead University. “I’m thrilled that the students of today and tomorrow have a welcoming area to study, rest, and recharge.”

The University identified this space to recognize the Alumni Association’s tremendous ongoing contributions to the alumni, students, faculty, and staff of Lakehead University.

With the help of the Alumni Association, over the past few months the Agora has seen a refresh of the space, including the installation of new flags of every country represented by Lakehead’s international student population, a refurbished Wall of Honour, and a few coats of new paint.

Dr. Moira McPherson, Lakehead University’s Interim President and Vice-Chancellor, said she is pleased with the exceptional updated space.

“It is the result of the strong and collaborative relationship with the Alumni Association and Lakehead University that moves our University community forward,” she added. “We are so grateful to the Alumni Association for their 53 years of dedication and support.”

 

 

 

 

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Lakehead University has approximately 9,700 full-time equivalent students and 2,000 faculty and staff in 10 faculties at two campuses in Orillia and Thunder Bay, Ontario. Lakehead 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 2018 University Rankings place Lakehead University among Canada's Top 10 primarily undergraduate universities, as well as first in Total Research Dollars, second for Citations, and third for Scholarships and Bursaries. In 2017, Research Infosource named Lakehead Research University of the Year in its category for the third consecutive year. Visit www.lakeheadu.ca.