Lakehead earns bronze at CCAE Prix d’Excellence Awards

At this year’s Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education Prix d’Excellence Awards, Lakehead University took home the Bronze for Best Student/Young Alumni initiative. This year’s win marks the second alumni award in three years, and third straight year of award recognition for Lakehead.

The award this year recognized the building of the Lakehead University Student Alumni Association at Lakehead Orillia. This dedicated group of students, under the guidance and leadership of External Relations Associate Jacquie Kent, has become an integral part of the campus community; often being called upon to support and participate in University-wide events, in addition to their student outreach activities.

The CCAE included the following comments about the LUSAA selection:

The Lakehead University Student Alumni Association (LUSAA) is a student-led chapter of the Lakehead University Alumni Association, whose primary purpose is to increase awareness of the Alumni Association and engage with the current student body at Lakehead University’s Orillia Campus, setting the stage for a lifelong relationship between graduates and the University.

They accomplish this by holding several engagement activities throughout the academic year. The group is run in a board format with an executive team and directors. LUSAA (with guidance from the internal External Relations Associate) is responsible for engaging students from Lakehead Orillia, and the Lakehead-Georgian Partnership. Uniquely at Lakehead University students are recognized as alumni after five full credits, and LUSAA is responsible for providing information on what benefits they can enjoy as full alumni while both as a student and a graduate.