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Sep 3	Brian Stevenson Renewed as Lakehead University’s President (Orillia) , (Thunder Bay) Lakehead’s Board of Governors is very pleased to announce that Dr. Brian J.R. Stevenson’s appointment as the University’s President & Vice-Chancellor has been renewed for a second five-year term, beginning in August 2015.
Sep 2	Lakehead Orillia Ready to Welcome New Students at Orientation (Orillia) As the summer comes to a close, students across Ontario are getting ready to head back to school. Attending post-secondary school is a big change for most young adults, as they move away from home and start a new chapter of their lives. It can be a very scary experience and one of the best ways to help calm those fears is to attend Orientation. At Lakehead Orillia, students can be guaranteed a great first impression of university life, as the campus began planning their Thunderwolves Howl: Orientation 2014 all the way back in April.
Aug 29	Lakehead’s Fall Orientation helps students make transition to university (Thunder Bay) Action-packed, informative and fun experiences await students participating in Lakehead University’s Fall Orientation. Thunderwolves Howl! 2014, which will be from Thursday, Sept. 4 until Wednesday, Sept. 10, is focused on helping students make a successful transition to Lakehead University. Faculty and staff at Lakehead look forward to welcoming new undergraduate students and their families to the Thunder Bay campus.
Aug 14	International Success for Lakehead Research Team (Orillia) Typical undergraduate students can only dream about getting one-on-one experience with a research expert in their field. For two Lakehead University students, this dream became a reality – as they not only got to work with an expert – but became published experts themselves.
Aug 6	New website launched to share Georgian-Lakehead degree expansion plan (Online) , (Orillia) , (Thunder Bay) Georgian University Partnership Centre and Lakehead University have an innovative plan to offer students a different kind of education – the best of college and the best of university, combined.
Aug 1	Culture, Environment and Social Justice Conference coming to Lakehead University (Thunder Bay) Environmental writers and academics from across Canada and beyond will visit Lakehead University’s Thunder Bay campus to participate in a conference exploring Culture, Environment, and Social Justice from Thursday, Aug. 7 to Sunday, Aug. 10.
Jul 31	Following the Journey from Orillia to Abu Dhabi (Orillia) As a first-year Lakehead University student, Olivia Manovich attended the school’s Education Job Fair armed with a handful of resumes, eager to make some meaningful job connections. One of the exhibitors, Elite Education, would take her resume and five years later, offer her the opportunity of a lifetime: a teaching job in the United Arab Emirates.
Jul 22	City of Orillia endorses Georgian/Lakehead plan for dynamic university presence in Central Ontario (Orillia) A new joint partnership between Lakehead University and the Georgian University Partnership Centre will expand postsecondary opportunities to better serve the students of Orillia, Barrie, Simcoe County, and beyond. The partnership details were shared at a City of Orillia Special Council meeting on Monday, July 21.
Jul 17	University offers Fast Pass to success (Orillia) Like most teenage boys, Eric Hill does not always do what his parents think is best. When they encouraged him to visit Lakehead University’s Orillia campus, where he would be studying in the fall, he was reluctant to make the trip.
Jul 15	Lakehead researchers examine Europe’s oldest frozen mummy (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University Anthropology Professor Dr. Carney Matheson and one of his former students recently travelled to Bolzano, Italy to study the weapons and tools found with Europe’s oldest frozen mummy, Ötzi the Ice Man.
Jul 14	Lakehead’s NSERC grant recipients examining wind energy, climate change (Orillia) , (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University researchers are receiving Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) grants worth more than $2.1 million.
Jul 5	Rendezvous reunion will visit Lakehead University, FWHP (Thunder Bay) A group of Lakehead alumni, staff and faculty are gathering at Fort William Historical Park from July 4-6 for a reunion of the 1984 Rendezvous Fort William Brigade.
Jun 30	Shad Valley hosts young bright minds at Lakehead University (Thunder Bay) Lakehead University will once again host high school students participating in the annual Shad Valley program to learn about entrepreneurship, science and technology. This year, 64 students from across Canada and one student from Saudi Arabia will live in our Thunder Bay campus residence from June 29 until July 25 while attending lectures and workshops at Lakehead University.
Jun 26	Award-winning business student finds his stride at Lakehead (Orillia) In real estate circles, experts often sing the praises of a property with three key words: location, location, location. For Ryan Provost, that same principle applied to post-secondary education. The graduate of Eastview Secondary School in Barrie who dreamed of a career in business, but was keenly aware of the bottom line, wanted to limit costs by attending university close to home.
Jun 26	Language schools visiting Lakehead University and Confederation College (Thunder Bay) Approximately 18 representatives from language schools in three different provinces are visiting Thunder Bay to learn more about Lakehead University and Confederation College.
Jun 26	Georgian-Lakehead university studies plan submitted this week (Thunder Bay) , (Orillia) The innovative plan by the Georgian University Partnership Centre and Lakehead University to create expanded university studies in Central Ontario will be submitted to the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU) this week.
Jun 25	President’s Task Force Submits Report on Sexual Assault and Support (Orillia) , (Thunder Bay) Lakehead’s Task Force on Sexual Assault Education, Prevention and Support has submitted its report to University President & Vice-Chancellor Dr. Brian Stevenson. The task force’s chair, Dr. Lori Chambers, said she is pleased with the results of the task force’s work and hopes its report helps Lakehead enhance and expand existing supports for victims of sexual assault.
Jun 16	Local Business Partners with Lakehead Researchers on “Big Data” Project (Orillia) A local web-based business has recently partnered with a Lakehead University software engineering team to develop a software system that will help bring the company to a leading edge position within its market.
Jun 11	Lakehead Students Make an Impact with Unconventional Approach to Bullying (Orillia) What started out as a project focusing on the issue of bullying within post-secondary settings has turned into an inspiring new movement embraced by the entire Lakehead Orillia community, which is having a remarkable effect on the campus culture.
Jun 10	Lakehead students put on their teaching hats for Camp U (Orillia) A group of education students at Lakehead Orillia are taking advantage of a unique opportunity to hone their teaching skills by working as camp counsellors this summer at the University’s Camp U day camp.

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