By TREVOR KENNEY
The University of Lethbridge community was introduced to its next President just prior to the Christmas break, and if the enthusiastic reception he received during the announcement is any indication, Dr. Mike Mahon is a very popular selection.
By ABBY ALLEN
Advocacy is one of the most important parts of a post-secondary institution’s ability to improve itself. The University of Lethbridge Students’ Union strives to keep in touch with its students’ needs and wants so that it may lobby both the University and government agencies for improvements to the post-secondary system.
The ULSU is asking its student members to participate in the National Student Survey in an attempt to gather information about student experiences and opinions that affect their education.
By BOB COONEY
A group of University of Lethbridge Chemistry/Biochemistry and Neuroscience students returned from a recent international genetically-engineered machines (iGEM) conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, MA as gold medalists and with a new appreciation for teamwork, inventiveness and taking chances.
When you think of the University of Lethbridge’s global reach, you might not initially think of a connection to the current war in Afghanistan.
However, that’s just where some members of the U of L student and alumni community are right now, based in Kandahar, Afghanistan, literally and figuratively one of the world’s hot spots.
By BOB COONEY
Deanna (Thompson) Jokisch (BMgt ’09) traveled to the University of Lethbridge campus for the first time to attend Convocation in October.
By TREVOR KENNEY
Space exploration has always been about firsts. It’s only fitting then that the University of Lethbridge’s first graduate from the Earth, Space and Physical Science PhD program worked on a groundbreaking instrument that promises the first images from the deepest parts of space.
By TREVOR KENNEY
Dr. Noella Piquette-Tomei has filled out countless report cards over her years as an educator, but it’s safe to say she’s never handed out grades on a worldwide scale. That’s just the opportunity she and 500-plus colleagues had recently at the Return to Salamanca: Global Inclusion Conference.
By TREVOR KENNEY
We’ve played with toys since we were kids, so it’s hardly surprising that with the toys available in the University’s kinesiology labs, students are lining up for independent study opportunities that allow them to keep playing.
By STACY SEGUIN
Several years ago, Paulette Fox (Naatawawaohkaakii) (MSc ’05), manager of the Environmental Protection Division for the Blood Tribe Land Management Department, was driving up Lethbridge’s west side hill with her young son. She asked him to imagine the land with no buildings or houses, only teepees and buffalo. Pondering this for a few minutes he asked, “So mom, where did the buffalo go and what are we going to do about it?”
Raised on the Blood Reserve, Fox had contemplated the same question as a child.
By KALI MCKAY
On Sept. 9, 2009, the U of L community was saddened by the loss of a valued member of its family, Dr. Yosh Senda (LLB ’89). His life stands as a testament to the difference one person can make.
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