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By: Trevor Kenney
Former University of Lethbridge Pronghorns men's basketball player Mike Hansen (BA '96, BEd '99, MA '09) is the perfect fit and logical choice to be the new head coach of the program.A four-year player for the Horns in the early 1990s, Hansen learned...

Article - /unews/article/horns-homecoming-right-fit-hansen - June 17, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
The Nicholas de Grandmaison: Recent Acquisitions exhibit Closing Reception and Hoop Dance Performance takes place Tuesday, June 25 at 7 p.m. in the Main GalleryEach face, with its deep lines, juxtaposing colours and gentle strokes, tells a story – a...

Article - /unews/article/faces-history - June 19, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
Every time you turn your head one way or another, the nerve cells in your brain, called neurons, keep you oriented in space. Scientists have clues about how this brain-based compass works. But the nuts and bolts of the system, and its possible role in...

Article - /unews/article/alumnus-clark-returns-ccbn-search-answers-brains-puzzle - June 20, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
In October 1936, a small group of local artists founded The Lethbridge Sketch Club. The club held regular painting sessions in the environs of southern Alberta, where the artists rendered depictions of rolling hills, coulee valleys and mountain peaks...

Article - /unews/article/lasting-images-lethbridge-sketch-club - June 18, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
It took 19 years and thousands of miles traversed across the globe before alumna Robyn Schilling (BEd '92) and Gloria Irani-Patterson (BA '93) again crossed paths. And while the stories of their post University of Lethbridge lives took divergent routes,...

Article - /unews/article/university-experience-proves-be-tie-binds - June 18, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
Dr. Elizabeth Galway has been a faculty member in the Department of English since 2003 where she teaches courses in Canadian literature, children's literature and nineteenth-century literature. She is the author of From Nursery Rhymes to Nationhood:...

Article - /unews/article/5-questions-dr-elizabeth-galway - June 18, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
The University of Lethbridge Senate has confirmed a diverse and distinguished group of five persons as recipients of Honorary Degrees for 2013.From the sporting field to the boardroom, the concert hall and the halls of parliament and justice, the group...

Article - /unews/article/2013-honorary-degree-recipients - June 18, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
What expectant mothers envision for their birth experiences often isn't what they realize, according to a University of Lethbridge study.The result is a drastic rise in Caesarean section rates that has alternative health-care providers, feminist...

Article - /unews/article/birth-experiences-often-fail-meet-mothers-expectations - June 17, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
On May 30 and 31, the excitement of Spring Convocation was palpable at the University of Lethbridge. Caps and gowns, flowers and photographs lit up the campus as the U of L community came together to celebrate the accomplishments of over 1,400 graduates...

Article - /unews/article/sos-making-difference - June 17, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
Maggie Kogut, a third-year modern languages and English major, has received a highly competitive national scholarship to attend a French language university of her choice in Canada for a year of study.Kogut, originally from Sylvan Lake, Alta.,...

Article - /unews/article/french-language-scholarship-enables-opportunity - June 17, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
Joanne Peterson was initially disappointed when she learned how many classes she'd have to take before she could pursue her master's of counselling degree. Now, having just graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology (with distinction), she...

Article - /unews/article/voyage-self-discovery - June 11, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
Shelley Scott (BA '86) is an associate professor in the Department of Theatre and Dramatic Arts. She served as the department Chair from 2008-2011 and was the president of the Canadian Association for Theatre Research (CATR) from 2008-2012. Shelley...

Article - /unews/article/5-questions-dr-shelley-scott - June 15, 2012

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By: Trevor Kenney
Blythe Shepard joined the Faculty of Education at the University of Lethbridge in July 2008. She received her doctorate in educational psychology with a specialty in counselling psychology from the University of Victoria in 2002 where she was a faculty...

Article - /unews/article/5-questions-dr-blythe-shepard - January 21, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
Once upon a time in a land far away, a beautiful maiden lay asleep on a bed of white satin, waiting to be awoken by true love's first kiss. People came from all over and gazed in wonder as the beauty stirred, turned and dreamed – her face relaxed yet...

Article - /unews/article/sleep-perchance-dream - December 11, 2012

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By: Trevor Kenney
Inspired by the professors who helped him when he was a PhD student in Germany, Dr. Hans-Joachim (HJ) Wieden decided from the moment he arrived at the University of Lethbridge, he would pay it forward by similarly helping students. Not only does he give...

Article - /unews/article/paying-it-forward - March 14, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
Sheila McManus doesn't like to brag, but when it comes to supporting students, she and her department have every right to toot their own horn.A professor in the Department of History at the University of Lethbridge, McManus is familiar with the...

Article - /unews/article/historic-example-support - February 8, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
The phrase …there's an app for that! now applies to ordering takeout food in Lethbridge. The team behind the iTakeout app – Caleb Dowdy, twin brothers Clayton and Joel Varjassy and Luke Mayerle – cooked up their idea while not actually wanting to cook...

Article - /unews/article/group-tackles-how-deal-hunger-pangs - April 3, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
Her official title is interim head coach and former head coach Neil Langevin will still be riding shotgun as an assistant, but make no mistake, the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women's rugby team knows who will be calling the shots when the 2013...

Article - /unews/article/ondrus-gravitates-leading-role-horns-rugby - February 8, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
One of the greatest compliments alumni can pay to their alma mater is in how they impact their local communities. At the University of Lethbridge, such compliments keep pouring in as alumni employed by The City of Calgary display a depth of knowledge, a...

Article - /unews/article/u-l-alums-making-big-city-contributions - March 8, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
When they began their academic adventures at the University of Lethbridge, co-owners of the newly formed Isis Geomatics Incorporated, Steve Myshak (BSc '10) and Owen Brown (BSc '09) were heading down very different career paths.In fact, Brown wasn't...

Article - /unews/article/alums-myshak-brown-turn-knowledge-business - February 11, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
There is no denying that the last few months have been very challenging for the province's post-secondary sector, and I recognize that this is a difficult time for the University of Lethbridge.I want to thank all those who have contributed to the...

Article - /unews/article/open-mike-may-2013-dealing-budget-challenges-while-celebrating-our-harvest - May 15, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
Having had the opportunity to speak with many of you in our campus community over the last few weeks, I understand the concern you have in respect to the Alberta Provincial Budget, the Letter of Expectation from the Ministry of Enterprise and Advanced...

Article - /unews/article/open-mike-april-2013-discussing-provincial-budget-and-letter-expectation - April 3, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
When Karissa Patton crosses the stage at convocation this spring, she will do so knowing faculty and staff at the University of Lethbridge have supported her.Originally from Calgary, Patton came to the U of L in 2009 with the intention of majoring in...

Article - /unews/article/patton-thankful-support - May 8, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
Maybe it's her background as a Pronghorns women's basketball player, but...

Article - /unews/article/team-support-goes-long-way - April 3, 2013

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By: Trevor Kenney
Dr. Ute Wieden-Kothe joined theDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge in 2006 after completing her PhD in biochemistry at the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. Her research focuses on RNA (ribonucleic acid), an...

Article - /unews/article/5-questions-dr-ute-wieden-kothe - May 16, 2013

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