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University of Lethbridge teams proved their mettle on the trading floor during the recent University Trading Challenge (UTC), with one team capturing first place in all categories.Cameron Pituley, the winning team’s captain, said their success was part...

Article - /unews/article/u-l-team-sweeps-competition-university-trading-challenge - November 30, 2015

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Participating in a course like the Study Tour of Japan gives students an education that goes beyond learning in a university classroom and the typical tourist experience. Students gain firsthand knowledge of life in Japan from those who live there.“The...

Article - /unews/article/study-tour-gives-students-direct-cultural-experience - November 30, 2015

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Evangeline Allen, a fourth-year management student specializing in human resources, was able to do the humanitarian work she’d always dreamed of doing with the help of a unique grant available for students who want to gain experience in a developing...

Article - /unews/article/grant-allows-student-realize-long-held-dream - November 30, 2015

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By: Elizabeth McLachlan
When Eddie Wolf Child (BA ’14, BEd ’15) took a position as educational assistant (EA) in the Siksika school, he discovered a gift.“I knew where I wanted to be,” he says. “It was teaching.”Wolf Child chose the University of Lethbridge Faculty of...

Article - /unews/article/wolf-child-sees-knowledge-gift-should-be-passed - November 30, 2015

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Dinosaurs no longer walk the Earth, but they still run wild in many people’s imaginations. Dinosaur-themed toys and children’s books are seemingly ever popular and the dinosaurs in Jurassic World roared to the top of the global box office this summer...

Article - /unews/article/wendy-sloboda-dinosaur-hunter - November 30, 2015

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By: Jana McFarland
Janice Varzari (BN ’90, MEd ’02) has connections that run deep to the University of Lethbridge, spanning nearly as long as the history of the institution itself.As a student with the Galt School of Nursing, she and several colleagues took a course at...

Article - /unews/article/varzari-proud-represent-university-one-our-own - November 30, 2015

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The University of Lethbridge and its faculty, staff and students will celebrate the holiday season and not be open for full service from the afternoon of Thursday, December 24, 2015 to Friday, January 1, 2016 inclusive.The University reopens for full...

Article - /unews/article/university-building-closures-through-holiday-season - December 3, 2015

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Major resource projects are more likely to make it through the approval process and ultimately achieve economic success if industry first develops strong social partnerships with community stakeholders, says a new C.D. Howe Institute report authored by...

Article - /unews/article/researchers-say-resource-sector-can-prosper-establishing-social-partnerships-engaging - December 4, 2015

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Students enrolled in Dr. Jennifer Mather’s Psychology 4550 class took their learning outside the classroom with a unique project to understand the nature of community for people with schizophrenia.“The purpose of the assignment was to get a better...

Article - /unews/article/taking-learning-outside-classroom - December 7, 2015

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The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns men’s basketball team received an early Christmas present Monday when southern Alberta product Scott Mazutinec verbally committed to play for the Horns for the 2016-17 season.Mazutinec, from Stirling, AB, is a six...

Article - /unews/article/mazutinec-commits-early-pronghorns-program - December 7, 2015

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When Jay Gamble sits down to write he uses stationery and a trusty fountain pen. Sometimes he even uses a vintage Underwood typewriter. He doesn’t shun computers or other modern devices but he maintains composition comes easier with a fountain pen in...

Article - /unews/article/book-knots-explores-nothingness - December 7, 2015

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A fundraising effort organized by the University of Lethbridge Refugee Action committee in September has already raised more than $26,000 and enough household goods to fill four garages and a donated storage space.The committee, led by University...

Article - /unews/article/u-l-committee%E2%80%99s-fundraising-efforts-help-syrian-refugees-garner-wide-support - December 8, 2015

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The University of Lethbridge Board of Governors has appointed Dr. Claudia Malacrida, one of Canada’s leading sociologists, as the new Associate Vice-President (Research).Malacrida joined the University’s Department of Sociology in 2002 was recently...

Article - /unews/article/malacrida-appointed-associate-vice-president-research - December 9, 2015

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More than three years in the making, the People Plan has been approved by the University of Lethbridge’s Board of Governors, creating a unique institutional framework designed to support faculty and staff in creating an enriched campus experience that...

Article - /unews/article/people-plan-investment-u-ls-greatest-resource-its-people - December 10, 2015

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Kaelah Collins’ (BA ’15) keen interest in Asian culture has paid a dividend she never expected.Collins learned she won the Michael Chan Prize in Asian Studies for an essay she wrote for Dr. John Harding’s Zen Buddhism 3000-level class last April.“I was...

Article - /unews/article/essay-zen-buddhist-art-nets-student-michael-chan-prize - December 11, 2015

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The University of Lethbridge continues to introduce initiatives that address the mental health and well-being of its students, approving the implementation of a fall reading break for the 2016 Academic Schedule.The break will run Nov. 7-10 and, with...

Article - /unews/article/fall-reading-break-approved-2016 - December 15, 2015

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Felix Schiel, a student from Magdeburg, Germany, only arrived in Canada in September but it didn’t take him long to adapt to the life of a University of Lethbridge student and get a little richer in the process.Attending classes and living in residence,...

Article - /unews/article/how-felix-schiel-became-canadian - December 15, 2015

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The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women's rugby program is already building towards the 2016 Canada West rugby season, announcing the signing of four players. Southern Alberta products Keegan Brantner, Abby Neudorf, Mikhi Lagemaat join...

Article - /unews/article/rugby-horns-bolster-lineup-four-new-recruits - December 15, 2015

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Reading material for all ages is now available at the University of Lethbridge, as several Little Lethbridge Libraries have made their appearance on campus.Thanks to Dr. Andy Hakin, provost and vice-president (academic), six little libraries, three...

Article - /unews/article/university-lethbridge-joins-little-lethbridge-library-movement - December 17, 2015

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If there has been one constant with Pronghorn Athletics and the annual Operation Red Nose (ORN) campaign, it is that over the program’s 21-year history, a Steacy has always been involved. That tradition will continue this year as former Pronghorn...

Article - /unews/article/steacy-mainstay-operation-red-nose - December 17, 2015

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The holiday season offers us the opportunity to take pause and reflect on the past year, one that can be classified as a year of great change, both in our province and in our University.At the forefront are the sweeping changes to government and the...

Article - /unews/article/open-mike-2015-was-year-change - December 21, 2015

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The University of Lethbridge is pleased to announce two new doctoral degree programs slated to begin in September 2016, the first of their kind in the school’s history. The PhD in Population Studies in Health and the master’s and PhD in Cultural, Social...

Article - /unews/article/university-adds-graduate-programming-two-new-phd-offerings - December 21, 2015

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A new, interactive online database developed at the University of Lethbridge provides easy access to climate records from 1950 to 2010 for the province of Alberta. Analyzing the trends clearly reveals that Alberta’s climate has been warming, especially...

Article - /unews/article/new-u-l-website-highlights-alberta%E2%80%99s-warming-climate - December 22, 2015

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The six maquette statues that once overlooked the University Centre for the Arts Atrium are now in storage after a structural problem with the Level 7 plant deck where they were installed was identifed last December.The statues, characters from ‘The...

Article - /unews/article/iconic-maquette-statues-temporarily-removed-safety-reasons - January 7, 2016

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When most people think of video games they think of a toy, a game, a way to waste a few hours having fun. When master's student Cassandra Allenby (BFA '15) thinks about video games she sees the potential for so much more.“I love video games, playing...

Article - /unews/article/video-games-more-just-fun-masters-student-allenby - January 8, 2016

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