2018 NU News

Nipissing University is honouring three exceptional individuals at the annual Alumni Awards celebration: Jennifer Conley (nee Seguin), Chief Advancement Officer and President and CEO of the Carleton University Foundation, is receiving the Dr. James Jamieson Influential Alumni Award; Annie Sumi, singer-songwriter and ethereal-folk artist, receives the Rising Star Alumni Award; and Dr. Matti Saari, Professor of Psychology, will be named an Honorary Alumni.

Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Pitt, a part-time instructor in the Schulich School of Education's Aboriginal Education Programs and former assistant professor of Education, who recently contributed his Indigenous insight for an article in the North Bay Nugget.

Nipissing University has been awarded a $100,000 grant from Grand Challenges Canada to help improve maternal, newborn and child health among South Sudanese Refugees and their host communities in Uganda. Dr. Odwa Atari, associate professor of geography, is the project lead on the grant-winning project.

The graduates are ready to celebrate. The gowns and hoods and ironed and folded, the Surtees Centre is polished and the stage is set. Valedictory addresses are getting final tweaks. It’s convocation time.

Over the coming months, NU News will introduce each student leader to the wider community with a short article discussing their accomplishments and activities. Today, we are pleased to profile Samantha Brand a student in the Concurrent Bachelor of Education degree program, who is working toward a Bachelor of Arts degree, with Honours in History, and Geography, and a Bachelor of Education degree – Intermediate/Senior division.