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.

​Nipissing University’s Centre for Literacy brings its academic year to a successful close and is in process of developing many active partnerships with local school boards, teachers, community partners, and those who help to run our city.

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.