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Headshave for Cancer on Wednesday

Kappa Sigma's 5th Annual Headshave for Cancer will be taking place in the Atrium begining at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 31 and continuing until 3 p.m. In the past four years, this event has raised over $140,000 for cancer research. This year's

Students

Wilson combines profit with philanthropy

He's been dubbed the 'Dragon with a heart' and is one of Canada's most successful, and philanthropic, business entrepreneurs. On Wednesday, Mar. 31, Brett Wilson will be on campus as this year's guest speaker for the annual CMA Alberta [http://www.cma-alberta.

Campus Life

Blood, sweat and happy tears

For a program that has claimed three successive national championships, remarkably, the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns [http://www.uleth.ca/horns] women's rugby team does not focus on winning. The goal for this group is to see just a little improvement every day and – for three years – it

Alumni

Eastern pilgrimage

The ancient city of Sana'a in Yemen is a place of paradoxes. People in long robes with covered heads and veiled faces line the busy streets, while adjacent shop windows showcase western mannequins sporting the latest in high fashion. Luxury vehicles veer stealthily around four-wheeled relics that by

Students

Bridging experiences

Christina MacDonald has cleaned hurricane-ravaged streets in Honduras, taught English to Ethiopian children and delivered food to disadvantaged seniors in her hometown of Fort Smith, N.W.T. The fourth-year University of Lethbridge nursing [http://www.uleth.ca/healthsciences/] student isn't short on ambition and her interests are

Alumni

The art of illusion

For as long as he can remember, U of L alumnus David Hoffos (BFA '94) has been fascinated with magic, illusion, trickery and deception. As a child, he was absorbed with movies like Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. – watching them as many as

Students

Engineering a better future

There isn't any avoiding it. Day by day, all Canadians – from newborns to seniors – are getting older. In fact, the country's large population of baby boomers is rapidly approaching retirement age. In 2011, the first of the generation will turn 65; by 2015, there will be

Students

Dragons' Den Wilson coming to campus

He's been dubbed the 'Dragon with a heart' and is one of Canada's most successful, and philanthropic, business entrepreneurs. On Wednesday, Mar. 31, Brett Wilson will be on campus as this year's guest speaker for the annual CMA Alberta [http://www.cma-alberta.

Students

Plots available in Campus Garden

Are you interested in community, sustainability, healthy living and growing local, organic food? The Campus Roots Cooperative Garden still has communal plot memberships available. Fees to join as a communal plot member are $20 for students, and $25 for faculty and staff. This fee gives people access to the garden,

Sport and Recreation

Golf training lessons

Sport and Recreation Services [http://www.uleth.ca/sportrec] is offering golfers the opportunity to get their swings in shape as the new golf season beckons. For a fee of $55 per person, players can get instruction from Canadian Professional Golfers Association [http://www.cpga.com] (CPGA) professional Chris de

Students

Gambling on education

Greg Christie (BFA '05) knows his way around graphic design programs. It just so happens he also knows his away around neuroscience research labs. While on paper his polar interests seem like an unlikely pair, in practice Christie's love of art and science melds perfectly in his

Research

University hosts Science Fair

The best and brightest science students from Lethbridge and southern Alberta square off in a head-to-head competition at the University of Lethbridge, University Hall Atrium on Saturday, Mar. 27 at the Sci-fusion Lethbridge Regional Science Fair. Organized for students in grades four to 12, the day includes a series of

Students

Improving health care through service

Working part time as an ER nurse, Dr. Claudia Steinke (MSc '01), assistant professor for the University of Lethbridge's Faculties of Health Sciences [http://www.uleth.ca/hlsc] and Management [http://www.uleth.ca/management], sees firsthand the strengths and weaknesses of our health care system. Through

Pronghorn Teams

Horns women's soccer adds two recruits

The University of Lethbridge Pronghorn Women's Soccer program has landed a pair of local products as it looks to strengthen its defensive posture for the 2010 Canada West soccer season. Defenders Shannon Clark and Keagan Moch will join the Horns in the fall. Clark, a multi-sport athlete growing

Campus Life

Seven Samurai part of film series

The Department of Modern Languages [http://www.uleth.ca/fas/mod/] is giving students, staff and faculty the opportunity to see a Japanese film classic as part of its Department of Modern Languages Film Series. Directed by Akira Kurosawa, Seven Samurai is considered as one of the best films ever

Campus Life

Glory and Grandeur

Celebrate the glory and the grandeur of magnificent wind band music with the U of L Wind Orchestra [http://www.uleth.ca/finearts/about/ensembles-music/university-lethbridge-wind-orchestra] , Friday, Mar. 26 at 8 p.m. in Southminster United Church. "Our feature piece provides the title of our concert," says director

Campus Life

Life's A Dream running at University Theatre

The curtain rises on a Daliesque dreamscape; the setting for Pedro Calderon de la Barca's Life's a Dream at the University Theatre Mar. 23 to 27 at 8 p.m. nightly. This resplendent classic transports the audience back in time to a fictional Poland, unraveling a

Alumni

Dragon's Den Wilson coming to campus

Brett Wilson [http://www.wbrettwilson.ca], entrepreneur, philanthropist and one of the stars of the popular CBC series Dragon's Den [http://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden] will speak to an audience at the University of Lethbridge on Wednesday, Mar. 31, in the Students' Union [http://www.ulsu.ca]

Alumni

Salmon's eastern pilgrimage

The ancient city of Sana'a in Yemen is a place of paradoxes. People in long robes with covered heads and veiled faces line the busy streets, while adjacent shop windows showcase western mannequins sporting the latest in high fashion. Luxury vehicles veer stealthily around four-wheeled relics that by

Students

Sakamoto makes major gift to DAA program

On Tuesday, Mar. 23, officials from the University of Lethbridge announced $400,000 in support of students in the Digital Audio Arts (DAA) program in the Faculty of Fine Arts. A $200,000 gift from Ron and Joyce Sakamoto will be matched by the Government of Alberta's Access

Pronghorn Teams

Another Taal is in the fold

Coming off their first playoff appearance in eight seasons, the Pronghorns women's basketball team and head coach Donna Branch announced the first recruit for the 2010-11 Canada West [http://www.canadawest.org] season. Her name and family are no strangers to Pronghorns fans as Cassidy Taal is set

Government Relations

Doolittle wraps up Scholars Series

Lisa Doolittle presents the third and final lecture in the 2010 University Scholars Public Presentations series Tuesday, Mar. 23. Dr. Claudia Malacrida, Dr. Brian Titley and Doolittle are the featured speakers in this year's edition of the University Scholars Public Presentations. Covering topics from the treatment of people

Students

Ellis named new Dean of Management

The University of Lethbridge Board of Governors has appointed Dr. Robert (Bob) James Ellis as the institution's new Dean, Faculty of Management [http://www.uleth.ca/management]. Ellis follows Dr. Murray Lindsay, who spent the past five years in the position and is returning to the academic community

Research

LPIRG's H2Oil screening Monday night

The Lethbridge Public Interest Research Group (LPIRG [http://lpirg.blogspot.com] ) has partnered with a number of agencies to help recognize World Water Day by presenting the feature film H2Oil at the Lethbridge Public Library on Monday night. This free screening, 7 p.m. in the Theatre Gallery, is co-sponsored

Convocation

Senate chooses five to receive honorary degrees

The University of Lethbridge Senate has confirmed a diverse and distinguished group of persons as recipients of Honorary Degrees for 2010. The recipients, who represent a cross section of the local, national and international community, will receive their degrees at the Spring 2010 and Fall 2010 Convocation Ceremonies. This year&