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Movember displays facial hair with purpose
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University of Manitoba students sporting moustaches have entered week three of Movember, in an effort to raise money for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Canada.
A campaign that began seven years ago has grown...
Student groups have challenges finding a place on campus
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With almost 120 students groups at the University of Manitoba and only 16 offices on campus, student groups can sometimes have a difficult time finding space to operate at the U of M.
“You do...
International News Briefs
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Canadian universities aim to recruit students from India
Several Canadian university presidents were in India this past week to pitch their schools to Indian education officials, politicians and business leaders as the place...
Senate briefs
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Senate is the highest academic governing body at the University of Manitoba, comprised of administrators, deans, directors and elected professors and students
A Senate meeting was held on Nov. 3 in the Senate Chambers located...
CNN isn’t talking about it, but it’s still there
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Most of us are all too familiar with the BP oil spill that took place early this summer in the Gulf of Mexico. Mainstream media coverage of the catastrophe and controversy has pretty much...
Multiple campuses create gap in university community
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While the Fort Gary campus may be home to most faculties at the University of Manitoba, some students feel that better integration between the university’s multiple locations is needed.
The university has three main...
U of M looks to enhance ‘student experience’
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The University of Manitoba is working to become more student centred in order to enhance the experience of studying at the institution.
U of M vice-provost (students) Susan Gottheil explained said that most institutions across...
