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April 7, 2013
 
 
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Winter Term Assignment Handback
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Andrew Westoll Public Reading: Tuesday March 26 at Hawk's nest 7:00-8:30 pm Andrew Westoll Public Reading: Tuesday March 26 at Hawk's nest 7:00-8:30 pm
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Call for applications for 2014 Edna Staebler Writer-in-Residence
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WLU Department of History, Faculty of Music and UW Department of History Present a Lecture by Dr. Celia Applegate
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Sara Matthews earns 2013 Faculty of Arts Teaching Scholar Award Sara Matthews earns 2013 Faculty of Arts Teaching Scholar Award
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Edna Staebler Writer-in-Residence appears in The Record: "Lesson in humanity: Chimpanzees rescued from research labs open author's eyes" Edna Staebler Writer-in-Residence appears in The Record: "Lesson in humanity: Chimpanzees rescued from research labs open author's eyes"
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Nelson Education awards Book of the Year Nelson Education awards Book of the Year
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Laurier free film series explores 10 years of queer cinema Laurier free film series explores 10 years of queer cinema
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Laurier researchers use backyard rinks to track climate change Laurier researchers use backyard rinks to track climate change
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Author Alissa York named 2013 writer-in-residence (One-Week-Writer-in-Residence Program) Author Alissa York named 2013 writer-in-residence (One-Week-Writer-in-Residence Program)
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On First-Year Seminars in Arts

As a first-year student, my first-year seminar has been a great asset in my learning experience and I was very fortunate to be able to take advantage of this opportunity. Classes of 200-300 students are intimidating for some students, but having a small class setting of 20 students has made transitioning to university more comfortable.

I feel more engaged in the class and am always participating because of the more relaxed atmosphere, whereas in a larger class setting I would be less apt to speak out loud. My first-year seminar has also been great preparation for future classes in 3rd and 4th year.

--Jazz Clement 1st year, Global Studies and Political Science student


From a survey of 225 employers: "More interesting, at least for those of us who got some parental grief over our college choice, was the apparent love being shown for liberal arts majors. Thirty percent of surveyed employers said they were recruiting liberal arts types, second only to the 34 percent who said they were going after engineering and computer information systems majors. Trailing were finance and accounting majors, as only 18 percent of employers said they were recruiting targets." For the full story, click here