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Life Bus is ready to roll

trevor.kenney — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 20:43:30 +0000

If your New Year's Resolution involves helping others in the community, the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge's Partners for Life Team wants to hear from you.

Entering its third year of association with Canadian Blood Services, the Partner for Life team is seeking to reach 400 total blood donations as it kicks off its 2014 campaign.

"It's been really great, we've had wonderful participation numbers from the beginning and we hope to keep improving each year," says coordinator Patti Leeb from the U of L's Faculty of Management.

The association with Canadian Blood Services bean in 2010 when the Partner for Life team set a modest goal of achieving 150 total donations. That was shattered with a final tally of 335 achieved. Last year, with 300 set as the goal, the U of L community came through with 422 total donations. As the campaign begins this year, Leeb says the group is looking for 400 donations as a target.

If you are interested in hopping on the Life Bus to save a life and give blood, a special bus is ready to pick up the first seven lucky people to transport them from campus to Canadian Blood Services and back again. The first bus of the year will run on Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 11 a.m.

Join the group by contacting Patti Leeb at leeb@uleth.ca or at 403-329-5182; book for yourself and get your friends to book to make it even more fun.

The bus will pick up those who register outside the 1st Choice Savings Centre Building (near the entrance closest to Tim Horton's) and drop them off at that same location after everyone is done. The pickup time is 11 a.m. and the bus is usually back two hours later.

If you would prefer to make your own appointment, please do so by calling 1 888 2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283) or online by clicking on this link.

If you have not signed up to become a member, you can do so by either:

1) Logging onto the website and complete the online form with the U of L Partner ID Number “UNIV012637” and your personal information
or
2) Contacting Patti Leeb by e-mail at leeb@uleth.ca or phoning 403-329-518.

U of L's Calgary Campus in new administrative space

trevor.kenney — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:58:51 +0000

The ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge, Calgary Campus, has finished moving into new administrative space.

Now serving students from the 6th floor of Bow Valley College's South Campus, the U of L team enjoys high quality professional space with room to grow.

"Relocating allows us to serve students more effectively," says Dana Corbin, Calgary Campus manager. "By being closer to classrooms, we have the ability to offer convenience to our students and more support to our instructional staff."

The new offices now share a building with classrooms, printing services, a cafeteria, Tim Horton's and the BVC bookstore. Connected by more than 15 walkways to more classrooms and the downtown core, the new facilities offer a unique campus environment and enhance the student experience.

This move has been in the planning stages since the Calgary Campus moved to the downtown core in 2011. As a member of the Campus Alberta South Partnership, the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge will work closely with Athabasca ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ, Olds College and Bow Valley College in the new facility.

All telephone numbers and e-mail addresses will remain the same. The new mailing address is as follows:

��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge, Calgary Campus
6th Floor
345 6th Avenue S.E.
Calgary, Alberta T2G 4V1

In every corner of the globe

trevor.kenney — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:44:00 +0000

When you think of the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge's global reach, you might not initially think of a connection to the current war in Afghanistan.
However, that's just where some members of the U of L student and alumni community are right now, based in Kandahar, Afghanistan, literally and figuratively one of the world's hot spots.

An on-site Tim Horton's provides some measure of familiarity, as does regular e-mail and other contact with friends and family, but there is no question that for these young men and others serving in the Canadian Forces overseas, the war is more than a 30-second clip on the evening news.

In this submitted photo, Bombardier (Bdr) Keenan Geiger (l) is a current fourth-year Edmonton campus management student majoring in Human Resources. Now taking a break from school, he is on a seven-month deployment in Afghanistan as a reserve member of the Canadian Forces. His unit is part of the 20th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, based in Edmonton. Geiger is the nephew of Naomi Cramer, an administrator in the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience.

Geiger shows off a U of L flag with Cpl. Andrew McDonald (middle) who graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, and (right) Calgary police officer and Lt. Kevin Collier, who holds a Bachelor of Management degree in Accounting, which he obtained in 2004. As well, U of L alumnus Tyler Paynton (BA '07) a member of the 18th Air Defence Regiment in Lethbridge, is also serving in Afghanistan but was not able to be in the photograph.

To send a brief message to Keenan Geiger or his colleagues in Afghanistan, e-mail communications@uleth.ca and the notes will be forwarded.

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