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trevor.kenney — Fri, 13 May 2011 15:53:53 +0000

The ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge is pleased to welcome Elaine Carlson and Chris Eagan to the U of L family as they assume roles on campus left by longtime senior managers Don MacDonald and Doug Parker.

Carlson joins the senior administration team as the associate vice-president, Human Resources, following MacDonald, who is retiring after 13 years of service to the U of L. Carlson was most recently the manager of Employee Relations & HR Consulting and acting director, Support Staff Human Resources at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Alberta.

She led a team of human resource consultants who managed investigations, layoffs, performance management issues and discrimination & harassment complaints, lead bargaining for support staff, and developed HR procedures and processes, among other duties.

Eagan is the new executive director of Facilities, following Doug Parker, who is retiring after almost 30 years of service to the U of L.

Eagan was most recently the director of Facilities Management at Lethbridge College, and in that role was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the facilities, utilities, grounds and other components of the College's campus infrastructure, worked with cross-campus teams to implement several capital planning projects, as well as the development of a campus master plan, among other duties.

Welcome to the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge 2007/2008 Community Report

trevor.kenney — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:18:05 +0000

Wow – what a year this has been! Our 40th anniversary year was filled with plenty of excitement, but I can honestly say our 41st year is proving to be truly transformational.
We continue to build a comprehensive institution by expanding our horizons into the world of graduate studies while maintaining our tradition in undergraduate education. This year, 8,000 students from around the world call our campuses in Lethbridge, Calgary and Edmonton home. Our student body has grown by 50 per cent in the last 10 years, phenomenal growth among post-secondary institutions in Canada. Despite this growth, we have remained true to who we are – student-focused, research-intensive and grounded in liberal education. Our graduates face the world with confidence – not only in their educations, but in their abilities to succeed in their careers.
The ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge is built on a commitment to the individual student and to providing each student with the most vital and engaging learning environment in the country. We are a university that sees teaching as a core activity and a university that has developed a reputation as a major research institution. In what is being called the biggest research hire for a university in Canada, this fall, Dr. Bruce McNaughton joined our Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience team as the inaugural Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) Polaris Award recipient. The award is a 10-year, $10 million research grant that will ultimately result in $20 million through matching funding.
Our centres of research excellence provide opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students that are second to none. New facilities, such as the Alberta Water and Environmental Science Building and the future Markin Hall, will create additional research space and accommodate future student needs. Over the last two years, we have had $147 million worth of new construction on campus. To date, five projects are complete and two more are under construction and set to open in 2009/2010. A key part of the U of L's campus infrastructure, our signature Arthur Erickson building, ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Hall, is also being preserved through an $18.5 million renovation investment.
I am also pleased to report that we set out to raise $20 million from the community through our Legacy of Leadership Campaign and we actually raised $35 million, an achievement made possible in part through the support of the Government of Alberta's Access to the Future Fund. The largest percentage of the money raised went directly to establishing scholarships and bursaries for our students. I want to thank alumnus Dan Laplante (BMgt '88) for serving as Chair of the campaign – he did an outstanding job of motivating support and we sincerely appreciate the enthusiasm he brought to the campaign.
And last, but definitely not least, I would like to highlight two U of L students who shone brightly on national and international stages this year. Theo Tams, a music and psychology student, won the Canadian Idol competition, and hammer thrower Jim Steacy competed for Canada at the Beijing Olympics.
So why rethink? Because we want you to "rethink" what you thought you knew about the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge.

William H. Cade, PhD
President and Vice-Chancellor
Professor of Biological Sciences

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