ULethbridge Communications

Meeting of the Minds 2022: Images of Research

Images of Research highlights ULethbridge graduate students' work. With a remarkable breadth and depth of research, submissions to the photography competition includes fascinating imagery few people have the opportunity to enjoy otherwise.

Shining Student Annaliese Downey

Shining Student Annaliese Downey found a passion outside of her major that led to an incredibly rewarding research project.

Shining Student Sean Park

Shining Student Sean Park chose uLethbridge because of the atmosphere and sense of community on a smaller campus—it allowed him to pursue a quality education while building relationships with faculty and peers to get the most from his uLethbridge experience.

ULethbridge engineering played a prominent role in setting the foundation for Adam Sundberg

"Engineering is a complex and challenging profession, but the atmosphere at the U of L allowed me to grow confident in my abilities and in the belief that I could succeed in my studies."

Congratulations to Shining Graduate Tosin Ajibulu

Feeling valued as a student is important to Shining Student Tosin Ajibulu. When selecting a university, she had the opportunity to interact with people from several universities, and she recognized that uLethbridge is filled with people who care about students.

Dr. Stacey Wetmore

“I am most excited to work with talented students every day. It is also exciting when the computer modelling they do provides the missing explanations that help us understand the traditional ‘wet’ experimental data collected in our collaborators’ labs.”

Nicola Schatz

“Scientific research at uLethbridge is genuinely collaborative. Within a single lab and across multiple labs, you can help on various projects by sharing equipment, ideas and expertise in different protocols.”

Marcela Rada (BMus '17)

“I hope to encourage my students to be innovators. I want to inspire them to use technology to help build communities and create content never seen before.”

Dr. Fern Leavens (BSc '13)

"Science helps us to continue exploring and better understand the world we live in. It also contributes to advances and innovations in virtually every area of our world."

Araba Sagoe-Wagner (BSc '17, MSc '20)

“Doing independent studies/research and having a place to showcase results like Luke Stebbins Symposium and Meeting of the Minds helped me work on other skills relevant to work, like compiling data and presenting information to others.”

International Day of Women & Girls in Science

This year, we are celebrating the diversity of knowledge and academic backgrounds that women and girls are involved with across Sciences, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM).

Alum Terry Whitehead nurtures aspiring writers with new award

Terry Whitehead (BA '94) founded the U of L Bridge Prize and the Play Right Prize, competitions intended to motivate the next generation of creative minds and foster the future careers of playwrights and creative writers.

IGNITING MINDS

By supporting spaces, programming and student funding, you help inspire the next generation of change-makers, difference seekers and champions for environmental sustainability, reconciliation and innovation.

ILLUMINATING OPPORTUNITIES

Through the establishment of scholarships and the development of programs, your support helps students become global citizens who think critically, communicate thoughtfully, engage in creativity an act in ways that better the world around them.

Dr. Roy Golsteyn takes the natural approach in his research program

Golsteyn heads the Prairie to Pharmacy research program that has been investigating the medicinal properties of the prairie plants that dot this unique setting for nearly a decade.

BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF INSPIRING LIGHTS

The University of Lethbridge was founded in 1967 because a group of citizens believe southern Alberta warranted its own university. Now, nearly 55 years later, continued community support has enabled uLethbridge to have a global reach.

SHINING NEW LIGHT

The path to new knowledge is complex. Through partnerships and support, researchers and students are discovering new solutions to difficult problem, enabling positive change and impacting lives around the world.

The UL50 Golden Jubilee award helped Alexis Kelly (BA '21) worry less about money and focus more on the uLethbridge experience

Alexis Kelly (BA '21) was selected to win a $10,000 award based on her high school academic performance and the strength of her personal essay. This funding helped her worry less about paying for school so that she could truly embrace campus life, taking every opportunity to learn and grow.

Angelica Peters (BA (Co-op) '21) confidently pursued experiences and definitely took some risks in the process

Shining Graduate Angelica Peters (BA Co-op '21) embraced every opportunity at uLethbridge and learned more than she ever believed possible.

Congratulations to the Class of 2021 from the Faculty of Arts & Science

Congratulations to the class of 2021! We wish you all the best of luck in your future endeavours and can't wait to see what you do next. We are so proud of you! #ulethgrad2021 #ulethalumni

Person Behind the PhD

Person Behind the PhD is a video series that looks to highlight some of our faculty member's hidden talents, hobbies and passions. The series launched in Summer 2020.

Shining Students truly exemplify ULethbridge spirit

What makes a student shine may differ from person to person, but they all share a passion for learning. Get to know some of our past and present Shining Students!

Five questions with Master of Nursing graduate Chloe Crosschild

Chloe Crosschild - Iitapii’tsaanskiaki (BN '14, MN '14), RN, is a talented Blackfoot nursing scholar. For her outstanding Master of Nursing thesis, she developed unique Indigenous research methods based on Blackfoot Ways of Knowing. Read more about her educational and research journey.

Shining graduate - Antoine Gendron (BSc (Co-op) '21)

Through liberal education, Antoine grew into his role as a global citizen and developed trans-disciplinary approaches to critical thinking.

Shining Graduate - Sahara Adamitz (BMus '21)

"I have so many memorable experiences from my time at the University of Lethbridge. Every performance I have done has been special, and being surrounded by a great music community made it all the better. These memories will be with me for years to come." ~ Sahara Adamitz (BMus '21)