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Comment on UNB to grant honorary degrees to two outstanding individuals by Jill

Jill — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:12:37 +0000

I completely understand why UNB is granting an honourary degree to Tim Brodhead, but why is Harry Stackhouse being granted one?

Comment on UNB hosts public lecture about promoting the equity and dignity of First Nations children by dshipley

dshipley — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:35:07 +0000

Hi Jill,

You may want to contact UNB Media Services to see if they filmed this event.

Sincerely,

David Shipley
UNB Communications & Marketing

Comment on UNB hosts public lecture about promoting the equity and dignity of First Nations children by jill cummings

jill cummings — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:19:40 +0000

Hello Gillian

Do you have a recording of Jessica Ball’s talk (Oct. 5th).

We study her research and curriculum work in ED 6101 and ED 6104 (Curriculum Development and Curriculum Theory).

‘Would love to have this for our on-line M.Ed. students!

Jill Cummings, TESL, M.Ed., Ph.D.
jcummin1@unb.ca

Comment on Turner to be honoured with Emeritus Designation at UNB by M. Travis Lane

M. Travis Lane — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:16:39 +0000

Congratulations! Best wishes, Travis

Comment on BMO Centre Officially Opens at UNB Fredericton by CriticalGuy

CriticalGuy — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:39:45 +0000

I think “ThatGuy” should learn the difference between “than” and “then” lol.

Comment on BMO Centre Officially Opens at UNB Fredericton by dshipley

dshipley — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:32:35 +0000

Hi,

Thanks for your comment and your question.

Actually, BMO’s donation went to support the men’s and women’s soccer programs as well as scholarships. BMO also generously donated money for UNB business plan competitions and to support the new Hans W. Klohn Commons @ UNB Saint John.

Comment on BMO Centre Officially Opens at UNB Fredericton by That Guy

That Guy — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:15:47 +0000

Calling it a “Centre” is really a joke, all it is is a turf field with a big BMO CENTRE sign going on the fence around the outside. Where will this $1 million dollars go towards? UNB Soccer has only ever been an average program and will only continue to be an average program.

Maybe if they actually did something to the field such as taking away the hill and putting in ACTUAL bleachers or making the clubhouse larger to accommodate a cafeteria or standing room, than you could also call it a Centre than. Now it is still just a field with a sign on it. Waste of money in my opinion.

Comment on A New Tradition: The UNB Coin by Stephen Ross

Stephen Ross — Thu, 26 May 2011 04:40:49 +0000

This is a great idea!

However, please do not call it a “coin” – it is a medallion. A coin is legal currency – it is money. Coins are issued by governments or agents acting on their behalf. Oxford gives the definition of coin as “A flat disc or piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money. ”

I agree that having them available for prior years is an excellent idea. If these coins are eventually available for sale some distinction could perhaps be made between those given out for graduating students and those purchased.

In any case this is nice to see.

Stephen Ross

Comment on A New Tradition: The UNB Coin by dshipley

dshipley — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:32:20 +0000

Hi Vicki, Cynthia,

Currently, we have only minted enough coins for 2011 graduates that have “2011″ engraved in them to mark their year of graduation, as we start this new tradition this year.

Having said that, we anticipated our alumni wanting to support the program for future students and also get a coin of their own. We are currently looking at options that would allow us to run past year editions of the coins. This will depend on what the minimum runs our manufacturers are capable of doing if we are to engrave the year of graduation on past graduate coins. We are also considering processes that might allow us to engrave the coin with the year of graduation post-production.

For now, I can add your name to the list of folks interested in the UNB coin. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

David Shipley
UNB Communications & Marketing

Comment on A New Tradition: The UNB Coin by Cynthia McDonagh

Cynthia McDonagh — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:05:24 +0000

My 83 year old father (William J McDonagh) graduated from UNB Fredericton in 1957. How would I go about purchasing one of new tradition UNB coins for him. His area of study was geology plus he played hockey for UNB during he 4 years of study.

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