Fredericton Faculty of Arts

Be open to change do what you enjoy and love and the rest will fall into place Memories of First Year Part 4

Fredericton Arts

Posted: August 28, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Faculty, Arts, Spotlight, Opinion, Student


Only two weeks...  ...until you begin the next chapter. Regardless of whether you are joining us straight from high school or from another stage in your life, we hope all the excitement and fresh-start motivation inspired by those back-to-school vibes are helping you to feel positive about your first term. For the fourth installment in our series on 'Memories of First Year' I met up with Arts...

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The Ability to Give Back Memories of First Year Part 3

Fredericton Arts

Posted: August 21, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Opinion, Student, Spotlight, Arts, Other


And the countdown continues... …less than three weeks until the start of Fall term! Time flies when you're having so much summer fun. This week we will be chatting with Andrew Daley, an Assistive Technologist working with UNB Libraries and a graduate from the Arts faculty (Economics). Andrew generously shared his experiences navigating university as a mature student with a visual disability....

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Be a sponge and swallow your fear Memories of First Year Part 2

Fredericton Arts

Posted: August 12, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Spotlight, Other, Arts, Opinion, Student, Faculty


Four weeks to go until... ...the first day of classes! Hard to believe it's only a month away. As we head towards Orientation Week, time travel back to 1998 with us. It was a strange time where you were required to stand in line to register for courses and penny candies were still a thing (pennies were still a thing!!!). Cindy Brown sheds some light on being a first-year then: the hit songs...

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Grilled Cheese Iron Maiden and Showing Up - Memories of First Year Part 1

Fredericton Arts

Posted: August 6, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Faculty, Spotlight, Student, Opinion, Arts


The countdown is on! In one month we will be welcoming hundreds of new students to campus for Orientation Week. The first year of university is an exciting and emotional time. It isn’t only about learning how to study well (though that is a big part!) – it is a host of new experiences that will stay with you for years to come. What do you think will stand out this year and stick with you years...

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