Learning Through Experience
Sharing our successes with experiential learning at UNB

How reflection helps students learn

Lee Whelan

Posted: December 17, 2021 12:00:00 AM AST

Category: Student Champions, Faculty Champions


Reflection is an integral part of experiential education. To truly get the benefits from experiential learning, students need to actively reflect on their experience to understand not only what they learned, but how they learned it. This process improves student’s problem-solving skills, as well as their ability to self-regulate their learning and manage their time. Most importantly, with...

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Campus Closet Reopens in 2021

Lee Whelan and Annaka Roscoe

Posted: December 2, 2021 12:00:00 AM AST

Category: Student Champions, ExperienceUNB


In November 2019, with the help of the Office of Experiential Education, students Peyton Juhnke and Annaka Roscoe launched Campus Closet. The program’s founders recognized that for many students finding affordable business clothes for job interviews, presentations and the workplace can be extremely challenging. Thankfully, their initial call for donations was met with an overwhelming...

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UNB-SJ to host experiential education showcase

myUNB News

Posted: December 2, 2021 12:00:00 AM AST

Category: Student Champions, Community Partners


The University of New Brunswick's Office of Experiential Education will host a showcase on Monday, Dec. 6, from 12 - 1 p.m., at the Whitebone Pizzeria, in the Thomas J. Condon Student Centre. The showcase, which is open to the UNB community, will feature experiential learning projects by students in all three faculties at...

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Student researchers find potential healthcare savings

Lee Whelan

Posted: December 2, 2021 12:00:00 AM AST

Category: Student Champions


Experiential education not only provides students with the professional and soft skills necessary for succeeding in todays’ workplaces, but also gives students a meaningful connection to the communities they live. This connection is essential for a province like New Brunswick to retain graduates who can use their professional experience and fresh ideas for the future of our province....

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