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Yuechuan Chi's international foundations

Author: 
Philip Cox
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Yuechuan Chi shows a petri dish in a lab.

Yuechuan Chi is a third year chemistry major and developmental biology specialist with the Cell and System Biology department.

He was one of the first students of the International Foundation Program, which offers admission to academically qualified international students whose English fluency scores fall below the direct entry requirements.

Writer Philip Cox asked Yuechan what he’s been up to since completing the program three years ago.

Posted Friday, May 17, 2013

Alissa Trotz receives President's Teaching Award

Author: 
Gavin Au-Yeung
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Portrait of Alissa Trotz

Alissa Trotz was named one of three recipients of the University of Toronto’s President’s Teaching Awards last week in recognition for her work with students at the Women and Gender Studies Institute and in the Caribbean Studies program.

Trotz receives the award along with Professor Lawrence Sawchuk, Department of Anthropology, and Dr. Chris Perumalla, Department of Physiology and Division of Teaching Laboratories, Faculty of Medicine. 

Posted Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Thomas Tieku: serving the global community

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photo of Thomas Tieku

Community engagement is one of the cardinal features of New College, but few people realize how many New College professors are involved in different causes at the local, national and global levels.

Jointly appointed to New College and the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, Assistant Professor Thomas Tieku of African Studies reflects on the work he does outside the classroom.

Posted Wednesday, May 1, 2013

June Larkin: 3M award for teaching

Author: 
Kim Luke
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photo of June Larkin

June Larkin clearly has a transformative impact on her students to elicit comments such as “This course is life changing” and “All of my previous values and morals are being questioned and I love it.”  

Now, the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education is recognizing her exceptional teaching and educational leadership with a 3M National Fellowship.

Posted Thursday, February 7, 2013

Helping more students earn and learn

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Work-study program now open to part-time and international students
Author: 
Liam Mitchell
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Najva Amin & Nicholas Pcholkin

Nicholas Pcholkin, a first-year student from the Netherlands, is getting a unique opportunity to explore Toronto through his part-time job at the Woodsworth College residence.

As community outreach assistant, Pcholkin helps fellow students find outreach and volunteer opportunities.

“The idea is to get residents involved in the outside community,” Pcholkin says.

Posted Friday, October 19, 2012

U of T students interning in Namibia

Sub-title: 
Summer program builds global fluency
Author: 
Gavin Au-Yeung
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photo of U of T students behind a sand dune in Namibia

Kate Bruce-Lockhart had completed her studies at the University of Toronto. But there was one more U of T experience she wanted before heading to Oxford University to pursue her master’s degree in African Studies: the Namibia Internship Program. 

Posted Wednesday, August 22, 2012

The Rocket Science of Sustainability

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U of T alumnus relaunches New College lecture series
Author: 
Philip Cox
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Photo of Jaymie Matthews surrounded by New College professors and dignitaries

When Carl Sagan gave the inaugural lecture for the Jacob Bronowski Memorial Lecture Series at the University of Toronto's New College in 1975, a first-year science student named Jaymie Matthews sat quietly in the audience with rapt attention.

On April 4, 2012, Matthews - now an Officer of the Order of Canada and Mission Scientist for the Canadian Space Agency - returned to his alma mater to re-launch the series as a hallmark event of New College’s 50th Anniversary celebrations.

Posted Tuesday, April 10, 2012

New College mentorship program benefits students, alumni

Sub-title: 
Relationships often last long beyond the formal program
Author: 
Kelly Rankin
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Mentor Barry Glaspell and his mentee Milomir Strbac

Mentorship has been a part of the human experience for thousands of years. Alexander the Great had Aristotle, Dante had Virgil and the students at New College have their alumni.

“Successful students are the ones who acknowledge that learning takes place outside the classroom as well,” said Professor Yves Roberge, principal of New College. “They see the need to increase their opportunities through volunteering and internships, and this [mentorship], I think, is part of the same reasoning.”

Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2012

U of T women in leadership share their strategies

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International Women's Day Panel addresses full house
Author: 
Elaine Smith
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International Women's Day Breakfast

“I’m proud to introduce some women who are making a real difference at the University of Toronto,” said Professor Angela Hildyard, vice-president (human resources and equity) as she introduced the panel of participants at an International Women’s Day breakfast panel discussion for women in management

Posted Thursday, March 8, 2012
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