Access to University
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Should post-secondary education be free?
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I’m sure all of us currently enrolled in post-secondary education, or those who will be attending soon, have noticed it is a financial investment. Post-secondary education is undeniably expensive. It is a huge investment we make at such a young age and must pay off in loans as we attempt to navigate the workforce after graduating. The…
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Laurier partners with The Working Centre for new program
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Wilfrid Laurier University will be partnering with The Working Centre to provide a program called Access to University, or A2U. Funded by the Lyle S. Hallman Foundation’s grant of nearly $400,000, the program will provide two cohorts of 15 community members the opportunity to take courses at WLU. The cohorts will be made up of non-traditional…
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Laurier Athletics alumna lands dream job
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Wilfrid Laurier University and Laurier athletics alumna, Sophie Kotsopoulos, is living her dream working on Bay Street as the director of integrated marketing for the National Hockey League. Kotsopoulos graduated from Laurier in 2002 and during that time, she was an adventurous and ambitious student. Kotsopoulos began her journey to the NHL in high school,…
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