Grades
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Laurier announces option to convert final grades to “credit” or “withdraw”
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In a statement released on behalf of Maureen Mancuso, interim provost and VP academic, Wilfrid Laurier University has announced their decision to offer undergraduate and graduate students the option to convert their final winter semester grades to a “credit” or a “withdraw.” Normally, this process would require the approval of an academic petition, however, Laurier…
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Lessons learned beyond the classroom are important
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Recently, I’ve had many discussions with one of my roommates about what we have actually learned in university. Aside from economics, accounting and calculus, I have learned many lessons that I never would have learned in high school. First off, university is a great, humbling experience because I realized I’m not as smart as I…
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E(RACE)r work reviewed after a year of action
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“Until the philosophy that holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war.” These are the words that framed the e(RACE)r summit on race and racism on Canadian university campuses post-summit report. Above, Laura Mae Lindo, director of the Diversity and Equity Office, quoted the words of…
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