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Nipissing University is pleased to announce the appointment of Michelann Parr as the Schulich Teaching Chair of Open Education Resource (OER) Development. Parr is currently a professor in the Schulich School of Education and has worked at Nipissing full time for over 20 years. She is also a proud Laker alumnus, having earned three degrees from Nipissing University.

As part of its Speaker Series, the Social Welfare and Social Development Department is welcoming the campus community and the public to a presentation by Dr. Daniel Brant, Coordinator of Bimaadiziwin Reconciliation Circle, in room A259, at 8:30 a.m., on Friday, October 7, 2022.

The ongoing acts of violence against women in Iran are deeply concerning and distressing to many members of our university community, especially for NU students, staff, and faculty members from Iran or those with close ties to the country.

On Sunday, September 25, the Nipissing University Black Association for Student Expression (NUBASE) announced that the university’s first-ever bursary for BIPOC students would be named after Warren Lindsay, Director of Services at the Nipissing University Student Union and an active member of NUBASE.

Nipissing University’s Extended Learning department invites members of the community to take part in a Ukrainian doll-making workshop at the NUSU Student Centre (221 College Drive, North Bay), on Thursday, October 27 at 6 p.m. in support of two families who recently relocated to North Bay from Ukraine. The cost to attend this event is $15 per person. 

Nipissing University lecturer and alumnus, Anna Pearson, has been awarded the prestigious Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence in recognition of her “remarkable achievements in education and a commitment to preparing students for a digital and innovation-based economy.” 

Nipissing University invites all future students and their supporters to its upcoming Open House on Saturday, November 5, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Nipissing Campus (100 College Drive, North Bay, ON). 

Dr. Haibin Zhu, Professor of Computer Science at Nipissing University, has been elected Vice-President of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (SMCS). His term will start from January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2024.

Nipissing University is pleased to partner in the delivery of a new program led by Queen’s University designed to address knowledge gaps in the growing neurotech sector, a field gaining increasing prominence with initiatives such as Elon Musk’s Neuralink and Meta (formerly Facebook) Reality Lab’s use of neural signals to enhance virtual reality applications.