Alumni

Congratulations to alumna Emily Gillespie, BA ’13 in Gender Equality and Social Justice, on the upcoming publication of her first novel, Dancing with Ghosts.Dancing with Ghosts tells the story of Patricia, a young girl struggling with her own personal demons after moving from a small town Toronto for her first year of university. There, she begins a tumultuous romance with Derek, a fellow classmate, and her mental health suffers when the relationship turns abusive.

Nipissing University will turn 25 on December 10, 2017, and the party starts now. The university held a launch last Friday to launch a year of celebrations marking its 25th Anniversary as an independent degree granting institution.

Staff members at Nipissing take pride is going the extra mile when helping students; it’s an approach that breathes truth into the One Student at a Time slogan. Leah Symington, Coordinator in the Fine and Performing Arts Department, is upping the ante.

Get out your party hats, Homecoming is a weekend like no other, with students, staff, faculty, friends and alumni all celebrating their Nipissing spirit together. Taking place this weekend, October 2 – 4, you don’t want to miss it and the time to register is running out.

Nipissing University alumna Laura Kielek-Caster (BSc Biology ’15) has written an article featured in the Orillia Packet and Times that urges readers to help protect pollinators.