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Nipissing is pleased to announce the appointment of two new teaching chairs who will provide leadership, peer support and contribute to scholarship in the area of teaching and learning across the institution.

The ArmHer Collective, Sex Workers Advisory Network of Sudbury (SWANS), AIDS Committee of North Bay and Area (ACNBA) and Nipissing University proudly present Project ArmHer, a powerful multi-media presentation based on the creative contributions of women with lived experiences in sex work and their allies, to campus on Wednesday, May 23, at 2 p.m. in the Nipissing Theatre (F213).

Michelle Schenk is a person who loves to get involved, especially if it means helping others. The geography and concurrent education student was recently celebrated for her efforts by the province of Ontario with an Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers, the highest honour young Ontarians can receive for volunteer service.

Congratulations to Dr. Blaine Hatt, associate professor in the Schulich School of Education, on the publication of his article The New ICE-Age: Frozen and thawing perceptions of imagination, in the Canadian Journal of Education.

World Social Work Day is on March 20, and the department of Social Work is marking the occasion with a special lecture featuring Nipissing University president, Dr. Mike DeGagné. Dr. DeGagné will speak about the future of social work in the context of Reconciliation and efforts to indigenize education.