2017 NU News

Sutherland is an active volunteer with Office of Indigenous Initiatives. He volunteers for the Peer2Peer mentorship programs as well as for annual events and activities such as the Annual Welcome Powwow, Round Dance, Debwendizon, and Annual Leadership Conference. He was also a Science Camp counselor for youth with the Aboriginal Summer Education Programs.

Today, we are pleased profile Emily McCarthy, a Bachelor of Arts, Geography and Bachelor of Education student. McCarthy has been a phenomenal student leader and possesses the ability to make incoming students feel at ease. As a Frosh Leader, she has enhanced the campus culture by mentoring the students on her teams.

What are some of your accomplishments that make you proud? What does this honorary degree from Nipissing University mean to you? And, what is your message to graduates? Today, we are pleased to present Dr. Tom Jenkins.

Congratulations to Dr. Nathan Kozuskanich, associate professor of History, and the assistant editor of the John Dickinson Writings Project, on earning a National Historic Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) grant worth $74,601.

Dr. Mark Wachowiak, associate professor in computer science and mathematics, is the kind of person who is always ready to lend a hand, especially if it involves interdisciplinary computational science. The recipient of the 2017 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research is involved in many interdisciplinary, multi-institution collaborative research projects, as a team lead and co-researcher, both within, and external to, Nipissing University.