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A group of 11 69´«Ã½students are currently at the University of Burgos in northern Spain, delving into understanding how heritage can be a key resource in promoting sustainable economic development in rural areas. The students are accompanied by Dr. Melissa James, director of undergraduate programs, 69´«Ã½Faculty of Business, and Sherilyn Acorn, manager of the Study and Stay and exchange programs, Office of Study Abroad and International Collaboration.

Paul Young, Chief Operating Officer for the 69´«Ã½Faculty of Medicine, was named one of the Top 50 CEOs in Atlantic Canada during an awards gala on May 9 at the Delta Hotel St. John’s Conference Centre.

The annual awards ceremony, hosted by , recognizes leaders in the region who have demonstrated excellence and success across categories, including corporate governance, organization growth, management, industry leadership, and personal social responsibility. 

When Dr. Katherine Guarino, a Class of 2024 doctor of veterinary medicine graduate, was applying to veterinary schools four years ago, the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the 69´«Ã½ was a blip on her radar.

The 69´«Ã½ has added a new one-year course-based professional stream to its Master of Applied Health Services Research (MAHSR) program.

Previously, students earned their degree through a two-year thesis-based MAHSR-T stream. Now they can choose either it or the one-year MAHSR-P stream.

Dr. Jennifer Taylor, program lead for the MAHSR program, said it is very exciting to have the one-year course-based professional program come to fruition.

The 69´«Ã½Arts Review group held a book launch on Wednesday, May 1, for its latest publication, Into a New Tongue, a collection of academic and creative writing. Members of the campus community gathered in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, to celebrate the creative skills of 69´«Ã½students from various degree programs, and the only printed, student-led publication of its kind at the University.

Every May 5, the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, also called Red Dress Day, is solemnly observed. Throughout the 69´«Ã½campus, red dresses were carefully hung by the staff of the Mawi’omi Indigenous Student Centre. The purpose of hanging the dresses on the campus is to draw attention to the gendered and racialized nature of violent crimes against Indigenous women and to evoke a presence through the marking of absence by honouring Canada’s missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.