lakehead brings small-town feel to the big city
thousands of prospective 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 were introduced to 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 – and its friendly atmosphere – at the annual ontario universities’ fair, held last month in toronto.
every september, over 100,000 high school 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 head to the metro toronto convention centre to discover which ontario universities may be the right fit for them.
this year, i was asked to attend the ontario universities’ fair (ouf) as a student representative for 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 to help share information and insight about how great student life is here at the orillia campus. one of my main objectives was to try to get across my favourite thing about attending lakehead, which is the small-town, community-focused feel of the university. when i arrived at the convention centre i realized that the community atmosphere i wanted to explain in words was already being demonstrated through actions and would be a focus of the student experience at our lakehead booth.
“we aim to make the 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 ’ journey more personalized. it isn’t about how they can fit into life at lakehead, but more about how lakehead can become part of their lives,” said emily shandruk, manager of undergraduate recruitment.
the three-day ontario universities’ fair was held last month in the heart of downtown toronto, and is one of the biggest recruitment events of the year. each university sets up a booth with the aim of giving prospective 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 all the information they need to make an informed choice about where to attend university. the size of the lakehead booth was on par with some of the bigger schools in our province, but what was inside the booth is what made us really stand out.
along with multiple student representatives like myself, lakehead was represented by the entire lakehead undergraduate recruitment team, members of the residence council and a substantial number of faculty members. the booth was designed to welcome and encourage conversation, which made both 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and parents feel extremely comfortable. instead of just bombarding our visitors with information, we asked 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 about their interests so we could direct them to the best source of information. i couldn’t count the number of surprised faces i saw over the course of the weekend when i would tell a student that i could bring them over to the dean of their faculty of choice in order to get some more in-depth information. you could tell that the professors genuinely wanted to be there and wanted to meet prospective 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and their families.
dr. frances helyar, chair of lakehead orillia’s education program, who spent the entire weekend at ouf, said: “i find that attending the fair is the best way to determine what questions potential 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 may have, what their concerns are, and what they’re most looking for in a university. it’s a great way to meet one-on-one with 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and their parents, and to see if lakehead might be a good fit for them.”
the highlight of my experience was watching 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 go from not even knowing lakehead existed to deciding that it was the school for them. i even overheard one student gush, after a one-on-one with a professor, that she didn’t even need to see any other school’s booth; lakehead was where she wanted to go. it made me proud to see the university community that i love so much being represented at such a large, important event.
i look forward to seeing some of the 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 i met at the fair attending lakehead and discovering that the genuine close-knit feeling lakehead presented wasn’t just for show, and instead, is something that is practiced here all year long.
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stephanie edwards is a third year 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 student (hbasc/anthropology) who is working part-time with lakehead orillia’s communications office.