September 21, 2005 Source: Lakehead University:
http://communications.lakeheadu.ca/news/?id=197 Lakehead U Board of Governors Approve Orillia Satellite Campus Administration set to move ahead with September 2006 start date (Thunder Bay – September 21, 2005) Lakehead University’s Board of Governors has unanimously approved the Orillia Campus Business Plan and has given the go-ahead to administration to initiate an Orillia Campus for September 2006. “I’m enormously pleased that the Board of Governors at Lakehead supported this initiative unanimously. This commitment and enthusiasm for establishing a satellite campus in Orillia is critical to its success,” says Dr. Fred Gilbert, President, Lakehead University. “Our Faculties and Deans are creating a first year for fall 2006 that will extend the strengths of undergraduate education at Lakehead University to Orillia. In the first year we will provide an interdisciplinary foundation that will allow students to become familiar with a variety of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science disciplines, and, if they choose, to register concurrently in an education program. An expanding range of majors will become available at the Orillia campus as the program evolves.” The partnership with the City of Orillia will bring the capacity of Lakehead University to the community of Orillia in a way that will be mutually beneficial to the City and the University, and would tap the potential of Lakehead University in a progressive and innovative way. “The City of Orillia is absolutely geared up to be home to a satellite campus of Lakehead U,” says Ron Stevens, Mayor of the City of Orillia. “Progress on this initiative has ramped up over the past few months through the development of the Implementation Task Force, visits to each city, and continuous dialogue. There is a pent-up need for the delivery of quality higher education in Orillia, and we know the campus will be an enormous success.” The Lakehead University Board of Governors made this landmark decision on September 14. “The Board has shown a great deal of excitement about the development of a satellite campus in Orillia,” says Jackie Dojack, Chair, Lakehead U Board of Governors. “The Business Plan clearly illustrates the viability of an Orillia Campus, and the Board fully supports this initiative.” Members of Media: To interview Dr. Frederick Gilbert or Jackie Dojack, contact Marla Tomlinson, Communications Officer, Lakehead University, at 807-343-8177. To interview Ron Stevens, contact Robert Lamb, Manager of Economic Development, City of Orillia, at 705-325-4900 -30- Contact: Marla Tomlinson, Lakehead University, 807-343-8177 or 807-472-9113
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