orillia embraces lakehead u campus

30 community members involved in task force

(thunder bay - june 13, 2005) the city of orillia is showing enormous community support for the 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 orillia campus. an implementation task force has been created with volunteers from both 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 and the city of orillia, and there are 30 orillia members involved in the task force at varying levels.

in order to achieve the objectives of this important partnership, academic and business plans are to be developed over the coming months by the implementation task force and its working committees. it is expected that these plans will result in the offering of courses and programs in orillia. while initially the role of atac and distributed learning will be critical in fulfilling a september 2006 start date, additional faculty and staff will be recruited to meet the demand in orillia. these positions would have dual functionality in that the orillia-based personnel will be able to deliver programming and student support to thunder bay. in essence, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 would have two campuses with considerable integration of resources and academic programming.

"the city of orillia is excited to be a part of 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ," says ron stevens, mayor of the city of orillia. "we have had a fantastic response from the volunteers on the implementation task force, and we look forward to working with our thunder bay colleagues to help bring the orillia campus to fruition."

the orillia volunteers include city of orillia employees as well as members from the community and surrounding areas, including oro medonte, severn township, and ramara township. in the main task force, 12 members make up the orillia team, and the lakehead u portion of the task force comprises 22 university administration, faculty, and staff members.

the task force has five working committees: facilities, student services, human resources, student life, and academic needs. within these committees, an additional 18 members of the orillia community are taking part in the development of the orillia campus. there is also an academic planning task force working on the potential degree programs to be offered in orillia.

"the orillia campus implementation task force is an important step towards the realization of an orillia campus," says dr. fred gilbert, president, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 . "i am pleased to see this outpouring of interest from the community of orillia. only by working together like this can we ensure that we will succeed in this branch campus endeavour."

contact: marla tomlinson, office of communication, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 , 343-8177 or 472-9113