community invited to orillia campus master plan open house

(june 23, 2008 - orillia, on) 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 's orillia campus is pleased to open its doors to community members and interested parties during its master plan open house, an informal drop-in event to be held in the campus library from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. on wednesday, june 25.

"we are excited to share with community members the master plan for the three phases of the permanent campus" says lakehead - orillia dean dr. kim fedderson. fedderson notes that a number of preliminary renderings of the permanent campus' development will be on display, and that both lakehead and external project management representatives will be on site to provide additional information. lakehead president fred gilbert adds, "work on the permanent campus is now on target, and we value the opportunity to share progress made to date with members of the orillia community."

community input received at the open house will be relayed to the city of orillia shortly thereafter.

work on the permanent campus site, to be located on westridge boulevard, should start this fall, and lakehead - orillia expects to open the permanent campus' first doors to 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , faculty, and staff in september 2010. the master plan is for a campus that might ultimately accommodate as many as 7,000 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 .

"we are extremely excited to be involved in the development of canada's first leadership in energy and environmental design (leed) platinum campus," says david nesbitt of mhpm project managers inc. "the design and layout that is being developed for lakehead - orillia's permanent site will put the university in a league of its own, and will clearly demonstrate its commitment to meeting the challenge of sustainability in a changing global environment."
community members who require additional open house details prior to the event can call
705-330-4012 for more information.

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media: drs. gilbert and fedderson as well as david nesbitt are available for interview. to arrange interview times, please call 807-343-8200 (dr. gilbert), 705-330-4012 (kim fedderson), and 416-845-4359 (david nesbitt). for additional information, please contact eleanor abaya, director of communications, 807-343-8372 or eabaya@lakeheadu.ca.

about lakehead
lakehead is a comprehensive university with a reputation for innovative programs and cutting-edge research. with a main campus located in thunder bay, ontario and a campus in orillia, ontario, lakehead has over 7,500 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and 2,000 faculty and staff, and is home to the west campus of the northern ontario school of medicine. in 2006, research infosource inc. named 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 canada's researchuniversity of the year in the undergraduate category. for more information on lakeheaduniversity, visit www.hsbcwebinars.com