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(october 27, 2011 - orillia, on) 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 's orillia campus on university avenue was bustling last saturday as hundreds of visitors came to the campus to attend lakehead's fall preview day. in addition, the university hosted over 100 delegates attending a canadian association of geographers conference.

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for many, it was their first time seeing the campus, including the new student residence and cafeteria. tours of the facilities were scheduled throughout the day, led by student ambassadors and members of the student residence council. "we received an overwhelming number of positive comments," said maus. "many said they noticed a strong sense of community on campus and that the environment made them feel comfortable - which is extremely important when choosing a university."

"this was our largest orillia preview day ever," said robert perrier, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 's manager of undergraduate recruitment. "it's great to see that prospective 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 are not only aware of and excited about the opportunities at the campus, but are planning to come and study here."

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while hundreds of prospective 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and their families and friends explored the campus on saturday, graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and faculty members from universities throughout ontario took part in the annual general meeting and conference of the ontario division of the canadian association of geographers.

"this is the first academic conference to be held at our new university avenue campus," explained dr. rosario turvey, assistant professor of environmental sustainability, and chair of the conference. delegates had no trouble adapting to the busy preview day campus. "everyone was very happy with the facilities," said turvey. "they felt the setting was 'first-class' and commented on the welcoming atmosphere."

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 orillia campus dean dr. kim fedderson with dr. rosario turvey, assistant professor of environmental sustainability.

there will be many more opportunities for visitors to experience the campus in the coming weeks and months, including two public presentations next week. on wednesday, november 2 at 7 pm, lakehead orillia's dr. valerie hébert, assistant professor of history, will present a public talk on "genocide and the law," as part of the 31^st annual holocaust education week. on thursday, november 3, a talk by dr. kristofer helgen, curator of mammals at the smithsonian institute, will be videoconferenced to the orillia campus. for more information, visit the 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 website at orillia.lakehead.on.ca.

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