Academics
  • 8 years 6 months ago

Blended learning to draw more revenue

University representatives and local government officials met last Friday to discuss the finances of Queen’s blended-learning system.Continue...

  • 8 years 7 months ago

GPA talks resume

Discussions over the GPA grading system resumed in Senate on Tuesday when a fourth-year student was invited by the Principal to speak on behalf of students.Continue...

The Endeavour Silver Corporation will offer scholarships to undergraduates in geological sciences and geological engineering over the next five years.
  • 8 years 8 months ago

Alumni donate $500K

A B.C.-based mining company led by two Queen’s alumni has donated $500,000 to the University.Continue...

Students currently enrolled in a dual degree program will complete their degrees.
  • 8 years 8 months ago

Dual degrees discontinued

Come September, Queen’s will no longer offer dual degrees with the Faculty of Arts and Science for students enrolled in Nursing, Applied Science and Commerce.Continue...

Co-chairs Daniel Farewell and Katherine Wong Too Yen say the Queen’s Entreprenurial Competition has a top judge-to-competitor ratio.
  • 8 years 8 months ago

Savvy students head to Toronto

The Queen’s Entrepreneurs' Competition is moving to Toronto for the first time on Thursday.Continue...

Fine Arts students congregrate outside the Robert Sutherland building on Tuesday to protest the recent decision to suspend admissions to the Fine Arts program.
  • 8 years 10 months ago

Senate stalls initiative on suspensions

On Tuesday, Queen’s Senate tabled an initiative that called for guidelines for future program suspensions.Continue...

The Academic Plan was shortened from 89 specific recommendations in the Sept. 27 draft to 22 recommendations. These are some points that were cut out before the final Plan was passed at Senate on Nov. 22.
  • 8 years 10 months ago

Academic Plan gets go-ahead

The Academic Plan that will direct the University’s academic future was unanimously approved at Tuesday’s Senate meeting.Continue...

Fine arts students congregated in the JDUC yesterday to speak to the Journal about the programs' suspension of future admissions.
  • 8 years 10 months ago

Fine arts admissions suspended

AMS Assembly voted to create a committee last night that will investigate the University’s decision to suspend admissions into the fine arts program.Continue...

Two consecutive classes of HIST 283, the History of the Third World, were cancelled. On Friday, the class reconvened for an announcement made by the department chair of history James Carson.
  • 8 years 10 months ago

Concerns about professor

Adjunct assistant professor Mike Mason has not attended his class since he announced that students had complained to the history department about terms used in his lectures.Continue...

  • 8 years 11 months ago

Policy on cheating will work

Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest school board has taken flak for a new policy that prevents teachers from assigning zeros when students are caught cheating.

The Eastern School District’s policy has been criticized as too lenient because cheaters are given a second chance to retake assignments and tests. It’s applicable to both elementary and high school students.Continue...

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