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WRESTLER WINS CIS GOLD, NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
First-year Gryphon wrestler Jacob Jagas of Kitchener captured a Canadian Interuniversity (CIS) Sport gold medal at the 2010 national wrestling championships in Calgary on the weekend and was named CIS Rookie of the Year after winning in the 72-kilogram division. Fifth-year student Kyle Grant of Whitby won a silver medal in the 130-kg event and was named the recipient of the R.W. Pugh Fair Play Award. Second-year student Kevin Iwasa-Madge of Milton captured a bronze medal in the 65-kg division.
U OF G STAFF SPEAK AT REGISTRARS’ ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IN TORONTO
Chuck Cunningham, director of Communications and Public Affairs, gave a presentation on “Branding Higher Education From Guelph to Botswana” at the 2010 conference of the Ontario University Registrars’ Association last week in Toronto. Pauline Sinclair, associate registrar, Graduate Program Services, spoke on “Funding Needs and Planning for the Graduate Student.” Sinclair and Wayne Johnston, head of research enterprise and scholarly communication in the U of G Library, presented “What’s Going On With Electronic Theses and Dissertations in Canada and How the University of Guelph Is Getting It Right.” Graduate liaison officer Sophia Janssen discussed “Graduate Student Experience — From Application to Graduation.”