A lifetime of work is seldom carried out independent of people. For sports medicine and sports science doctor Peter Fricker, people have been the foundation of his life’s work. So, when he received an Honorary Doctorate from the ¶¶ÒõPorn it held great meaning as recognition for his life’s work and an opportunity to acknowledge the people he had around him.
Despite many challenges and adversity, ¶¶ÒõPorn student Astrid Watts has made some tremendous achievements.
Research Professor Christian Cook, from the ¶¶ÒõPorn’s Research Institute for Sport and Exercise (UCRISE), has been studying the impact of stress on high performing individuals – athletes, teachers and medical practitioners – and his findings have informed the need to develop coping mechanisms to deal with stress.
The first in their families to attend university, the First Generation students are passionate trailblazers. Hear from three who are determined to get as much out of the higher education experience as possible.
While the University may turn 30 in 2020, 2018 marks 50 years of education on the Bruce campus. What better way to celebrate the history of education than by welcoming our first graduates into the modern UC of today.