Today@Dal News and events for Dal staff and faculty
For June 13, 2017
Making a difference across campus
Kudos: Debbie Parker (Human Resources), Gail Power (Faculty of Agriculture) and Cathie Smith Gillis (Faculty of Health Professions) are this year's recipients of the Dalhousie DPMG Award, celebrating outstanding contributions from professional and managerial staff across the university. Darrell Rhodenizer (Office of Advancement) received the DPMG's new Early Career Award.
Skillsoft Online Learning videos offer ideas for building skills in how best to communicate with Dalhousie internal clients and customers. Check out this week’s featured video on choosing the best interpersonal communication method to make your point.
A group of Halifax junior high students and their two Dal mentors earned one of 20 spots in the Global Innovation Awards, an international robotics competition, for developing an animal-deterrent system for the wild horses of Sable Island, N.S. The students, part of the Dal-hosted Imhotep's Legacy Academy, are currently crowdfunding to pay for the trip.
Debbie Martin of Dal’s Faculty of Health Professions receives Training Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to expand research capacity, skills and career trajectories of Indigenous early career researchers and trainees.
Inspiration & Impact
Join President Richard Florizone as the Inspiration and Impact: Our Year in Reviewsessions continue today on the Agricultural Campus, at 11 a.m. in Jenkins Hall, Riverview Room.
The series continues Thursday with a session on Studley Campus. Full details at dal.ca/juneupdate
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