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Keep updated on all the happenings at Huron. As one of Canada’s oldest Liberal Arts universities, we pride ourselves on sharing the good news of Huron and what makes the university so unique in the post-secondary landscape.
Huron University College confers Honorary Doctor of Divinity to Kelly Meighen, President, T.R. Meighen Family Foundation
Nov 29 2019
Huron at Western University celebrates the revitalization of two Heritage properties on Western Road
Oct 17 2019
Huron partners with CityStudio London, as a founding partner
Sep 14 2019
Are the liberal arts dead? Hardly!
It is a breadth of thinking, combined with mental agility, that is the hallmark of the true liberal arts graduate.
In December, the Globe and Mail named Michael Medline––“the saviour of Sobeys”––Canadian CEO of the year, for leading a turnaround at one of Canada’s iconic compani...
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Huron confers Honorary Doctor of Divinity on alumnus Michael Medline, President & CEO of Empire Company Limited, at 313th Convocation
Huron – the founding institution of Western University – celebrated its 2019 graduates with a very special Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Convocation. During the ceremony, Huron alumnus - Michael Medline, the President & Chief Executive Officer of Empire Company Limited (Empire) and its...
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Dr. Barry Craig, Huron’s 17th President, reappointed to second term
Dr. Barry Craig, Huron’s 17th President, has been reappointed to a second five-year term, which will see him continue as President of Huron until 2026.
Under his leadership, Huron has increased its enrolment by 50 per cent in just three years, while becoming an increasingly more diverse commu...
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Huron Professor’s research proves customers’ perceptions of employee treatment have significant implications for a business’s bottom line
Do consumers care about how a company treats its employees? The answer is yes, and this information can have a big impact on customers’ feelings toward the brand, according to new research by Huron’s own Dr. Maxwell-Smith.
In 2020, the popular mantra for companies is that corporate social res...
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Statement and Protocols: Novel Coronavirus
Dear Members of the Huron Community,
This afternoon, the Ontario Ministry of Health announced the Province’s third confirmed case of Novel Coronavirus. This individual is a Western student. Since returning to London, Ont. from Wuhan, China on Jan 23, and before showing any symptoms, the studen...
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Huron University College confers Honorary Doctor of Divinity to Kelly Meighen, President, T.R. Meighen Family Foundation
Huron University College is proud to celebrate a business and community leader who embodies the admirable qualities the founding institution of Western University hopes to inspire in its students.
During Huron’s 156th Founder’s Day, the university conferred an honorary Doctor of Divinity on ...
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Huron at Western University celebrates the revitalization of two Heritage properties on Western Road
Today, Huron – the founding institution of Western University - was proud to host a ribbon cutting event during its 2019 homecoming celebration for the official re-opening of two of the university’s oldest buildings, which sit along Western Rd.
The two buildings, newly named Apps Internati...
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New funding promotes research excellence at Huron
Congratulations to recent faculty recipients of two new research funding opportunities at Huron!
Drs. Amy Bell (History) and Steven Bland (Philosophy) were awarded funding from the Targeted Research Fund for their collaborative research-learning project “Emotion, Reason and Psychic Research.”...
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Huron moves to a smoke, and tobacco-free campus
This summer, Huron moved to a smoke, and tobacco-free campus effective July 1, 2019.
The new Smoke and Tobacco Free campus policy will be in line with Huron’s mission in providing our faculty, staff and students with a healthy environment of learning. The policy will apply to students, faculty,...
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Huron partners with CityStudio London, as a founding partner
Huron is excited to announce our partnership with CityStudio London, a civic innovation and city-campus collaboration in London, Ontario with the City of London.
CityStudio London, led by Pillar Nonprofit Network in collaboration with educational institutions around London and the City of London,...
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