At the University of Lethbridge


EXPERIENCE MATTERS Your education is more than what you learn in the classroom.            experiences, new skills and the ability to apply your knowledge.


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Now, you can show what sets you apart with uLethbridge’s unique MyExperience Transcript (MET). A record of your high-impact experiences, you can share your MET with future employers, professional associations, volunteer boards and others to illustrate your competitive edge.


Here are a few examples of experiential learning opportunities at uLethbridge, by category:


Leadership


• uLethbridge Students’ Union & Graduate Students’ Association executive & council roles • Student clubs/organizations executive roles • Student-for-a-Day leaders, student mentors, tutors • Residence assistants • Pronghorns athletes


Research, creative expression & authorship


• Independent study • Exhibitions, performances & productions, studio coursework, ensemble or performance groups • Publication authorship/co-authorship


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Innovation & entrepreneurship • AGILITY programming


Travel & global citizenship


• International exchange (outbound), study tours, courses            


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 Work-integrated learning


• Co-operative education • Applied studies • Internships, practicum placements and preceptorships


Community service


• uVolunteer experiences • CKXU, The Meliorist, PRIDE Centre, Women’s Centre, LPIRG, ULSU Volunteer Crew experience


Professional development


• Workshops, conferences & speakers’ series • Integrated Management Experience & Student-Managed Investment Fund


• Mental Health First Aid • The Inquiring Mind


Early Start Experience 


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course before the Fall 2021 term starts. Get to know the Lethbridge Campus, meet fellow students and your professors and learn about the resources available to you, while making the transition from high school to university easier and giving you credit toward your degree.


Did you know?


The Fall 2020 term saw for a total of 65,937 p


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The average salary of uLethbridge co-op students is $25.77/hour. The national average is $21.03.1


95% of uLethbridge co-op students received positive performance evaluations.1 95% f L thb id t d t i d i i f mance evaluations. l i


aw 1,222 uLethbridge students participate in at least one work-integrated learn placement hours.


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lendar saw 2,722 registrations for 180 virtual events and workshops during the Fall 2020 term. 1


Career Bridge WIL Annual Report 2018-19 Meet a few uL


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Inqueeries, which was about 2SLGBTQ+ histories of southwestern Alberta. This was a collaborative exhibition involving researchers from uLethbridge, me and another University student, but what made this exhibition really special was that it involved a group of local queer youth, called Queer Impact Club — a civic engagement group for queer youth, where they can go       The involvement of the Queer Impact Club established a connection between the past and the present and it came through in a really beautiful and amazing way. It was the          history in Lethbridge.


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Lorenzo Bachman- Conrad


Dhillon School of Business student Major: Computer Science


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where he learns. His campus roles so far include lifeguard, teaching assistant, tutor and marketing designer/consultant.


“I started as a lifeguard for Horns Recreation at the University, and now provide marketing support for the department. It is incredible to work for the same institution where you learn I’ m a teaching assistant in the


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you learn. I m a teaching assistant in the Dhillon School of Business, and love having the opportunity to help students make connections and apply course concepts in a new and exciting way. I was also working on a textbook with one of my instructors, but it was put on hold because of COVID-19.”


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g n- doing: Haley Shade


Bachelor of Science student


Major: Biological Sciences


testing prairie plants for anti-cancer compounds.


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conducting my own res    to setting up experime


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In the Cancer Cell and Natural Product Laboratories at uLethbridge, Haley is gaining valuable research experience or anti-cancer


“Working in the lab, I’ve learned more about    


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plants we work with, I’m going back into the community to speak with medicine men and Elders to learn more about the Traditional uses of each plant.”


Dr. Katie Wilson BSc ‘13, PhD ’19 Major: Theoretical & Computational Science


Katie, a two-time alumna, studied in Portugal in


across Canada to present her research as a hb d h d


uLethbridge PhD candidate.


“Going on exchange to Portugal was absolutely amazing. The 


Portugal was e experience really


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need to work together and the impact of collaboration. Moreover, the funding I received enabled me to focus and excel in my academic while taking part in life- changing opportunities


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s around the world.”


addition to attending conferences in Chile, Hawaii and ent her research as a date.


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the Fall 2020 term. Annual Report 2018-19


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Learn more about uLethbridge progr For details, to register for Open Hous


rams, experiences, opportunities and supports at our Virtual Open House, March 6. se or to apply to uLethbridge, visit uLethbridge.ca/admissions


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