It’s unusually quiet at the King residence. Brent King isn’t working on one of his two businesses, and his wife and business partner has taken their two young daughters to the park. He reflects on his time at Algoma University and how it prepared him for where he is today.
The parallels seemed more than apt when Chris Biocchi and Paul Bursche graduated — both cum laude — from Algoma University’s Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program last June.
After all, the very close lifelong friends have been virtually inseparable since they began playing together as children living on the same Sault Ste.
John Willinsky gives some of the credit for founding the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) to the Sundays spent browsing scholarly journals in the Arthur A. Wishart Library, while earning his Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at Algoma University College (AUC) in the 1970s.
Nestled in the bottom floor of the West Wing lies one of the many hidden gems of Algoma University. Tucked away in the back corner, in the former art studio spaces, are the computer science faculty offices along with the Brain Computer-Interface Lab,
Dr. Jennifer Foote has taken the title of bird watcher to an extreme. From studying the sounds, songs, and behavioral habits of the winged species, Foote is in every sense, a bird watcher extraordinaire, who has dedicated her post-secondary studies and academic career to ornithology.
Dr. Michael John DiSanto of the English Department has devoted the majority of his academic career to the lives and works of literary luminaries Joseph Conrad and D. H. Lawrence. However, a conversation in the fall of 2009 with his undergraduate mentor,
Since 2008, Dr. Nairne Cameron, Associate Professor in the Department of Geology and Geography at Algoma University, has been an important voice in Sault Ste. Marie for food security. Her research has helped raise awareness about the various problems facing the Northern Ontario community in regards to food access.
Initially, Professor Andrea Pinheiro had no plans to move to Northern Ontario. Like many other aspiring artists, her younger self had set her sights on the trendy Canadian west coast, where she would earn her undergraduate and graduate degrees before setting up a permanent studio to develop her works.
Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Francis Muli moved to Brampton in his teens. After years of travel and study, Francis earned a diploma in Business Finance from Sheridan College, later enrolling in the Bachelor of Business Administration program,
Having completed an Accounting Business Systems Diploma from Humber College, and working full time in her profession, Amanda Thomas came to Algoma U at Brampton, as a mature student enrolled in the Bachelor of Business Administration – General program.