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Mount Royal University

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Type: Organization

Name: Mount Royal University

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 2 reports

Servus Credit Union

Bank robbing ex-MRU student president awaits sentence

A former Mount Royal University student association president who robbed a credit union last year will be sentenced in September.Meghan Melnyk said she had a gambling problem and couldn't pay her rent when she robbed a southeast Calgary Servus Credit ... [Published MSN Canada - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Gambling, Servus Credit Union, Anne Brown, Mount Royal University

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Mount Royal University

Former Alberta university student pres tries to avoid jail time

Bank robbery should land the former president of the Mount Royal University student association a four-year prison term.Sun News ... [Published Sun News - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: prison, Mount Royal University, Bank Robbery

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

With a new town comes new adventures

Kassidy Christensen, who ran her first triathlon when she took part in the 24th annual Tinman Triathlon on June 1, will be the Vulcan Advocate’s interim reporter over the next week and for another two weeks at the end of August. Simon Ducatel Vulcan ... [Published Vulcan Advocate - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Adventurer, Calgary, Mount Royal University, Advocate

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

University of Calgary

Team Alberta breaks ground on student-built solar house

Today students from the University of Calgary and Mount Royal University celebrated the start of construction of their solar house, Borealis. The two institutions also marked the partnership of the Team Alberta Solar Decathlon project with the signing ... [Published Noodls - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Mount Royal University, University of Calgary, Decathlon, Borealis

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Learning to understand challenging behaviours

IPOH: More than 20 people attended a workshop titled "Supports for Children and Adults with Challenging Behaviours: Punishment Free Approaches" recently.The event was hosted by Yayasan Sultan Idris Shah (YSIS), in collaboration with Perak Community Development ... [Published New Straits Times - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Mitchell Clark, Mount Royal University, Ipoh, Psychosis

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Calgary student in running for travel competition that would pay tuition

Calgary university student Kim Mercader believes travel is key to education and, lucky for her, her passion for travel could mean her last year of schooling is paid for.The soon-to-be fourth-year Mount Royal University public relations student is one ... [Published Metronews - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Calgary, Mount Royal University, Public Relations, Toronto

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

University of Regina

Minister deems claims Alberta post-secondary students fleeing province ‘sensational’

Claims from Saskatchewan universities that students are fleeing Alberta in search of greener pastures to the east are “not backed by actual facts,” says the provincial post-secondary minister.Thomas Lukaszuk responded Tuesday to a Metro story in which ... [Published Metronews - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Thomas Lukaszuk, Calgary, Mount Royal University, University of Regina

First reported Jun 08 2013 - Updated Jun 08 2013 - 1 reports

Former MRU SA President appears in court

, CTV CalgaryPublished Friday, June 7, 2013 5:40PM MDTMeghan Melnyk, the former president of Mount Royal University’s Student Association, will be sentenced in ten days for her role in a 2012 robbery.Melnyk was charged with robbery, possession of a prohibited ... [Published CTV News - Jun 08 2013]

Entities: Cash Robbery, Fraud, Servus Credit Union, Mount Royal University, Indictable Offence

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 1 reports

Mount Royal University finalizes cuts, approves student fee

8 programs suspended at the Calgary university after provincial budget cuts Mount Royal University (MRU) has officially approved program suspensions and a student services fee in response to Alberta's funding cuts to post-secondary institutions. The board ... [Published CBC - May 28 2013]

Entities: Mount Royal University, Thomas Lukaszuk, Suspension

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 1 reports

MRU approves controversial budget

Mount Royal University’s Board of Governors has approved a controversial budget that will see eight programs suspended at the Calgary school. ... [Published CTV News - May 28 2013]

Entities: Mount Royal University, Calgary

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 1 reports

‘Difficult decision’ made — Mount Royal University suspends programs, cuts staff positions

Mount Royal University will offer fewer programs this fall and operate with trimmed down staffing levels in many key areas in the wake of cuts to provincial post-secondary funding.The institution’s board of governors approved an operating budget Monday ... [Published Metronews - May 28 2013]

Entities: Mount Royal University, Epcor Utilities Incorporated, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Disability

First reported May 27 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 3 reports

Slain Calgary journalist honoured with second scholarship in her name

The memory of a popular journalist slain in a Calgary murder-suicide five years ago was honoured Monday with the second scholarship in her name dedicated to assisting budding writers.Amber Webb-Bowerman was killed in 2008 in the northwest neighbourhood ... [Published Metronews - May 28 2013]

Entities: Calgary, SAIT Polytechnic, Fundraising, Mount Royal University

Quotes

...of post-secondary collaboration in Alberta," says Dru MarshallMarshall UniversityUniversity of Calgary provost and vice-president (academic). "The project team has been meeting for over a year and includes collaboration at all levels of the academy - from students right through to the provosts. Exciting student-led and administrator-enabled projects like this one provide valuable opportunities for students and the community in general to examine sustainability and to discover the potential of renewable energy such as solar power."

Team Alberta breaks ground on student-built solar house [Published Noodls - Jun 14 2013]

IPOH: More than 20 people attended a workshop titled "Supports for Children and Adults with Challenging Behaviours: Punishment Free Approaches" recently

Learning to understand challenging behaviours [Published New Straits Times - Jun 14 2013]

"It's an absolutely spectacular view,” said area resident Darlene Bruce."

Philanthropist's bid to enlarge property stirs opposition [Published CBC - Jun 03 2013]

"I hit the ball very well, I hit 17 greens so I didn't make many mistakes" said Coussaud. "I missed a couple of putts but I'm happy."

Universit$ Laval Rouge et Or, Universit$ de Montr$al Carabins grab first round lead at Canadian U ... [Published Noodls - May 29 2013]

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Grads leaving school with record debt levels [Published CBC - Jun 10 2013]
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Blogs

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Jesse Kline: Alberta post-secondary funding cut... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Apr 19 2013] “The government has failed us,” said Mount Royal University (MRU) students’ association president Kaylene McTavish. If she learns nothing else from her university experience, this is probably a good life lesson. McTavish was speaking about program ...
Today’s letters: NDP and the language of socialism [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Apr 05 2013] Re: NDP Takes Another Shot At Dropping Socialist Baggage For Next Election , April 4. Merely removing “socialism” as a founding principle, without specific actions, will not convince Canadians the NDP is anything but a socialist party. The NDP continues ...
Payments Company Plastiq Raises $6 Million Seri... [Published TechCrunch - Feb 28 2013] Plastiq , an online payments startup aimed at bringing credit card payments to industries which tend to shy away from supporting them, has raised a $6 million Series A. The round was jointly led by Atlas Venture and Flybridge Capital Partners, and ...
Payments Company Plastiq Raises $6 Million Seri... [Published TechCrunch Europe - Feb 28 2013] Plastiq , an online payments startup aimed at bringing credit card payments to industries which tend to shy away from supporting them, has raised a $6 million Series A. The round was jointly led by Atlas Venture and Flybridge Capital Partners, and ...
Jesse Kline: Redford tells Albertans … a whole ... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Jan 25 2013] It’s no secret that chronic overspending, combined with a growing gap between the international price of oil and that of Western Canadian crude, has left the Alberta government in dire financial straights. The only question has been: What do Premier ...

Press Releases

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Social Media Breakfast Calgary #38, 8:30 am - 1... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Mar 15 2013]