UM Today Archives

March 27, 2023 —  Knowing what to expect on exam day, especially if it’s your first time writing in-person exams at UM, is important in helping you achieve success during the upcoming exam period.

March 27, 2023 —  Currently, the university does not restrict which apps can and cannot be used. Instead, we encourage everyone to stay aware of the privacy risks when using social media platforms such as TikTok, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. 

March 27, 2023 —  The College of Nursing was invited to join a Manitoba government delegation to the Phillipines recently to recruit trained nurses to work in Manitoba and help address the province’s nursing shortage.

March 24, 2023 —  Once upon a time there was a law professor who was beloved by students, colleagues and Faculty of Law alumni alike. His name was Matthew Bernard Nepon, and he was a graduate of the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law, class of 1967. Everyone called him “Butch.” He never had children, but for the past two decades, law students at his alma mater have continued to benefit from his legacy, whether they knew it or not. Now that family members who remember their ‘Uncle Butch’ are getting older, they thought it important to share the story of the extraordinary man behind the Butch Nepon Memorial Bursary.

March 24, 2023 —  Donor funded bursaries open doors for so many students to advance their education and achieve their goals.

March 24, 2023 —  To reduce the purchase of excess paper products at UM, the Facilities department requests that all surplus inter-office envelopes be returned in order to allow redistribution to departments as needed across campus. These redistribution methods will reduce overall orders of new envelopes across our campuses.

March 24, 2023 —  Alina Bilonozhko earned first prize for “Unstacking the Deck: A Game of Change” and Cole Marotta earned second prize for “Canadian Architecture Forums on Education: Connecting Canada.” Both Alina and Cole are Environmental Design students in the Architecture stream. Their posters showcased research they commenced last summer while working with Dr. Lisa Landrum through the Undergraduate Research Awards program.

March 24, 2023 —  The University of Manitoba Faculty of Law team competing at the Concours de Plaidoirie Michel-Bastarache at the University of Ottawa, March 17 – 19, 2023, earned much praise from judges and organizers when they took second-best pair overall and second and third-best oralists, especially since French is not the first language of any of the team members.

March 24, 2023 —  Through a scholarship program the Pitblados have given hundreds of future lawyers the opportunity to achieve their goals.

March 23, 2023 —  The Manitoba Medical Students’ Association organized its first-ever conference focused on equity, diversity and inclusion in health care.