/channels/taxonomy/term/24144/all en /channels/channels/news/investing-student-success-342673 <p>ƻ����Ժ students have proven time and time again that they are some of the most creative, versatile and adaptive people in their approach to solving problems, and they’re using knowledge acquired in and outside of the classroom to generate innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing issues.</p> Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:49:16 +0000 webfull 183425 at /channels /channels/channels/news/funding-brings-groundbreaking-ideas-life-342671 <p>School of Human Nutrition alumni Bianca Loge, BSc(NutrSc)’20, Kristen Sunstrum, BSc(NutrSc)’21, and Zoey Li, BSc(NutrSc)’17, reminisce about the unique extracurricular opportunities made possible by the Student Experience Enhancement Fund, and the host of real-world skills they acquired that they’ve since gone on to apply to their blossoming careers.</p> <p>Read more in <a href="https://focusmacdonald.mcgill.ca/funding-helps-brings-groundbreaking-ideas-to-life/"><i>Focus on Macdonald</i></a></p> Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:38:46 +0000 webfull 183423 at /channels /channels/channels/news/filmmaker-alex-pritz-focuses-human-relationship-natural-world-342670 <p>In August, documentary filmmaker Alex Pritz, BSc(AgEnvSc)’13 – BSE has released his award-winning National Geographic documentary The Territory which “provides an immersive on-the-ground look at the tireless fight of the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people against the encroaching deforestation brought by farmers and illegal settlers in the Brazilian Amazon.”</p> <p>Learn more in <a href="https://focusmacdonald.mcgill.ca/independent-documentary-filmmaker-alex-pritz-bscagenvsc13-bse-focuses-on-humans-relationship-with-the-natural-world/"><i>Focus on Macdonald</i></a></p> Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:32:06 +0000 webfull 183422 at /channels /channels/channels/news/made-hands-learning-jennifer-dumoulin-342668 <p>Focus on Macdonald sat down with alum Jennifer Dumoulin, BSc(AgEnvSc)’11 Environmental Biology, to ask a few questions about her student experiences that led to a successful career as an environmental manager.</p> <p>Read more in <a href="https://focusmacdonald.mcgill.ca/alumni-profiles-jennifer-dumoulin/"><i>Focus on Macdonald</i></a></p> Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:28:30 +0000 webfull 183420 at /channels /channels/channels/news/family-farm-family-gift-mac-graduate-cultivates-experiential-education-333092 <p>As a young Macdonald College student, Alton McEwen, BSc(Agr)’66, had plenty of opportunities for experiential education during the summer months, working seven days a week on the family dairy farm in the Chateauguay Valley. Thanks to a generous gift from McEwen, internships will continue to play an essential part in the education experience at the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.</p> <p>Read more in August 2021 issue of <a href="https://publications.mcgill.ca/macdonald/2021/08/25/from-family-farm-to-family-gift/">Focus on Macdonald</a></p> Fri, 03 Sep 2021 15:50:59 +0000 webfull 172798 at /channels