Fast Talkers Battle for Research Glory During Trent's 3 Minute Thesis Competition | Global Peterborough 

Dr. Michael Eamon, principal of Traill college and host of the event, appeared on the Global Peterborough Morning Show to discuss 3 Minute Thesis, the importance of succinctly communicating complex ideas, and to announce the winner – Jordan Till, a M.Sc. Candidate in Psychology, who presented his thesis, Paint Me a Picture: Longitudinal Symptom Stability in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Jordan will now go on to compete on behalf of Trent University at the provincial 3MT competition at Queen’s University on May 17. 

More Than a Campus, Trent is a Place to Live | The Peterborough Examiner 

In this op-ed, Julie Davis, vice-president of External Relations and Development, shares the latest on how the University is advancing several projects to increase housing options for students in Peterborough. Initiatives include a new first-year student residence on the East Bank of the Symons Campus, along with a redevelopment and expansion of the Otonabee College residence, and a new housing development for upper-year students to be built on University lands on Water Street by Residence Development Corporation. 

From Careful Reading to Clear Writing: Ontario Teaching Award Goes to Dr. Joel Baetz | OUSA 

Dr. Joel Baetz was recently awarded a Teaching Award of Excellence from the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA). In describing Dr. Baetz’s contributions to the field of teaching, OUSA said, “Joel aims to help students read carefully, think creatively, and write clearly. These are lofty goals, and can only be aimed for when students find in their classrooms a sense of purpose, a heavy dose of joy, and faith that their words and ideas matter.”