Amneet Mann
A n-year degree program was the right one for me
January 20, 2020As a dorky inside joke in engineering, we classify students as being in their first, second, third, fourth, or nth year. Representing an unknown numerical variable, n is meant to cover undergraduate students from year five to, technically, year infinity. The joke elicits chuckles, but like all jokes, it also contains a kernel of truth about how common it is for students to extend their four-year undergraduate degree. According to the United States National Center for Education Statistics, only about 41% of students graduate within four years. Finding yourself in your nth year of university can feel inevitable, comical, but…
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Search for new Vice-President Academic and Provost underway
January 20, 2020The process to determine SFU’s next Vice-President Academic (VPA) and Provost is gearing up in preparation for the end of current VPA Professor Jonathan Driver’s term on August 20, 2020. The VPA provides leadership for academic initiatives at SFU such…
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The Peak’s most popular content of 2018
January 8, 2019Editor's note: In print, the top content for Humour and Arts had been misattributed to the wrong creators. The web version that follows is correct, and we apologize for the mistake. Here at The Peak, we try to write content…
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Board Shorts
November 27, 2018Board approves motion to extend subleases with CJSF and SFPIRG on a month-to-month basis The original expiry date on the subleases allocating the Simon Fraser Campus Radio Society (CJSF) and the Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG) space…
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SFU student group aims to ban plastic water bottles on campus
November 26, 2018An SFU student group is lobbying to ban the sale of plastic water bottles on Burnaby campus. Ban the Bottle SFU is made up of 15 undergraduate and graduate students, and it is led by Mireta Stranberg-Salmon, a student…
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SFSS CEO to move to new position at United Way
November 15, 2018Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Martin Wyant has accepted a new position as CEO of the United Way of Thunder Bay. The announcement was made on United Way’s website on November 5. The SFSS has…
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Senate discusses university emergency protocols and mental health support
November 14, 2018After two emergency incidents on Burnaby campus, senators at the latest SFU Senate meeting discussed the university’s current protocol for emergency incidents and potential steps forward. Of the two incidents last month, one incident involved a violent attack by…
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Board Shorts
November 12, 2018SFSS extends Mini Mart lease in MBC A motion to extend the Mini Mart convenience store lease in the Maggie Benston Center (MBC) was passed in the latest Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors meeting. The original…
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Conversations around cultural appropriation sparked at SFU
November 2, 2018This Halloween season, SFU’s intercultural engagement team is working alongside other university departments, such as Residence and Housing, to prompt conversations around cultural appropriation. The intercultural engagement team is promoting a #notacostume campaign around the university to educate students…
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SFU talks safety protocols after student passes away on Burnaby campus
October 29, 2018A student writing a midterm exam on Burnaby campus went into medical distress and passed away on the evening of Wednesday, October 17. The student, who was in his late 50s, was writing an archaeology exam when he experienced…
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