President Barnhart to speak on Great War
Media are invited to attend a lecture delivered by Interim President Gordon Barnhart as part of the U of S commemoration of the centennial of the Great War, 100 years after it took place.
By Jennifer Thoma
Tuesday, March 3
4 pm
Convocation Hall
105 Administration Place
U of S Campus
Barnhart's lecture focuses on Edmund Oliver, a faculty member at the U of S who was appointed the principal of Presbyterian College, before he joined the war effort in 1916 as a World War I chaplain. In 1917, the University of Vimy Ridge was established for Canadian forces in France, with Oliver as president.
For more information about the commemoration, visit greatwar.usask.ca
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For more information, contact:
Jennifer Thoma
Media Relations
University of Saskatchewan
306-966-1851
jennifer.thoma@usask.ca
4 pm
Convocation Hall
105 Administration Place
U of S Campus
Barnhart's lecture focuses on Edmund Oliver, a faculty member at the U of S who was appointed the principal of Presbyterian College, before he joined the war effort in 1916 as a World War I chaplain. In 1917, the University of Vimy Ridge was established for Canadian forces in France, with Oliver as president.
For more information about the commemoration, visit greatwar.usask.ca
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For more information, contact:
Jennifer Thoma
Media Relations
University of Saskatchewan
306-966-1851
jennifer.thoma@usask.ca