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Shameless King
By: Maya Hughes
Narrated by: Jason Clarke, Emma Wilder
Series: Kings of Rittenhouse, Book 1
Categories: Romance, Contemporary
The Third Best Thing
Her response never came. My secret pen pal with a dirty mind has ghosted me. I've roped Jules, my sweet as pie next door neighbor, to help me track her down. There's only one problem - I'm falling for her. The tortoise shell glasses, out of this world curves, and delicious treats are making the search for The Letter Girl even harder.
The Second We Met
Fulton U, Book 2
Elle: Phoenix "Nix" Russo's the big man on campus. Everyone lines up at his games to make sure he knows it. Sure, he's got piercing blue eyes, abs that don't quit, and a smile that could set panties on fire from a hundred yards away, but he's also the biggest pain in my ass. Nix: Elle Masterson called the cops on one of my parties - again. My sweet talking usually gets me out of trouble, but this time it got me into a nice pair of silver handcuffs. Now I'm on a reputation rehab tour with a stop at a spring break community service project. Guess who's my new boss?
Reckless King
Kings of Rittenhouse, Book 2
Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Lucy Rivers
Heath Taylor. Laid-back. Easygoing. Fastest guy on two skates and chill to a fault, at least that's what they say. Until Kara. Three nights together and I'm done for. Her laugh, her smile, the way my hand curves around her waist. She's the one. Not a doubt in my mind...until I walk into my last class of the semester. Kara, the woman of my dreams, is my new instructor. My hockey season and her career prospects are on the line. One false move - if anyone finds out - we're both sunk.
Ruthless King
Narrated by: Tanya Eby, Edward Bauer
We were high school sweethearts. I was head over heels for her and no one could tell me we weren't going to last forever. College? Going pro? My family's money? None of it mattered. She was all I needed. Then she ripped my heart out. But I'm not going to let that happen again. She's back. Invading my life and acting like she was the wronged one.
The Perfect First
Persephone Alexander. Math genius. Lover of blazers. The only girl I know who can make Heidi braids look sexy as hell. And she's on a mission. Lose her virginity by the end of the semester. I walked in on her interview session for potential candidates (who even does that?) and saw straight through her brave front. She's got a list of firsts to accomplish, like she's only got months to live.
It was okay
By Annie Cave on 20-07-2020
By: H. Hunting
Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Stella Bloom
I don't want you. You mean nothing to me. I never loved you. I turned my words into swords. And I cut her down. Shoved the blade in and watched her fall. I said I'd never hurt her and I did. Years later I'm faced with all the little lies, the untruths, the false realities, the damage I inflicted when all I wanted was to indulge in my obsession. Lavender Waters is the princess in the tower. Even her name is the thing fairy tales are made of. I used to be the one who saved her. Over and over again.
Emotional & Complicated! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
By Rachel on 28-11-2020
Briar U, Book 4
By: Elle Kennedy
Narrated by: Elizabeth Louise, Teddy Hamilton
College was supposed to be my chance to get over my ugly-duckling complex and spread my wings. Instead, I wound up in a sorority full of mean girls. I already have a hard time fitting in, so when my Kappa Chi sisters issue the challenge, I can't say no. The dare: Seduce the hottest new hockey player in the junior class. Conor Edwards is a regular at Greek Row parties...and in Greek Row sorority beds. Mr. Popular throws me for a loop and does me a solid by letting me take him upstairs to pretend we're getting busy.
My Brother's Roommate
By: Kendall Ryan
Narrated by: Jacob Morgan, Andi Arndt
There are a few things you should know about my brother's roommate. Wolfie Cox is complicated, and incredibly sexy. Unfortunately, he has an impressive stick lodged so far up his ass, he's about as emotionally available as a chinchilla. Actually, that might be an insult to the chinchilla community. So, naturally, I want to ride him like a bicycle.
Yummmmmmmy 💞💞
By Barbra Lazzarini on 14-12-2020
The Villain
Boston Belles, Book 2
By: L.J. Shen
Narrated by: Ava Erickson, Jacob Morgan
Cruel. Coldblooded. Hades in a Brioni suit. Cillian Fitzpatrick has been dubbed every wicked thing on planet earth. To the media, he is The Villain. To me, he is the man who (reluctantly) saved my life. Now I need him to do me another small solid. Bail me out of the mess my husband got me into. What's a hundred grand to one of the wealthiest men in America, anyway? Only Cillian doesn't hand out free favors. The price for the money, it turns out, is my freedom.
Best romance I've read in ages
By Carli Van Wyk on 17-01-2021
Heartless King
Narrated by: Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell
Five years ago, Colm Frost asked me to marry him, and I ran. I ran from my painful past too raw and fresh to escape. He was the only one who looked at me like I wasn't broken and made me believe it. He made me feel it. Now, he's the hot, angry hockey player on the mend. I'm the physiotherapist who's supposed to get him back on his feet. I don't think our night together was what his doctor prescribed, but that doesn't mean I haven't dreamt of him every time I close my eyes.
Looking to Score
By: Coralee June, Carrie Gray
Narrated by: Amy Stricker
He's, like, literally the worst. Oakley Davis is the star running back at our university and the reason I've broken my vow to avoid the college party scene. Thanks to a mix-up with my advisor, I'm now serving my public relations internship as a glorified babysitter to the party-hard football players.
By Felicity on 05-01-2021
Fearless King
Narrated by: Christian Fox, Mackenzie Cartwright
Length: 10 hrs
The butterflies in my stomach turned into full blown eagles the second our lips touched. A kiss under the stars that changed our relationship forever. After a lifetime of wishing, I stared up into Ford's eyes with his fingers caressing my cheek and my heart racing. The evening ended with my heart bleeding on the ballroom floor.
Take A Number
A Fake Dating Romantic Comedy
By: Amy Daws
Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Erin Mallon
Dean Moser is a cocky stock market savant whose friends are all settling down, leaving Boulder's infamous ladies' man all alone. When Norah needs a fake date for her parents' anniversary party, her new silent investor is the perfect guy for the job. It seems like a foolproof plan.... That is until Norah decides to break her biggest rule and lock lips with Dean in the middle of the party to spite her meddling mother.
By Jade B on 08-12-2020
This Is Crazy
By: Natasha Madison
Narrated by: Samantha Summers, Jack DuPont
All my life I've said I will never date a hockey player. I know better because I've seen and lived it all. My father is a hockey god, my brother is the captain of the most successful NHL team in the world, and my brother-in-law also plays in the league. Their lives are complicated, so I went in the opposite direction. I fell in love with a scholar. But instead of proposing marriage, he broke up with me.
Awesome ❤
By: Mira Lyn Kelly
Narrated by: Savannah Peachwood, Christian Fox
This team hates me. Something about my chronic case of resting prick face and that thing with the captain when the season started. My fist, his jaw. Coach says no more "confrontational BS" or I don't play at all. And that's a hit my career in the NHL can't take. So I'll keep my head down and finish out my contract. There's just one problem. Allie. The girl from Vancouver eight months ago with the sexy, shy, and sinfully bold smile. The girl who blew my mind and then blew out of my life without giving me her number. Turns out she's the captain's little sister.
Loved it 💞
The Not-Outcast
By: Tijan
Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Jason Clarke
Cutler Ryder was everything I wasn't. He was the hockey star. I was an outcast. He was best friends with my stepbrother, that same stepbrother who hated me. His two parents loved him. My mom was a junkie. My dad barely knew me. Years passed. I got my life together. Cut went onto NHL stardom. Then there was a text.
A Very Bossy Christmas
By: Kayley Loring
Narrated by: Connor Crais, Mackenzie Cartwright
What's the actual last thing you'd ever want your executive assistant to see you doing the morning after you had hot, drunk, angry sex with her in a terrible hotel room? Dancing around your terrible hotel room to "Come and Get Your Love" like Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy - naked? Yeah. Me too. And yet, here we are.
Just like a Hallmark Chrissy movie!
My Darling Arrow
By: Saffron A. Kent
Narrated by: Jason Clarke, Sarah Puckett
Darling Arrow, I shouldn't be writing this. It's not as if I'm ever going to send you this letter, and there are a million reasons why. First of all, I was sent to this reform school as a punishment for a petty, totally inconsequential crime. Not to ogle the principal's hot son around the campus. Second of all, you're a giant jerk. You're arrogant and moody and so cold. Sometimes, I think I shouldn't even like you.
Cute HEA but unsure of the story line
By Kristie-Leigh on 17-12-2020
A deliciously steamy enemies with benefits romance.
Declan McAvoy. Voted Biggest Flirt. Highest goal scorer in Kings of Rittenhouse prep history. Everyone's impressed, well except one person....
After a blow out in high school, Makenna Halstead and I were happy to never have to cross paths again. Except life has a way of knocking you straight in the teeth with a puck when you least expect it. She hasn't just returned to my life, she crashed into it like a wrecking ball...into my college kingdom, into my class, and smack dab into the seat next to mine. My new lab partner to be exact.
For years we hated each other.... I may be King on the ice, but she is the Ice Queen. She has no problem calling me out, doesn't back down, and her piercing blue eyes have me picturing more than than just my arms wrapped around her.
Now we're stuck with each other, and there's no getting around that fact that we have to work together. My hockey career hangs in the balance. Problem? Oh, yeah.
I can't deny it. I want her. More than I ever thought I could want a woman. I've got one semester - only four months - to convince her everything she thought about me was wrong.
Will my queen let me prove to her I'm the King she can't live without?
Only one way to find out....
©2018 Some Kind of Wonderful Publishing LLC (P)2019 Some Kind of Wonderful Publishing LLC
Boss in the Bedsheets
What listeners say about Shameless King
DarcyLovesLiza
Sweet, college romance
This was a sweet, quick read/listen. The angst was fairly low, which I find appealing in a new adult romance, as the genre too often tends towards characters which blow things out of proportion. The main characters knew each other in high school and were often at odds, but find each other again fours years later; this was another element I liked about the story - that Declan and Mak were almost finished with college (seniors) as opposed to just starting out. Both characters are single-minded in pursuit of their larger goals, but their reunion knocks each a bit off track and it is enjoyable to watch as they come to know themselves and each other better as a result. There was the requisite heat between them, but also a deeper connection that made for some sweet moments. Hughes has also set up Declan's fellow Kings of Rittenhouse, some of the leads to come in subsequent books. The reader gets enough of their individual personalities and tight-knit group dynamic to pique her interest in what's in store in future installments. Jason Clarke was as amazing as always (he's a perennial favorite of mine for a reason! 🐉); Emma Wilder was new to me, but was also excellent and I will definitely look for more of her work. Both were well-cast here and gave dimension to Declan and Mak in a way I might not have fully appreciated had I merely read the book alone. I find strong audios can often lift a story up and set it apart from those with similar plots and characters. In a saturated market like romance, that is especially helpful towards making books and authors more memorable. I hope Hughes brings the other books in the series to audio. Overall, well worth a listen/read and I will definitely continue with the series, especially if the rest come to audio. Read thru KU; listened thru Audible.
Nanabanana
TWO HORNY COLLEGE KIDS
Campus loverboy, Declan, and nerdie College girl, McKinley, are hard at studying....... The nerd loses out on premed BA (?) program because Declan forgot to set the alarm so they could make it to a class to turn in a special project. Causing Mac to to get a B minus. Not good enough to pursue her planned goals. I didn't like the way Mac freaked out. She breaks up with Declan and he goes into a depression. I think ya'll like the audio. Makes me yearn for my younger days. I mean they were like rabbits.
Izzybear1
Loved Makenna & Declan
Shameless King was a wonderful enemies to lovers romance. I liked the characters a lot and enjoyed the banter between them. I really felt for Makenna. It hurt my heart to hear what happened when she was younger and how she dealt with it. This was definitely a story about not just taking things at face value but looking deeper. I can't wait for more. Look forward to listening to the next book.
Trisha Lynn Elliott
Loved! Hoping to hear the rest of the kings books in the future. The narrators were perfect!
Arch enemies 2nd chance
Great story. could not wait to finish to find out if they told each other their own demons
Jen Zingaro
Enjoyed this so much!
I read this book before I listened to it on audiobook. I'll leave my original review for the story. I want to add that the narrators were fantastic. Jason Clarke is one of my favorites and every audio that I've heard from him was outstanding. Emma Wilder just nails the Makenna perfectly. It's like you are listening to them living the story rather than reading it. They put so much personality into all of the different voices. My story review: Let's check off the reasons why I was interested in this book - ✔Sports Romance ✔Enemies to Lovers ✔College Romance Yes, please. 3 of my favorite tropes. I wasn't disappointed. I started with the Prequel first - Kings of Rittenhouse. It gives you some background to the characters and how they knew each other in Prep School. This story focuses on Mak (Makenna) and Declan. Makenna is a very disciplined, focused student. Declan is a star hockey player who has charm for days. They can't stand each other. Mak thinks that Declan has the easy life, getting whatever he wants with a wink and a smile. Declan thinks Mak is a know-it-all bookworm. After they leave prep school and go their separate ways, they are reunited at college by the way of a forced partnership in a class they don't want to take but need in order to graduate. The tension between these two oozes off of the pages. You can feel it. Somewhere along the way, their feelings start to change and honestly... I love this part of the story. When they don't exactly know what to do with the feelings they have for each other... You learn that neither of them have had it as easy as they thought. I just adored these two. Mak is a strong, feisty female character who gives as good as she gets. And Declan is a charismatic guy who just wants to make life better for his mom. You will fall for them too. And the secondary characters are just as interesting. There is a huge story brewing between a pair of them that you get a taste of in the prequel and can't wait to find out more about that. Very pleasantly happy with the start of this series.
Liz Thompson
Hot and steamy with great character!
I originally read Shameless King by Maya Hughes when it was first published and loved it. It was my first book by this author and it was a great start! A sports romance with an enemies to lovers story, no way you can go wrong there! I was happy to listen to the audiobook when I had the opportunity and Jason Clark and Emma Wilder were amazing as Declan and Makenna. They truly brought the characters and their story to life for me. Declan McAvoy is a king on the ice. Makenna Halstead is known as the ice queen and all about school. Declan and Makenna have no love lost between them. After high school they were both happy to go on their way. But now they find themselves in the same college and to make it worse, same class they both have to past. Now they are stuck working together. Declan and Makenna are like fire and ice, but they also had an intense chemistry. They always seemed to push each other as much as they could. But how long can they deny what they feel? When they give in, wow! The hotness factor is off the roof! I truly enjoyed seeing Declan and Makenna go from enemies to sort of friends to maybe more. Their journey was fun and sexy and so worth the ride. I have to admit I am a huge fan of college romances and add in a sports romance and I am hooked. Shameless King by Maya Hughes was hot and steamy with a great story and characters you will love! This was a great listen and one I highly recommend! Happy listening!
Christine M
Great enemies to lovers romance
Declan and Makenna were enemies in high school who had one night that ignited something between them and when they up as seniors in the same college, the feelings resurface. Declan refers to Mak as "Books". It drives her nuts and she has some hilarious come backs as well. The banter between them is fun. You can feel the shift in feelings as they spend more time and discover they aren't really that different after all. If you are a hockey romance lover that loves a great enemies to lovers story, this one is for you! The narrators did a great job bringing these characters to life and really made me feel what they were going through. They added a lot to the story.
Declan wants to be the King of her heart
An enemies-to-lovers sports romance! Generally, this would not be my favorite trope, but I read the prequel novella first (Kings of Rittenhouse) and I was hooked. The story focus on Declan and Mak, starting in high school and then flashing forward to senior year of college. Along the way, the author does an excellent job of garnering interest for their friends who have their own books in the series. My biggest complaint would be how predictable the drama is surrounding their class work. We were set up for the fall from the beginning. I kept hoping for a twist to keep it interesting, but alas. Jason Clarke's sexy voice is always a great listen! I can't wait to hear the stories for the rest of the team.
Erika O'Brien
Love comes when you least expect it!!
This is a great enemies to lovers book! Declan & Mak new each other in high school and think that neither has changed when they wind up together in class during there senior year at college! This book was amazing and I had an extremely hard time putting it down! I highly recommend this book and can't wait to dive into the rest of this series! The narrators were perfect for the characters and I can't wait to read/listen to more by them!
Kindle Konvert
Gah! I adored this book. It's got a lot of my favourite things: enemies-to-lovers, college, and sports. I loved the chemistry between Makenna and Declan. Once they started getting closer, the passion between them was INSANE! They were so hot together! Makenna is so focused on her future - for what some might think all the wrong reasons - that she starts getting skittish when things between her and Declan heat up. Declan is so passionate about Makenna, and so determined in his pursuit of her. I loved how invested in her he felt, and how much he wanted her to reciprocate the feelings he had. I loved that what you saw on the surface of both characters was most definitely not what you got. Both had things going on in their lives that their public personas didn't project. This was a great first in a series, with a good introduction to other characters. A fab read and thoroughly recommend if you like the NA genre. The narration was spot on. Absolutely love these two narrators. The brought the characters and story to life perfectly. I'm so looking forward to listening to the rest of the series.
Another great story
4* Mackenna has changed college to be closer to home after her father's diagnosis. Declan is surprised to see Mackenna in his college and even more shocked they get paired together on a project. Neither can afford to fail. He's a hockey player she's a book worm two complete opposites who have a history. Seeing more from the characters after listening to Kings of Ritten was fabulous.
Gillek2
Declan and Mak!
All Declan wants is to get through his last year of college so that he can achieve his dream of becoming a professional hockey player so that he can do right by his mother. Makenna is a driven and serious student who has recently transferred from Stanford to the University near her parents so that she can be there for them. Declan and Mak went to high school together and have perfected the art of driving each other crazy. When they find themselves in the same class they are dreading that they have been assigned as partners but as they work together Mak realizes there is much more to Declan than his easygoing attitude while Declan sees the whole Mak not just the serious student and the heat between them is off the charts but will one mistake destroy everything? I received a complimentary copy of the audiobook and believe that the narrators made a great story even better.
Nicola J Hardy
hooked from the word go , could just not stop listening to this audiobook ! narration was perfect the characters chemistry was off the charts and the writing/story line was brilliant ! cant wait to listen to the rest of the series


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Welcome to our second installment of Rail Fan Friday. I am pleased to announce that we are launching our YouTube Channel in correlation with this post!
So, get ready for some newbie comments, laughs, and some CSX Yard activity in our first Rail Fan Video Ever!
Trains in the Valley presents a new series: Rail Fan Friday. In this video, we visited Hagerstown, Maryland. We got some good shots of the CSX Yard, and the intro is just a few of the sights you'll see at the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum. Next Friday, we have more footage from this adventure.
Next week we will be concluding our Hagerstown story with another video featuring a train rolling through the yard. Also, I encounter a CSX intermodal truck for the first time.
Thanks for reading about our railfan adventures!


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Scottish Canadians
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Canadiens écossais
Gàidheil Canadach
15.10% of the population of Canada
English, Scottish Gaelic (Canadian Gaelic dialect), French, Scots
Christianity (including Presbyterian, Anglican, Baptist, Roman Catholic, United)
Other religions[1]
Scottish, English, Scotch-Irish, Métis, Ulster Scots Canadians, English Canadians, English Americans, Scottish Americans, Ulster Scots, other British Canadians
Scottish Canadians are people of Scottish descent or heritage living in Canada. As the third-largest ethnic group in Canada and amongst the first Europeans to settle in the country, Scottish people have made a large impact on Canadian culture since colonial times. According to the 2011 Census of Canada, the number of Canadians claiming full or partial Scottish descent is 4,714,970,[2] or 15.10% of the nation's total population. Prince Edward Island has the highest population of Scottish descendants at 41%.
The Scots-Irish Canadians are a similar ethnic group. They descended from Lowland Scots people via Ulster and observe many of the same traditions as Scots.
Scottish settlement of Canada
Scottish people have a long history in Canada, dating back several centuries. Many towns, rivers and mountains have been named in honour of Scottish explorers and traders such as Mackenzie Bay in the Yukon (named for Sir Alexander Mackenzie), and others are named after locations in Scotland, such as Calgary (named after a Scottish beach), or Banff, Alberta named after Banff, Aberdeenshire. Most notably, the Atlantic province of Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Once Scots formed the vanguard of the movement of Europeans across the continent. In more modern times, immigrants from Scotland have played a leading role in the social, political and economic history of Canada, being prominent in banking, labour unions, and politics.[3]
The first documented source of Scots in what would become Canada comes from the Saga of Eric the Red and the Viking expedition of 1010 AD to Vinland (literally, the land of meadows), which is believed to refer to the island of Newfoundland. The Viking prince Thorfinn Karlsefni took two Scottish slaves to Vinland.[4] When the longships moored along the coast, they sent the slaves ashore to run along the waterfront to gauge whether it was safe for the rest of the crew to follow. After the Scots survived a day without being attacked, by either human or animal, the Vikings deemed it safe to spend the night ashore. The expedition was abandoned three years later; the original sagas were passed on in an oral tradition and then written down 250 years later.
Self-identified Scottish Canadians are a plurality in parts of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island (areas coloured in teal).
An apocryphal voyage in 1398 by a captain named Zichmni, believed to be Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, is also claimed to have reached Atlantic Canada as well as New England.
Large-scale migration
Bumsted (1981) notes that between 1760 and 1860, millions of people emigrated from Great Britain. Before 1815, emigration was discouraged, but emigration from Scotland to the Maritime Provinces constituted one of the principal components of the exodus; by 1815 Scots formed one of the three major ethnic groups there. Most of the emigrants were unskilled Gaelic farmers, who gathered in isolated communities. The Maritimes attracted them because of the opportunity there to be left alone to pursue the traditional way of life.[5]
A large group of Ulster Scots, many of whom had first settled in New Hampshire, moved to Truro, Nova Scotia in 1761. In 1772 a wave of Gaels began to arrive in Prince Edward Island, and in 1773 the ship Hector brought 200 Gaels to Pictou, beginning a new stream of Highland emigration -- the town's slogan is "The Birthplace of New Scotland". At the end of the 18th century, Cape Breton Island had become a centre of Scottish Gaelic settlement, where only Scottish Gaelic was spoken.
A number of Scottish Loyalists who had fled the United States in 1783 arrived in Glengarry County (in eastern Ontario) and Nova Scotia. In 1803, Lord Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, who was sympathetic to the plight of the dispossessed crofters (tenant farmers in the Highlands), brought 800 colonists to Prince Edward Island. In 1811, he founded the Red River Colony as a Scottish colonization project on an area of 300,000 square kilometres (120,000 sq mi) in what would later be the province of Manitoba -- land that was granted by the Hudson's Bay Company, in what is referred to as the Selkirk Concession.
Prince Edward Island (PEI) was also heavily influenced by Scottish Gaelic settlers. One prominent settler in PEI was John MacDonald of Glenaladale, who conceived the idea of sending Gaels to Nova Scotia on a grand scale after Culloden. The name Macdonald still dominates on the island, which received a large influx of settlers, predominantly Catholics from the Highlands, in the late 18th century. Another large group of Gaels arrived in 1803. This migration, primarily from the Isle of Skye, was organized by the Earl of Selkirk.
New Brunswick became the home for many Scots. In 1761, a Highland regiment garrisoned Fort Frederick. The surrounding lands surveyed by Captain Bruce in 1762 attracted many Scottish traders when William Davidson of Caithness arrived to settle two years later. Their numbers were swelled by the arrival of thousands of loyalists of Scottish origin both during and after the American Revolution.
One of the New Brunswick and Canada's most famous regiments was "The King's First American Regiment" founded in 1776. It was composed mostly of Highlanders, many of whom fought with their traditional kilts to the sound of the pipes. The regiment distinguished itself when it defeated Washington's forces at the Battle of Brandywine. When it disbanded after the War, most of its members settled in New Brunswick. A continual influx of immigrants from Scotland and Ulster meant that by 1843 there were over 30,000 Scots in New Brunswick.[6]
Canadian Gaelic was spoken as the first language in much of "Anglophone" Canada, such as Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Glengarry County in Ontario. Gaelic was the third most commonly spoken language in Canada.[7]
Memory and memorabilia
Today Canada is awash in Scottish memorabilia, as Rae (2005) shows. The Tartan days, clan gatherings, highland games, and showings of films like Braveheart indicate a sense of Scottishness that is informed by stories, narratives, or myths of the homeland's rural, masculinist, resistant past.[8]
Other Canadians reject tartanism as a superficial and commercialized expression of Gaelic identity,[9] and embrace Scottish Gaelic language and culture through the auspices of organizations such as the Atlantic Gaelic Academy and the Gaelic College . The Comhairle na Gàidhlig is an organization devoted to "creating an environment that makes Nova Scotia a place where Gaelic language, culture, and communities thrive."[10]
Push factors
Troubles back in Scotland in the 18th and 19th centuries generated a steady flow of emigrants. Some sought political asylum following the failed Jacobite risings in 1688, 1715 and 1745. The Gàidhealtachd was traditionally Catholic, and many Gaels came to Canada after facing eviction for their religious beliefs.[11][12]
Those immigrants who arrived after 1759 were mainly Highland farmers who had been forced off their crofts (rented land) during the Highland and Lowland Clearances to make way for sheep grazing due to the British Agricultural Revolution.
Others came as a result of famine. In 1846, potato crops were blighted by the same fungal disease responsible for the Great Irish Famine, and most Highland crofters were very dependent on potatoes as a source of food. Crofters were expected to work in appalling conditions, and although some landlords worked to lessen the effects of the famine on their tenants, many landlords simply resorted to eviction. In particular, John Gordon of Cluny became the target of criticism in newspapers when many of his crofters were reduced to living on the streets of Inverness. Gordon resorted to hiring a fleet of ships and forcibly transporting his Hebridean crofters to Canada, where they were conveniently abandoned on Canadian authorities. Some more sympathetic landlords supplied a free passage to what was hoped to be a better life. Crop failures continued into the 1850s and famine relief programmes became semi-permanent operations. During the ten years following 1847, from throughout the Highlands, over 16,000 crofters were shipped overseas to Canada and Australia.
Pull factors
Canada had plenty of land and jobs and new opportunities, which created a pull factor. The government made certain potential immigrants knew of the advantages, sending agents to recruit Irish and Scottish emigrants to settle in western Canada between 1867 and the 1920s. The Canadian government hoped to develop the economy in the sparsely populated western part of the country. It set up offices in towns in Ireland and Scotland, and agents went up and down the land pasting up attractive posters, giving lectures, handing out pamphlets and trying one-on-one to persuade farmers and laborers of the virtues of life in Canada. Although many people agreed to emigrate, the agents faced competition from the United States, New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa, and opponents of emigration warned of hardship in Canada. The agents did not create 'emigration fever,' but they did tap into a sense of restlessness that, if nurtured, could result in a decision to emigrate.[13]
The flag of Nova Scotia
The Scots have influenced the cultural mix of Nova Scotia for centuries and constitute the largest ethnic group in the province, at 29.3% of its population. The name of Nova Scotia literally means "New Scotland" in Latin, and its flag was designed as a combination of the Scottish Saltire and the Royal Arms of Scotland.
Nova Scotia was briefly colonized by Scottish settlers in 1620, although by 1624 the Scottish settlers had been removed by treaty and the area was turned over to the French until the middle of the 18th century. Scottish settlement greatly accelerated during the resettlement of Loyalists in Nova Scotia following the end of the American revolutionary war, and especially following the Highland Clearances in Scotland.
The Gaelic influences of Scottish immigrants continue to play an important role in defining the cultural life of the province, especially in its music. According to the 2006 census about 900 Nova Scotians are fluent in Gaelic languages (the census does not distinguish between Scottish Gaelic/Canadian Gaelic and Irish Gaelic), and about 6,015 in all of Canada.[14] However, the Nova Scotian Office of Gaelic Affairs estimates there are currently around 2000 Scottish Gaelic speakers in the province and notes the enduring impact of institutions such as the Gaelic College in Cape Breton.[15]
Dalhousie University in Halifax, the largest university in the Maritime provinces, was founded in 1818 by Scottish aristocrat George Ramsay as the only Gaelic college in Canada.[]St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish was also founded by a Scot -- Colin Francis MacKinnon, a Catholic bishop.
Murdoch (1998) notes that the popular image of Cape Breton Island as a last bastion of Gaelic culture distorts the complex history of the island since the 16th century. The original Micmac inhabitants, Acadian French, Irish, Loyalists from New England, Lowland Scots and English have all contributed to a history which has included cultural, religious, and political conflict as well as cooperation and synthesis. The Highland Scots became the largest community in the early 19th century, and their heritage in music, folklore, and language has survived government indifference, but it is now threatened by a synthetic marketable 'tartan clan doll culture' aimed primarily at tourists.[9]
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Scots have long and historic ties with the province of Quebec. The early Scots who arrived in the province were crofters and fishermen. When the Don de Dieu sailed up the St. Lawrence River during the first wave of colonization of French Canada, it was piloted by a Scot, Abraham Martin. The first British governor of Quebec was also a Scot, James Murray. He received the keys to the city gates from the French commander, Major de Ramezay, who was himself of Scottish descent, as many Scots had been employed by the French since the time of the Auld Alliance.
Large groups of Scots, chiefly from Ross-shire, arrived on the ship Nephton in 1802 to settle in Quebec. Many of their descendants have become prominent in the business, financial and religious activities of Montreal. Many early settlers from Tryon County, New York came here, in what was then wilderness. They were joined by many Highlanders during the Revolution, and after the War had ended, by a whole regiment of the "King's Royals."
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McGill University was founded in 1821 with revenue from the estate bequeathed by James McGill, a merchant and politician who had emigrated from Glasgow. Its first head was Scotsman John Bethune, a pupil of Strachan (who was prevented from assuming the position only by a delay in its foundation). Another wealthy Scot, Peter Redpath, was responsible for financing the museum, the library and a University chair.
Glengarry County in modern day-Ontario is a historic region with lots of Scottish background. This is because it is the site of where many Scottish Highlanders settled after the Highland Clearances. Scottish Gaelic / Canadian Gaelic is a spoken language in the county, but the number of speakers has declined to a great degree. Maxville Public School in Maxville, Glengarry still offers the language. Also known in the region are the Glengarry Highland Games where many Scottish competitions are held to celebrate Scottish Culture. The chief Scottish town in Glengarry was Cornwall, located in modern-day Ontario. It was reinforced in 1786 when The McDonald arrived at Quebec from Greenock with 520 new pioneers. Soon immigrants came from all parts of Scotland to make it one of the most important Scots-Canadian communities. The Glengarry clansmen managed to get away from their homelands before the British Government's embargo during the war with Napoleon. Many other retired officials from the Hudson's Bay Company joined the Glengarry Settlements. Another famous Scottish area that came to exert great influence in Ontario was the Perth Settlement, another region of Scottish and military origin. Unemployment and suffering following the end of the Napoleonic Wars caused the British government to reverse its former policies and actively encourage emigration. In 1815, three loaded transports set sail from Greenock for Upper Canada: the Atlas, the Baptiste Merchant and the Borothy. After the War of 1812 ended, many soldiers from the disbanded regiments joined them. In 1816, some Scots-Irish from Ulster arrived in the area. Many Perth families became prominent in both provincial and national governments.
An educational institution of Scottish origin is Queen's University in Kingston "the Aberdeen of Canada", founded largely through the efforts of noted scholar George Munroe Grant. Numerous educational institutions have Scottish influence, one being Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute, a secondary school located in Toronto, Ontario. The crest contains a map of Canada and the symbols of the Macdonald clan: a white coronet, a mailed fist, and crossed crosslets. Red, Royal Purple, and White, which predominate in the tartan of Sir John's family clan, Clanranald.
Lord Strathcona drives the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway at Craigellachie, November 7, 1885.
The first governor of the crown colony was the Scot, Sir James Douglas, often referred to as the Father of British Columbia. Scottish influence has been an important part of the cultural mix in metropolitan Vancouver and British Columbia. The St. Andrew's and Caledonian Society of Vancouver was founded in 1886, the same year as the city. On St. Andrew's Day, 1887, the society held a grand St. Andrew's Ball in McDonough Hall at the southeast corner of Hastings and Columbia and almost half the city's population attended. The city still celebrates Scottish Heritage week which concludes with the BC Highland Games.
Many local place names are of Scottish origin. The district of Dollarton was named for Captain Robert Dollar. West Vancouver's first European settler, John Lawson, planted holly by the side of the "burn" or river flowing across his property; he coined "Hollyburn" as the name for his place. Iona Island was formerly called McMillan Island, after a pioneer Scots settler, Donald McMillan. Part of West Vancouver is named after Dundarave Castle in Scotland. In 1905 at what is now West 41st Avenue in Vancouver, a young Scottish couple named MacKinnon who had recently settled in the district were invited to name the new station. She adapted the name Kerrisdale from her old family home, Kerrysdale, in Gairloch, Scotland. Kerrysdale means "little seat of the fairies."
Other evidence of the Scottish influence on the development of Greater Vancouver can be found in the names of parks, creeks and other geographical features throughout the metropolitan area, the most notable of which is the Fraser River.
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The following statistics are from the 2006 Census of Canada.[16]
Canadians of Scottish descent
Percentage of respondents
Prince Edward Island 54,290 41%
Nova Scotia 288,180 32%
Yukon 7,005 23%
Alberta 661,265 20%
British Columbia 828,145 20%
New Brunswick 142,560 20%
Saskatchewan 182,790 19%
Manitoba 209,170 18%
Ontario 2,101,100 17%
Northwest Territories 6,050 15%
Newfoundland and Labrador 34,920 7%
Nunavut 2,025 7%
Quebec 202,515 3%
Canada 4,720,015 15.1%
Provincial and territorial tartans
The tartan of Nova Scotia is the first official provincial tartan in Canada.
Every province and territory has an officially recognized tartan, except for Quebec, whose tartan is unofficial, and Nunavut, which has no tartan. Tartans were first brought to Canada by Scottish settlers, and the first province to officially adopt a tartan was Nova Scotia in 1955. Several of the tartans are registered in the books of the Court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms of Scotland.[17]
Notable Scottish-Canadians
The list of Scots who influenced Canada's history is indeed a long one. The explorer Alexander MacKenzie completed the first known transcontinental crossing of America north of Mexico. John Sandfield Macdonald (1812-1872) became Premier of the Province of Canada in 1862 and the first Premier of Ontario in 1867. Sir John A. Macdonald (1815-1891), who emigrated in 1820, became the first Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada, leading the country through its period of early growth. Under his leadership, the dominion expanded to include Manitoba, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island.
Alexander Mackenzie was the first Liberal Prime Minister of Canada (1873-78). Another Scot, William Lyon Mackenzie, who led the revolt in Upper Canada against the Canadian government in 1838, became a symbol of Canadian radicalism. His rebellion dramatized the need to reform the country's outmoded constitution and led to the 1841 union of Upper Canada and Lower Canada. Another Scot, William McDougall, was known as one of the fathers of the Confederation; Sir Richard McBride (1870-1917) was from 1903-1915 the Premier of British Columbia, where his was the first government under the new system of political parties. McBride was also known for his tireless work on behalf of the extension of the Pacific Great Eastern Railroad, which was to bind British Columbia together the way the CPR had Canada..
In the 20th century, perhaps the most well-known Canadian politician, particularly revered in Britain for his contribution to the allied cause in World War II, was William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950), who was very proud of his Scots background. King was three time Prime Minister of Canada, doing much to help preserve the unity of the French and English populations in his vast country. The first full-time Minister of Labour, King was the leader of the Liberal Party for over 30 years. His last term as Prime Minister was from 1935 to 1948.
Established as one of the major ethnic components of the Canadian population during the period 1815-1870, Scots dominated in many areas other than education and politics. Economic affairs also took their interest, and they largely controlled the trade in furs, timber, banking and railroad management. Almost one-quarter of Canada's industrial leaders in the 1920s had been born in Scotland, and another quarter had Scottish-born fathers.
It is important to remember that the Scots had a long tradition of struggle to maintain a separate identity in the face of a simultaneous pressure to integrate into a foreign society. Thus over the years, they had gained considerable experience in the ambivalence of being both accommodating and distinctive. Substantial numbers of Scots continued to immigrate to Canada after 1870. The early 20th century saw a great boom in the numbers leaving Scotland for Canada. As one of many ethnic groups in Canada, the Scots have managed to retain their separate identity, as well as adopting other religious practices such as deism.[1]
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I sit now before two expansive windows that stretch from ceiling to floor. The morning sun is beginning to trickle through, dancing between spring's sprouting tree limbs on this New England morning.
This rhythmic music pulses lightly upon my ears. My mind quiets. And my face begins to lose all expression.
Today the message is clear and simple: friend, let your flag unfurl.
Let go of that knotted mess you palm between your hands, covered in soil and twigs for how often you've let it drop to the ground, only to fret and pick it up again. That knotted mess is the desperate ego-plea to Know: the childish whims we grow into believing that claim that there is one solitary path to be walked — the "right" one — and many other paths that we must desperately avoid — the "wrong" ones.
The ground beneath your feet is all you ever need. The path you seek is what you already stand upon. Your life is happening right now and all around you. This is "happening," my friend Syndee says in God Whispers on the Wind. You path is here. It's happening today. And you don't need to know why it's beautiful or how it shall work out or what the bumps and rocks that gash the soles of your feet "mean" to start dancing upon it today.
There are colors bound up in you like the head of a lily that rises to the sun in these spring mornings. Blooming can only be achieved when you let go and allow layer upon layer of your deepest, most honest self open, open, open and unfurl toward the ground.
1) Stop comparing yourself to others.
Stop comparing your hardships and struggles to those of your friends or strangers, and take solace in the fact that each of us suffers equally. Suffering is no competition, and comparing suffering to suffering is a win-less game.
And awakening to the truth of your soul is even less of a matter to be compared and contrasted against others. Do not compare your awakening to the awakening of others. We are each learning, growing and going at our own pace: life is not a race to the finish (for the winner would be dead the quickest) and your mission is to be your most authentic self, to shine, to flourish.
There is enough sunlight to soak the entire earth.
2) See yourself in others.
It's not enough to stop comparing yourself to others — a product of insecurity, doubt and fear that dawns in the worry-mind. To flourish, you need to go steps further.
You need to see your story in the story of every other soul you encounter. You need to see your face in hers. You need to feel his heartbreak just like your own.
These threads of compassion, empathy, relatability and connection are the most fundamental elements of human love — and by tapping into them you continually deepen your own capacity to give love and receive it.
3) Believe you are worthy of everything you deserve, desire, and more.
Are you deserving of everything you desire? Tell me, why are you not? The same source of divine energy that courses through you — we are all, at our core, merely energy, after all — courses through me that courses through the everyone and everything.
Do you truly believe that God frowns upon you, that He should smite you and cast you into the bowels of a fiery hell for the earnest dreams and meandering wishes and hopeful desires that are genuine, good, and exemplary showings of love of self and our world?
Do you believe there is some secret difference between you and someone who "has more than" you? Do you believe life is unjust or that life frowns upon you for karmic injustice you have committed?
Goodness, if you refuse to live for fear of yourself then take this broom and sweep my chamber floor, for the ants that crawl upon it will teach you what it means to be determined to live!
Sweep until you find God there — and, if you cannot, at least my chamber shall be clean!
Those ants are more noble and holy and than those who preach down to you from their mightiness to reprimand you for your sins, your faults, your ineptitude — they who tell you that you cannot or should not taste and touch and feel God in everything you do.
Do you not see it — those feeble-minded men who tell you to live in fear of yourself for the sins you might think or commit are not your friend, they are your oppressors and they use your own fear of yourself to stop you from truly living.
They do not speak for God. You speak for God in who you are, in what you dream and in the love you live. That IS God.
When many flags unfurl across the wind, what's born is a grand cascade of light and colors in dance. The feeble minds of men fear that betwixt the flags, the wind will be lost.
But there is enough sun to soak the earth. And more than enough wind to let every flag to unfurl, to let dance, to let shine.
How ironic, or perhaps silly, that I find myself speaking once more of religion and politics when I am so far removed from associating these days with either.
And yet theirs are the flags that we raise and drape; those that rise and fall.
In this enlightened and empowered age, our outward oppressors are few and far between — and yet, our inward oppressors still lie in our way. Your state is your worry-mind that tells you its logic will maintain order and control — when control is an illusion and order is bound by our love for one another. Your religion is your waning self-belief (that wishes to be told what to do, for it feels safe) and is still uncomfortable accepting the idea that you deserve all of the love and happiness and peace that exists in this universe, and more.
Damn that priest, curse that system.
Unfurl your flag. Show me you. And I'll show you what beauty lies there.


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He lives in a mansion and most definitely one of the richest hausa-fulani men in Nigeria with a lot of properties and assets, in this article we are quickly going to take a look at the current net worth of Atiku Abubakar, his net worth, mansions and assets in Nigeria.
Atiku Abubakar was born in 1946.
He became popular after serving as the second elected vice president of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007, he is the 11th Vice President of Nigeria.
He was born in Adamawa state Nigeria, Atiku studied at the Ahmadu Bello University; he later worked in the Nigeria Customs Service for twenty years and became the Deputy Director before retiring to become a politician and business man.
Atiku made a lot of money while he was working for customs, he has been contesting for the presidential seat since 1993 but it seems as if it keeps on eluding him.
Atiku Abubakar is one of the popular politicians in Nigeria; he fell out with President Obasanjo during their second term in office.
Atiku is a billionaire by all standards, he is the co-founder of Intels, an oil servicing business, he is also the owner of Adama Beverages Limited, apart from this he is also the owner of the American University of Nigeria (AUN) in Yola, Adamawa State.
Atiku was the only child of his parents; his father was a Fulani trader and farmer. His father once stopped him from attending school, but was eventually arrested and made to pay a fine for preventing young Atiku from going to school. He attended Adamawa Provincial Secondary School.
Atiku's first marriage was done in secret, he married Titilayo in 1971 in Lagos, because Titilayo's family was against the marriage, the union produced three children, he later went ahead to marry more wives.
It was said that Atiku got a 31,000 naira loan to build his first house in Yola, which he put up for rent, he had always had an interest in real estate, agriculture and trading. As a trader Atiku was buying and selling truckloads of rice, flour and sugar.
Atiku was accused of money laundering by the U.S. government during his Vice Presidency tenure.
Atiku also has a beverage manufacturing plant in Yola, as well as an animal feed factory.
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For a high end bathroom this can use up to 5 weeks as you might require to wait on items like a custom made vanity and other components in addition to the extra time needed in conducting the work.
# 1 – Selecting a quote purely on price. This is a concern as inexpensive quote typically implies a poor quality bathroom and potentially more on-going costs as the rate didn't consist of items that higher quotes did.
# 3 – The big one is letting your tiler carry out the complete renovation consisting of the plumbing and electrical. This happens frequently and you ought to be aware that it is illegal for any trade to carry out plumbing and electrical work without the proper qualifications and specialists license.


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LUMEN 2015
23rd November
Leaders in University Management
Special thanks to the participants and partners of the 1st LUMEN Conference 2015!
Report Program
Substantive Partner:
LUMEN awards were first presented in 2015, at the initiative of Public Consulting Group (PCG), to rectors, managers and teams from 12 Polish universities. The award gala accompanied the first Leaders in University Management Conference – LUMEN 2016, attended by over 200 representatives of the Polish higher education sector, as well as foreign guests. Honorary patronage over the event was assumed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the National Centre for Research and Development, the Foundation for the Development of the Education System and the Perspektywy Education Foundation.
The first edition of the LUMEN competition was received enthusiastically by the academic community and confirmed the need for such initiatives in our country. In 2015, 169 competition applications were submitted from 65 universities, including 50 public and 15 private ones. The contestants competed in five categories: "University Management", "Innovativeness", "Outreach", "Infrastructure" and "Internationalization". The winners in each category were selected by the competition board, composed of acclaimed academics, scientists and businessmen, chaired by Professor Michał Kleiber. During the first stage, the Competition Board selected 26 nominees and next, 12 winners were selected from among them.
Prof. Witold Bielecki
Kozminski University
He implemented new mechanisms for managing the growth of the university, based on project management. During his tenure, the university was awarded marks of distinction from the Polish Accreditation Committee for three fields of study: Management, Administration and Law. He created the Centre of Excellence, in charge of postgraduate education and of cooperation with the business environment. His efforts placed Kozminski University at leading positions in the national and international rankings.
Prof. Ryszard Górecki
University of Warmia and Mazury
He succeeded in merging and integrating three universities. He expanded UWM, created 14 new majors and opened the Faculty of Medicine. He created and implemented the first "Green University" project in Poland. He improved the university's scientific position by obtaining new PhD granting capabilities. He promotes internationalization and launched a common major for UWM and the Offenburg University.
Prof. Paweł Górski
Medical University of Lodz
He introduced process management principles which enable flexible response to economic and social changes. He implemented project approach and efficient management of university funds and other resources. He efficiently reorganized the clinical base of the university by consolidating hospitals and launching the Clinical and Didactic Centre. The strategy resulted in an increase in the university's research achievements and the improvement of its scientific position.
Prof. Henryk Krawczyk
He consistently implements the SMART University strategy. He consolidated the position of GUT as a developer of new technologies. He created modern technical infrastructure for educating "Engineers of the Future". He implemented an efficient business cooperation model based on teams comprising scientists and businesspeople. He promotes innovativeness, GUT obtains 21265 patents every year.
Prof. Janusz Moryś
Medical University of Gdansk
He implemented changes in university management based on the integration of organizational and educational efforts and on an innovative approach to scientific and research technology. It was reflected in MUG's achievements: the university boasts the highest percentage of foreign students in the country, the Faculty of Pharmacy with Subfaculty of Laboratory Medicine achieved KNOW Status and the Invasive Medicine Centre was built in record-breaking 4 years.
Małgorzata Wróblewska
SWPS University
She played a significant role in the university obtaining (in June 20015) the status of the first non-public university in Poland authorized to use the term "Uniwersytet" in its name. She implemented a university management system with the organizational and business division supporting the didactic and scientific division in performing high-class research and didactics. She implemented a faculty activity budgeting system which ensued the financial stability of the university. She heads the works of the Board of Directors.
Prof. Stanisław Chwirot
Nicolaus Copernicus University
He established the NCU Quantum Optics Center, including a new "intelligent" building equipped with modern scientific equipment. 20863 students and 21271 doctoral students use the five new laboratories and teaching infrastructure. The implementation of QOC has strengthened the position of the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics and the Institute of Physics as leading scientific institutions in Poland. The team also includes Prof. Ireneusz Grabowski and Prof. Włodzimierz Jaskólski.
Prof. Stanisław Wincenciak
He manages the implementation of the project "Warsaw Technological Space – Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer Management". This unique area for cooperation between science and business is equipped with advanced IT infrastructure. It provides workplaces for 21219 people, and space for over 20667 people to participate temporary activities relative to innovation management and technology transfer. The Centre comprises research, technology, implementation and promotional functions.
Innovativeness
Jacek Firlej, PhD
Wrocław University of Technology
Together with the Wrocław Technology Transfer Centre team at the Wrocław University of Technology, he elaborated a process of commercialization of results of the scientific research performed at the university. The implemented system, based on a process approach, streamlines the commercialization process and boosts its efficiency, benefiting both the inventors and the purchasers. The system is based on the best international models.
Prof. Grzegorz Mazurek
He develops and merges the university processes of internationalization, which is the key element of Kozminski University strategy. Ever since the creation of the university, the essential element of its program and strategy was the internationalization of students, staff, didactics and scientific research. The results are excellent. Kozminski is the most internationalized university in Poland, the only one from our country in the leading positions of international rankings.
Prof. Katarzyna Pernal
Lodz University Of Technology
She implemented the concept of the LUT International Doctoral School, which enables to write a PhD thesis in an international environment, in English, in a flexible manner tailored to individual needs. The creation of the IDS increases the internationalization of Polish universities by attracting foreigners wishing to conduct doctoral research projects in Poland.
Prof. Włodzimierz Nykiel
He supported the launch of the "VIP Graduate" mentorship program, designed to develop the personal and professional potential of the most gifted students and to provide them with support from the most acclaimed graduates of the university, successful scientists, businesspeople, politicians and artists. The program is implemented by the team of the University of Lodz Career and Employer Cooperation Centre.
The Leaders in University Management Conference will take place on
November 23, 2016 Warsaw
LUMEN 2020 More information
Agnieszka Piekart
e-mail : agnieszka.piekart@pcgacademia.pl
Waldemar Chmura
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