By Dr. Donna Hardy Cox
Director, Student Development
associate professor, Social Work
Memorial takes pride in the many services, programs, and facilities
provided to support student learning. We hear too often from faculty,
staff and students, "I wish I knew..." or "I don't know the answer."
This column will help answer many questions about students and student
life, and is designed to provide information that will be helpful in your
day-to-day interactions with students. Ask Me builds on an annual information
campaign sponsored by the Student Volunteer Bureau to encourage new students
to ask questions about their new home Memorial University.
The Ask Me column will also provide you with a forum to raise questions
you may have received from students and receive a reply. Members
of the Student Development team will respond commonly asked questions.
A prize will be awarded for the question featured in each issue.
Please forward questions to Suzanne Ryan at sryan@morgan.ucs.mun.ca
or 737-2664.
A popular question addressed this year during the orientation program
was:
Who are Memorial students? The following facts describe in a
nutshell the general characteristics of Memorial University students:
Majority are females almost 60 per cent
Approximately one-half of the students live outside of St.
John's, Mount Pearl and CBS
Approximately one-half of the students receive student loans
Over 95 per cent of students are from Newfoundland
Over 50 countries are represented by international students
Approximately 10 per cent of students are graduate students
Over half of students are the first in their family to attend
university
Seven per cent of undergraduates attend as part-time students
All are, bright, active and the future of our province.
Memorial University is a diverse community with a common goal:
to provide a high quality of education to every student. The Ask
Me column will help us to share information to achieve this goal.