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In the spring of 2013, a massive fundraising drive entitled The Next 50 Campaign concluded with the raising of more than $65 million to help with a major modernization project at Laurentian University.
The project included a new Welcome Centre located at the heart of the campus, a new Indigenous Sharing and Learning Centre, a new Executive Learning Centre, a University Club and renovations to 60 classrooms and laboratories.
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It also featured a massive revamp to the Alphonse Raymond building, a state-of-the-art water ecology research centre, the creation of more than 200 new scholarships and bursaries, the establishment of the Goodman School of Mines, and the creation of Canada’s first research Chair in open-pit mining.