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Welcoming our newest alumni

The U of C's alumni family grew by more than 1,300 when Fall Convocation took place on November 13. Welcome, new graduates, to your first issue of Arch-E, your monthly synopsis of alumni benefits and services, alumni success stories and upcoming events. The Fall Convocation marked the first time students contributed their images from their U of C experience for inclusion as a slide show as part of the stage presentation. The resulting collection was broadcast on the big screens and shows a diverse slice of campus life over the last few years.

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Alumni's finest "Hour" with George

George Stroumboulopoulos, host of CBC's Gemini award-winning show The Hour, received an honorary degree from the U of C at Convocation on November 13. To welcome Stroumboulopoulos to our alumni family, 50 Toronto-area alumni attended a taping of The Hour at CBC's headquarters the next day. The alumni were warmly greeted by George who during the show spoke of his experience at Convocation and showed footage from the ceremony.

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Alumni branch launch, capital edition

More than 50 alumni attended a reception at the National Arts Centre on October 29 to establish a U of C alumni branch in Ottawa. It was the second U of C alumni event held in Ottawa in the last eight months. The newly-elected Ottawa branch executive includes President Jane Alkhouri, BA'03, and Treasurer Marc Khouri, BA'00. Ottawa alumni can look to more unique events and networking opportunities in the near future.

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Basketball scholarship honours alum, coach

In early November, U of C men's basketball coach Dan Vanhooren announced the creation of an endowed scholarship of $50,000 for men's basketball in the name of former assistant hoops coach, football player and U of C alumnus Wayne Thomas, BA'67. A November 3 reception was held in Thomas's honour, where his former players, teammates and staff at the U of C, Western, Crescent Heights and Beaverbrook gathered to pay tribute to his impact over his lengthy career. Donations to the scholarship are welcomed. Contact Vanhooren for more details at dvanhoor@ucalgary.ca.

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Alumni family grows in Iran

The first U of C alumni event ever held in Iran took place on Oct. 31 in Tehran following the second U of C graduation ceremony for 129 masters of engineering students from three petroleum engineering and project management programs. These unique programs offer some of the students a chance to study at U of C and others to study with U of C professors in Iran.

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Your Alumni Stories

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The pure joy of learning

Since graduating from the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Les Cunning, BA'68, MA'71, MD'74, has mentored and taught dozens of students while welcoming them with open arms to his Black Diamond clinic for nearly 30 years. In recognition of his contribution to the education of family physicians, he was given the faculty's first Alumnus of Distinction award.

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"I want to be..."

OnCampus marked Fall Convocation by profiling five new graduates and asking them to finish the sentence, "When I grow up I want to be..." Meet Colin Zak, BA'07, Pam Sweeney, MN'07, MDip'07, Sarah Rich-Zendel, BA'07, Lauren Cheal, BA'07, and Claude Naud, EDD'07, and read their answers that bring back childhood memories, as well as future aspirations.

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U of C News

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Researchers tackle Bolivian water crisis

A group of University of Calgary researchers is teaming up with their counterparts in Bolivia to ensure residents of the South American country have improved access to clean water and to reduce the prevalence of negative water-related health effects. The $1-million project, funded by the Canadian International Development Agency, is a key piece of Bolivia's ongoing efforts to overhaul its water supply and sanitation.

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Deane honoured by Women's Resource Centre

The U of C's Women's Resource Centre held its inaugural gala on October 18, an event marked by the announcement of Debra Deane, MBA'97 (a member of the inaugural class of the Alberta/Haskayne Executive MBA), as the first recipient of its Distinguished Alumna Award.

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Campus and Alumni Events

Haskayne alumni buzzing for networking lunch

December 14: The next MBA Alumni Networking Luncheon will be held on Friday, December 14 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at the Delta Bow Valley, Calgary. The speaker is Dr. June Donaldson, Certified Mediator and Arbitrator. Dr. Donaldson will be presenting "The EQ-IQ Buzzzz and what it means to you!" TIME magazine likely said it best: "In the corporate world, say personal executives, IQ gets you hired, but EQ gets you promoted." At the time of year when Christmas parties, family reunions and corporate year-ends abound, knowing what emotional intelligence looks like – in terms of what we say and do – is critically important!

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Does music have a sense of place?

January 22-25: "Centre and Periphery, Roots and Exile: Interpreting the music of Istvan Anhalt and Gyoergy Kurtag" is a bilingual (French and English) symposium at the Rozsa Centre. Organized by Department of Music professor Dr. Friedmann Sallis, the symposium will include two keynote speakers (Drs. Istvan Anhalt and Rachel Beckles Willson) and various invited speakers.

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In Memoriam

Former Dino and Winnipeg Blue Bomber offensive lineman, Steve Rodehutskors, BSc'90, died in late October following a lengthy battle with cancer. Rodehutskors spent a total of eight seasons in the Canadian Football League. He played for the Blue Bombers from 1987 until 1991 and won pair of Grey Cup championships with the team in 1988 and 1990.

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Did You Know?

On a grassy terrace overlooking the Fish Creek valley, a child unearths a spear point left by a hunter 5,000 years earlier. Immediately above, on the valley wall, a Grade 5 class explores an 8,000-year-old bison kill site, which provided food for the people living in the camps below. Each year, 700 elementary junior high-school students participate in the U of C's Discover Archaeology program that brings to life a local past that spans 12,000 years.

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IN THIS ISSUE:

Alumni News
Your Alumni Stories
U of C News
Campus and Alumni Events
In Memoriam
Did You Know?

 

Honour U of C's finest graduates with the Arch Awards

Earlier this year, we honoured Ken Storey, BSc'71, one of the world's leading biologists whose research is leading to innovations in areas ranging from organ transplants to reducing diabetes complications, and Ravinder Minhas, BSc'05, builder of several highly-successful businesses, including Mountain Crest Brewing Company. Who should we recognize in 2008?

Nominations are being accepted until February 28.

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Coming May 13, 2008


Ann Coombs
International speaker and best-selling author of The Living Workplace: Soul, Spirit and Success in the 21st Century

Dr. Al Siebert
Internationally recognized researcher and award winning author of The Resiliency Advantage: Master Change, Thrive Under Pressure, and Bounce Back from Setbacks

Watch www.ucalgary.ca/cted for more details, coming soon...

 


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