October 2002

Welcome to Arch-E, your University of Calgary alumni e-mail newsletter. Vol. 1, Number 10

U of C News

New Building Opens
The new Calgary Centre for Innovative Technology (CCIT) building officially opened on campus earlier this month. Ahead of schedule and under budget, the 6,690-square-metre research and teaching facility provides leading-edge lab space and state-of-the-art equipment for U of C engineering professors, their students, and their research collaborators.

Kyoto Lecture Series a Hit
The Kyoto Protocol: Exploring Critical Issues lecture series continue to be a huge success on campus as hundreds of people are turning out to educate themselves about this controversial topic. The third lecture in the series of six was staged on October 23 and nearly 1,000 people were in attendance to hear Allan Amey, president and CEO of Climate Change Central speak. Three more talks will be presented over the next month on November 4, November 14 and November 21. To find out more information, go to: http://www.ucalgary.ca/kyoto/index.htm.

Calgarians Score with Unique Field Hockey Pitch
The University of Calgary's Faculty of Kinesiology and the Calgary Field Hockey Foundation have partnered to provide Calgary with the best field hockey pitch in the country. The new, completely synthetic field hockey pitch will be built on the main U of C campus over an existing sports field located on the west side of the Olympic Oval. Construction of the field hockey pitch sub-base started in early October and the laying of carpet will take place in spring 2003. Players should be on the field by
August 2003.

Alumni News

New VP for the Alumni Office
Roman Cooney currently Vice-President, Communications and New Business Development with the Calgary Health Region will join the university as the new VP, External Relations. The External Relations portfolio includes the areas of public relations, government relations, communications, marketing, creative services, alumni relation's and administration of the Community Relations office. Cooney will start in his new position on November 4. He holds two degrees from U of C.

U of C Delegation in Asia
University president Harvey Weingarten and alumni relations director Roslyne Buchanan join a few other U of C faculty and staff in a delegation to Hong Kong and Beijing. Meetings are planned to discuss one of the academic plan's main principles, energy and the environment. The alumni branch in Hong Kong is planning a welcome dinner to meet and greet the visiting dignitaries. For more information, go to http://www.ucalgary.ca/alumni/newsevents.htm.

New Career Services E-mail Notification System Available for Alumni
A new feature of the "Browse Jobs" link on the Career Services Web site allows students and alumni to receive notification of new job postings that meet your criteria right in your e-mail in-basket. To subscribe you just click on the "Subscribe" button on the Browse Jobs site and fill in the necessary information. To try it out, go to https://www2.uccs.ucalgary.ca/cs/csJobs.nsf/frmSearch?openform. If you have any questions, please contact Career Services at recruit [at] ucalgary [dot] ca.

Alumni and Campus Events

HSB Happy Hour
The Haskayne School of Business hosts Happy Hour on the last Wednesday of every month at the Barley Mill from 5:00 - 7: 00 pm at Eau Claire Market in Calgary. Join us after work to relax with former classmates and fellow alumni from the business school on Wednesday, October 30. Friends/partners welcome. For more information visit www.haskayne.ucalgary.ca/alumni/alumni_news_events or call 220-6072.

Alumni Luncheon on Accountability
The third MBA Alumni Networking Luncheon of the 2002/2003 series will take place on Friday, November 1 from 11:30 -1:30 pm at the Delta Bow Valley. It will feature speakers from Murphy Klatt Consulting, the talk will be based on their best selling book, Accountability: Getting a Grip on Results. The cost of the luncheon is $20. Register by Monday, October 28 by e-mailing rsvp [at] haskayne [dot] ucalgary [dot] ca. For more information visit www.haskayne.ucalgary.ca/alumni/alumni_news_events.

EMBA Gather at Murrietta's
Executive MBA alumni are invited to meet at Murrietta's Westcoast Bar & Grill, 808 - 1st Street SW from 5 to 7 pm on Thursday, November 7. For more information or to RSVP e-mail craig [at] craigelias [dot] com.

Students and Alumni Debate
This is the tenth annual student vs. alumni parliamentary-style debate, and the resolution is "Be it resolved that the University of Calgary pursue a differential tuition fee platform." This free event will be held on November 14 at 12:30 pm in the MacEwan Hall foyer.

Alumni Dance in Annual Calgary Co-op Santa Claus Parade
Come out to cheer on the U of C Alumni Dino Drill Team on November 16 as they dance their way through downtown Calgary. Join 55,000 other Calgarians for the parade, as it makes it way down 9th Ave South from 9th St SW to 1st Ave SE. If you're interested in being a dancing Dino, please call the Alumni Relatons Office at 220-7108.

Nobel Prize Winner in Literature Coming to U of C
Wole Soyinka, Nobel Prize-winner in literature for 1986 is considered to be Africa's finest writer, and he will bring his incredible life story to Calgary in November when he visits U of C as part of the Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writers Programme. Soyinka will present a public reading on Wednesday, November 27 at 7:30 pm in MacEwan Hall. The reading is free and open to the public.

Alumni Trivia
Our trivia question in last month's Arch-E was: a U of C professor has written a book that analyzes one of television's most popular series, what television show is it? Several people responded with the correct answer of The Sopranos. Congratulations to Barbara Quayat, whose name was randomly chosen from the correct answers. Barbara will receive a U of C T-shirt.

This month's question: The next issue of Arch will soon be in your mailboxes and there is an article on this year's Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. Who received this honour in 2002?

To find out more about what's happening at U of C, check out www.ucalgary.ca.

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