Alumni News
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Campus Fair: What's new to do?From recycling garbage to making movies, Arctic animals to international music, there is a host of new and exciting exhibits at the 2007 Campus Fair. Kids can race each other to fill recycling bins and remove compostables from (simulated, non-toxic) garbage at the Campus Infrastructure and Campus Planning booth, discover their "inner star" and act in their own movie at the faculty of Communication and Culture, or see live lung worms at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine booth. Join us at the U of C on Saturday, June 9 for this fun-filled day which includes free parking, admission and BBQ! |
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Celebrate this year's Arch Award recipientsWe have very limited space for a number of alumni to join us at the Arch Awards on Thursday, June 14 at The Grand in Calgary. If you would like to share in this celebration with the 2007 Arch Award recipients, Ken Storey, BSc'71, and Ravinder Minhas, BSc'05, don't wait—please RSVP today. |
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Law and Medicine convocationThe first Class of 2007 graduated on Thursday, May 10 and comprised 180 fresh alumni from the faculties of Medicine and Law. The Faculty of Medicine's Dr. Marvin Fritzler, PhD'71, MD'74, and recipient of the university's 1988 Distinguished Alumni Award, welcomed the new graduates to the Alumni Association. |
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Alumni road show makes Medicine Hat stopMore than 65 alumni and guests enjoyed a discussion led by archeology professor Gerry Oetelaar on April 24 at the Esplanade in Medicine Hat. Oetalaar has spent his career unearthing the history of the Cypress Hills area and his findings date back 8,000 years to uncover more of the Medicine Hat story. |
SU seeking alumni volunteers
The U of C Students' Union is seeking alumni to sit on its Review Board and Tribunal. Volunteers cannot be currently taking undergraduate courses. Minimal time commitment required during the year as the Review Board and Tribunal meet on an ad hoc basis. These are quasi-judicial bodies that enforce and interpret SU bylaws. Appointments last two years. More information is found here. To apply, please submit a letter of interest and resume by August 1 to Diana Bumstead, student rights advisor, sra@su.ucalgary.ca, or call (403) 220-3909.
For more alumni news: http://www.ucalgary.ca/alumni
Your Alumni Stories
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The 'bunny-eat-bunny' world of kids' booksAuthor Marjorie Blain Parker, BComm'82, recently released a new book that was well received by industry giant Kirkus Reviews and selected for the Children's Book-of-the-Month Club. Parker left an IT career in 2002 when "Jasper's Day", about an ailing dog's last day made special, was published. "I'd wanted to quit for years and agonized over the financial implications," she says. |
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Young alumni shine in national spotlightTwo Schulich School of Engineering grads and a Haskayne School of Business alumnus have been named to a national Top 40 Under 40 list for their remarkable contributions in research, business and community leadership—in fields as diverse as oil and gas software, computer applications of algorithms and brewing. |
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Research helps maestros with motion and movemenConventional cameras have their limitations when it comes to capturing a symphony conductor's movements. "They give only one dimension of the motion," explains Wendy Freeman, BMus'99, MMus'06, whose pioneering research using motion capture technology may influence the pedagogy of conducting. |
For other recent profiles of your alumni peers, click here.
U of C News
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Unveiling the virtual humanScientists at the Faculty of Medicine have created the world's first complete object-oriented computer model of a human body. The 4D human atlas, dubbed the CAVEman, will be useful in studying genetic diseases and surgical training by allowing researchers to literally get inside their experiments by translating medical and genomic data into 4D images. |
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Illness a family affairThis month, a small but significant clinic at the University of Calgary—the Family Nursing Unit—will quietly celebrate its 25th anniversary. Since it began, the unit has helped more than 475 area families suffering through serious illness, while at the same time serving as a model for health-care professionals around the world. |
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Parents: podcast combats school bullyingIn a podcast available on the U of C website, Dr. Tanya Beran, professor in the Applied Psychology Division of the Faculty of Education, discusses current issues around school bullying, including the rise of cyberbullying. Beran shares her findings on the causes and effects of bullying and shares strategies on how parents can help their children. |
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Campus and Alumni Events
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Music to our earsFine Arts alumni dot the performance schedule for Contrasts, the U of C's third annual Chamber Music Festival on June 4, 13, 19 and 22 at the Rozsa Centre. From Beethoven to newly-commissioned works, from the mix of barbershop, doowop and a cappella standards to jazz, this is a festival with a twist. Featured alumni include CPO's Assistant Concertmaster Donovan Seidle (at left), BMus'99, CPO section cellist Kirill Kalmykov, MMus'99, flutist and the winner of 2006 U of C Concerto Competition Lucie Jones, BSc'94, pianist Kathleen van Mourik, BMus'90, MMus'01, and others. A $20 festival pass gets you into all four concerts. Tickets are available through Campus Ticket Centre at (403) 220-7202 or at the door. |
Pushing the limits of science
Discover what's creating a buzz in the world of physics on June 7 at 7 pm at the Telus Convention Centre, 120 Ninth Ave. SE. A free public lecture will be presented by Dr. Paul Corkum, an internationally renowned expert on lasers, on "Atto-science"—a recent development in laser technology that generates flashes of light that can freeze the motion of electrons inside molecules and atoms. The discovery has caused a stir in the science community because it pushes the limits of knowledge at the smallest scales of physics. It promises to redefine how we view our universe. No RSVP necessary. For more information, contact jksamra@ucalgary.ca.
Alumni Workshop on Life Balance
Following up on the very successful session presented by Iqbal Ali (MBA'91) through the MBA Alumni Luncheon Series, the Haskayne School of Business is inviting all alumni to a one-day workshop entitled Performance Matters: Achieving Success at Work, Home and Play on June 22 from 9:30am to 3:30pm at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. The program includes coffee, a sandwich lunch, a guided nature hike of the Bird Sanctuary and Iqbal's book, Performance Matters: Success... at Work, Home, and Play. Cost is $99+GST. Group rate is $89+GST for three or more individuals from the same organization. Plenty of free parking. Register by June 19 by emailing rsvp@haskayne.ucalgary.ca or calling Kristy Swift at (403) 220-3175.
For more events, go to http://www.ucalgary.ca/news/ucevents/
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