September 2009, Vol 8, No 9

KICKOFF'09

Alumni are invited to celebrate the start of the 2009-2010 school year! Join us on Saturday, Sept. 12 for a tailgate party with food from Spolumbo's (FREE for the first 1,500 people), fun activities and a "Dunk the Golden Bear" tank. As if the prospect of sausages, football and fresh autumn air isn't enough, you can also cheer on students vying for a semester of free tuition in the Dinos Most Devoted Fan competition, sponsored by your Alumni Association. Alumni game tickets are $5 each purchased in advance or $8 at the gate.

Student leader Cambridge-bound

If you've spent any time at the U of C in the last few years, Teale Phelps Bondaroff, BA'09, will likely be a familiar face. There have been few undergraduate students more visible on campus and in the surrounding community. Now, this former student leader is off to Cambridge to pursue his PhD on a full scholarship. Learn More...

Gosbee to the MAX

Congratulations to George Gosbee, BComm'93, chairman, president and CEO of Tristone Capital, named Haskayne's 2009 Management Alumni Excellence (MAX) Award recipient. The MAX Award recognizes the outstanding success of Haskayne alumni, celebrating personal achievement and extraordinary service to the School and the community. The World Economic Forum recently named George one of 200 Young Global Leaders. Learn More...

Alumnus fuels inquiry-based learning

Anyone interested in innovative education reform would do well to take a trip to Botha School and meet Principal Peter Weeks, BA'94, BEd'94. His tiny elementary school just east of Stettler, AB has embraced inquiry-based learning, which requires the student to actively question throughout the course of his/her studies, to conduct research and to interpret a wide range of materials. Learn More...

Archivist answers call to salvage Cologne's past

U of C alumna and archivist Regina Landwehr, BSc'93, responded to a plea made by the International Council on Archives to help salvage buried material worth $600 million after the collapse of a six-story archive building in Cologne, Germany. Landwehr was already scheduled to fly to Germany for a research project shortly after the collapse and was able to add on another week to her trip to help sort through the historic carnage. Learn More...

Schulich grad a face of philanthropy

Gary McKenzie, BSc '75, chose to go to the U of C for engineering because of the program's diversity. Now at TransCanada, he has enjoyed a successful career in the oil and gas sector and has remained an active alumnus, including serving two years as chair of the Engineering Alumni Association. Learn More...

Kin/Phys Ed alumni invited to perform

Created in 1969 in the Faculty of Kinesiology by faculty and students, Dance Montage is one of the longest-running events at the U of C, featuring original choreography by almost 200 faculty and community choreographers and performed by 2,000 dancers. For its 40th anniversary edition (performances are Nov. 26-28), 40 current Kinesiology majors and alumni are sought to perform in the show. Professor Emeritus Shirley Murray will choreograph an original work celebrating the involvement of kinesiology students in Dance Montage. If you are interested in participating (no audition necessary), please email Shirley Murray.

Update your info and win a ski weekend at Whitefish!

Do you know someone who has lost contact with the U of C? Pass this contest to them for their chance to win and maybe you'll be invited to a ski weekend in Whitefish! Or maybe you get ArchE but your snail mail address on file is outdated. You can update your info by Dec. 15 and enter to win, too! The prize includes a three-night weekend for four at Whitefish Mountain Resort in Montana. Learn More...

Our most recent winner...

Congratulations go to Michael McCormick, BSc'08, our winner of the summertime Update Your Info and Win contest. For updating his info Michael received a golf weekend for four at Trickle Creek Golf Course in beautiful Kimberley, B.C.

Alma your home away from home

In September, the U of C's first on-campus hotel operation will start welcoming visitors from the campus community and beyond. Hotel Alma will provide 85 euro-style standard rooms, 15 one-bedroom suites, 5 boardroom style meeting rooms and one large conference room which will host up to 125 people. Hotel Alma is offering an opening rate of $109 on Euro-Style Standard Rooms and $139 on One Bedroom Suites until the end of the year to all guests. Starting January 1, 2010, with the presentation of your Alumni card, Hotel Alma will be happy to offer you a special alumni rate of $119 on Euro-Style Standard Rooms and $149 on One Bedroom Suites. Don't have your alumni card? Request one today! Learn more... See www.hotelalma.ca for details.

Are you covered?

The U of C Alumni Association has partnered with Canada Life to provide affordable health and dental protection. Premiums are among the most affordable in Canada and if you're self-employed, your premiums may even be tax-deductible. Canada Life recently launched new web content for this coverage. Learn More...

Governments fund Schulich School capital upgrades

The U of C was awarded $9 million from the Government of Canada and $14.4 million from the Government of Alberta towards the first phase of capital upgrades to the engineering complex, which will include modernization of building facilities and refurbishing labs, classrooms, offices and student gathering space. Learn More...