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Alumni events Groundhog Day Free admission and open to all alumni, faculty and staff. pizza extravaganza RSVP: [email protected] Alma Matters MARIANOPOLIS COLLEGE | WINTER 2010 and silent auction Silent auction + alumni + beer and pizza = February 4, 2010 • 6-9 p.m. the annual Montreal reunion LUMINOCITY Marianopolis Science Camp summer 2010 CENTENNIAL GALA promises to be bigger and better SHINES SPOTLIGHT Marianopolis College is pleased to open its doors to a younger generation for a second consecutive summer. DG LEN EVEN’S Now expanded for ages 8 to 15, the Marianopolis Science Camp will run for four weeks, from July 5 to FIRST 100 DAYS July 30. Budding scientists can sign up for one to four weeks. Offered in collaboration with McGill ECUADOR University’s WOW Lab and Let’s Talk Science program, the camp includes day trips to the city’s EXPEDITION world-renowned science centres, cool experiments and SUPPORTS fascinating demonstrations by guest scientists. Registration begins January 5, 2010 and places are STUDENTS limited. Children of alumni, faculty and staff are eligible for a 10 percent discount. Please visit www.marianopolis.edu/sciencecamp for registration forms, information on discounts and any updates. Mark your calendar For details about these and other events, please visit www.marianopolis.edu January 27: Marianopolis College Speaker Series, March 14: Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. Professor Jacques Nantel (HEC Montréal) March 15: Prix d’expression musicale February 4: Groundhog Day Pizza Extravaganza April 21: ArtsFest Concert in memory of Sister February 16: Winter Concert Mary O’Neil February 17: Marianopolis College Speaker Series, April 15, 28, May 8: Spring Concert Series Principal and Vice-Chancellor Michael Goldbloom (Bishop’s University) If the intended recipient of this magazine is no longer at this address, please contact [email protected] or call (514) 931-8792 ext. 206. 40737555 Alma Matters Winter 2010 Editor: Anneliese Papaurelis ’88 Message Contributors: Arjun Basu ’86, Nancy Berman, Table of contents Maeve Blandford Wells ’61, Dr. Suzanne Daningburg, from the Director General Barth Gillan, Kathryn Haralambous, Vida Lietuvninkas ’67, Elisabeth Livingston, Alex Polkki Designer: Rudy Moley, Doxa Design t’s a pleasure to be publishing the first issue of Alma Matters, Print coordinator: Finger Communications I since I became Director General of Marianopolis College on Cover photo: Len Even, the new Director General, following a Speaker Series lecture in the College’s July 1. Auditorium. (Owen Egan ’85) Photo credits: Veronique Champoux, Owen Egan ’85, Along with the entire Marianopolis family, I am grateful to my predecessor, Barth Gillan, Kathryn Haralambous, Bob Hendricks, Sister Françoise Boisvert, for her decades of service to Marianopolis. As the Anne Jeannet, Anneliese Papaurelis ’88, 04 06 College embarks on its second century, it is a remarkable institution, one Advertising: Anneliese Papaurelis ’88, Speaker Series The first 100 days with a well-earned reputation as a welcoming place for motivated, globally [email protected], (514) 931-8792 ext. 202 continues in January minded students. Marianopolis’ success was celebrated on November 5 at the LuminoCity Centennial Gala, where local luminaries, from political Circulation: 18,000 copies Alma Matters is created and published semi-annually representatives to the leaders of local universities, and members of the for the Marianopolis community. Alumni, faculty, staff, Marianopolis community, from alumni to employees, retirees and donors, parents and donors receive this magazine through a complimentary subscription. To add or modify your celebrated our century of creating bright futures. I cannot imagine a better mailing information, please contact the Development way to have been introduced to the extended Marianopolis community than and Alumni Affairs Office, [email protected], this memorable evening. On Pages 10 and 11, you can read more about this (514) 931-8792 ext. 206. spectacular gala, which could not have been possible without the vision and Printed in Canada ISSN 1918-5677 dedication of many of our volunteers and alumni. Canadian Publications Mail Product Sales Agreement No. 40737555 On Page 8, you will find an update on the 2009-2014 Marianopolis College Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: 09 15 Strategic Plan. This is a tremendous time at the College, a time to plan for 4873 Westmount avenue, Westmount, QC H3Y 1X9 Student achievements Help bring Marianopolis a future that promises to be as bright as our past. The strategic plan is a students to new heights blueprint for much of this endeavour. During my first few months here I’ve been warmly welcomed by everybody from students to faculty and staff to alumni, many of whom are 15 Chemin de la Côt exceptionally dedicated to their college. The volunteers on our boards have e-St-Luc made me feel welcome and shown an impressive amount of energy. Victoria On Campus Jazz is latest addition to music program 5 As the holidays and New Year approach, I wish the best to you and your Villa-Maria The Blvd Strategic plan in action 8 family. ◊ Foundation LuminoCity celebrates 100 years 10 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Thank you to donors 12 Westmount Honouring a retired Director General 14 boul. Décarie Chemin Côte St-Antoine Alumni 16 Claremont Vendôme Victoria News & notables 17 Mark your calendar back cover Len Even Sherbrooke o de Maisonneuve o 15 Vendôme Bus 124 Rue St-Jacques Building bright futures 720 02 ALMA MATTERS | Winter 2010 ALMA MATTERS | Winter 2010 03 On campus On campus Speaker Series brings people and ideas together Marianopolis introduces new jazz program idely decorated humanitarian Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire addressed a full house in the College’s he Marianopolis Music Program launched Jazz as a new DEC option this fall. Students in this discipline study with W Auditorium during an October talk on youth activism and Canada’s world role. A Senior Fellow at Concordia T jazz professors and audition for jazz combos at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music and play in a jazz University’s Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, the Senator, McGill Institute for the Study of combo either at the Schulich, the McGill Conservatory or at Marianopolis. Like their classical counterparts, jazz students Canada Director Antonia Maioni and marketing expert Suzanne Lalonde, were guest lecturers in partnership with have the opportunity to pursue a double DEC in Science, Social Science or Creative and Liberal Arts. For further Concordia and McGill universities and the Université de Montréal. information please contact Professor Nancy Berman, Music Department Chair, at [email protected] ◊ Free and open to the public, the Marianopolis College Centennial Speaker Series continues with the talk “Is Marketing Going Astray?” by HEC Montréal General Faculty news Secretary and Marketing Professor Jacques Nantel, 7 p.m. January 27. Former Toronto Star Publisher Monique Polak ’79, English Michael Goldbloom, Bishop’s University’s principal and Department, has won the Quebec vice-chancellor, will discuss media and democracy in the Writers’ Federation Prize for 21st Century on February 17.The series features Children’s and Young Adult renowned experts from Quebec’s top universities Fiction for her novel What World Is sharing their diverse knowledge of world issues. ◊ Left. Also nominated for the American Library Association Chris Cargnello ’01 asks Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire to sign the Marianopolis Young Adult Fiction Prize and the Library’s copy of his book, Shake Hands with the Devil, during a reception before the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice humanitarian’s October 27 Centennial Speaker Series lecture. Award, the novel is historic fiction based on her mother’s Upcoming speakers Previous speakers imprisonment in Nazi 6:30 p.m. refreshments, 7 p.m. lecture concentration camp Suzanne Lalonde November 18 Theresienstadt. The prolific Marianopolis College Auditorium Professor of International Law, Université de Montréal professor has also launched her On Thin Ice: Canadian Marianopolis has produced several jazz performers over the years, including bassist Richard Rosato ’07 Sovereignty in the latest two young adult novels, The and saxophonist Chet Doxas ’99. Changing Arctic Middle of Everywhere, set Nunavik’s Inuit community, and Junkyard Dog, Do you know a future Marianopolis Admissions and application inspired by a guard dog she student? Please share this information evening is 4-7:30 p.m. encountered at a dépanneur near important news. February 8 her Notre Dame de Grâce home. New application system Secondary V students and their parents are invited to join us to learn more about She returns to the classroom in We are happy to announce that students admission to our programs and our new January 2010 after a fall can now apply directly online: January 27 February 17 application system. sabbatical. www.marianopolis.edu Jacques Nantel Michael Goldbloom “Student for a Day” continues this Are you an alumni parent of a future or General Secretary and Professor Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Michael Tritt, English current Marianopolis student? Please of Marketing, HEC Montréal Bishop’s University February has collaborated Students who would like to sit in on a contact the Development and Alumni Is Marketing Media and Democracy Dr. Antonia Maioni Department, st September 23 class, meet teachers, have lunch with Affairs Office to learn about volunteer