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Take advantage of your alumni privileges. Get preferred rates and coverage that fits your needs. Supporting you … and Bishop’s University. You could save big* when you As a Bishop’s University alumni, you have access to the combine your alumni preferred TD Insurance Meloche Monnex program. This means you can rates and bundle your home and get preferred insurance rates on a wide range of home and car INSPIRING EDUCATION coverage that can be customized for your needs. car insurance. For over 65 years, TD Insurance has been helping Canadians find HOW BISHOP’S IS TRANSFORMING THE UNDERGRADUATE quality home and car insurance solutions. EXPERIENCE. Feel confident your home and car coverage fits your needs. Get a quote now. Recommended by HOME | CAR | TRAVEL Get a quote and see how much you could save! Call 1-888-589-5656 Or, go to melochemonnex.com/ubishops The TD Insurance Meloche Monnex program is underwritten by SECURITY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY. It is distributed by Meloche Monnex Insurance and Financial Services, Inc. in Quebec, by Meloche Monnex Financial Services Inc. in Ontario, and by TD Insurance Direct Agency Inc. in the rest of Canada. Our address: 50 Place Cremazie, 12th Floor, Montreal, Quebec H2P 1B6. Due to provincial legislation, our car and recreational insurance program is not offered in British Columbia, Manitoba or Saskatchewan. *Nationally, 90% of all of our clients who belong to a professional or alumni group that has an agreement with us and who insure a home (excluding rentals and condos) and a car on October 31, 2016, saved $625 when compared to the premiums they would IN THIS ISSUE: GAITERS MOVE TO AUS + LIBRARY RENOVATION + have paid without the preferred insurance rate for groups and the multi-product discount. Savings are not guaranteed and may vary based on the client’s profile. Savings vary in each province and may be higher or lower than $625. Wide Horizons Solution® Travel Insurance is underwritten by Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada and distributed in some provinces by RSA Travel Insurance Inc., operating as RSA Travel Insurance Agency in British Columbia. All trade marks are the property of their respective owners. ® The TD logo and other TD trade-marks are the property of The Toronto-Dominion Bank. JARISLOWSKY CHAIR + TONY HARRIS ’87 + DONALD LECTURE SERIES Annual Fund gifts, big and small, amounted to more than $900,000 last year. This allowed us to offer the gift of education to students in financial need; recognize and reward outstanding academic achievement; fund internships, projects, travel opportunities and other one-of-a-kind experiences; support athletics; and make the modernization of our library a reality. Whether you want to “pay forward” your own wonderful BU experience or simply to Build a Better Purple — consider a gift to the Annual Fund. This creates a cycle of giving that keeps on giving ... for generations to come. Thank you for supporting the Annual Fund! “Thank you donors! I loved every minute of my Bishop’s experience!” - Ashley Doherty B.A. Finance, Class of 2016 To learn more about making a difference at BU, contact Allison Verville ’14, Development Officer Tel: 819.822.9600, x2762, Toll free: 1.866.822.5210 To make a secure online donation, visit ubishops.ca/gift CONTENTS Page 32 Page 26 Annual Fund gifts, big and small, amounted to more than $900,000 last year. This allowed us to offer the gift of education to students in financial need; recognize and reward outstanding academic achievement; fund internships, projects, travel Page 8 Page 15 Page 18 Page 36 opportunities and other one-of-a-kind experiences; support athletics; and make the modernization of our library Bishop’s University Magazine is published INSPIRING EDUCATION PAGE 24 twice a year by the Advancement Office. a reality. Bishop’s and the Jarislowsky Foundation celebrate a new endowed chair in support of the Bishop’s model Managing Editor Whether you want to “pay forward” Fraser Lockerbie ’09 PAGE 26 Copy Editors EASTBOUND FOR DOWNS your own wonderful BU experience or Sarah Haddon ’01 How the search for a level playing field led Gaiters’ Football to the East Coast and the AUS simply to Build a Better Purple — Rob Burns ’99 Staff Writers PAGE 32 consider a gift to the Annual Fund. This Ronan O’Beirne ’11 BEYOND BRICKS creates a cycle of giving that keeps on Rachel Newcombe ’17 A first look at the library renovation and how the new Contributors Learning Commons will be more than just a building for books giving ... for generations to come. Phil Rich ’17 Ben Lewis ’11 STROKE OF GENIUS PAGE 36 Thank you for supporting Dr. Greg Brophy One Fine Arts grad’s recent commission from the NHL Dr. Adrianna Mendrek the Annual Fund! has him painting the game’s 100 most influential players Alumni Office Staff Matt McBrine ’96 REGULAR FEATURES Bruce Stevenson ’76 Principal’s Note PAGE 5 Bonnie Kay ’07 PAGE 8 “Thank you donors! I loved every minute Jacquie Scott ’90 Big Picture of my Bishop’s experience!” Lorna Ruemper ’11 Campus News PAGE 14 Allison Verville ’14 Weddings PAGE 40 - Ashley Doherty Linda Gauvin Alura McMorran ’17 Births PAGE 41 B.A. Finance, Class of 2016 Simone Goloven ’17 Through the Years PAGE 42 Contact Information: In Memoriam PAGE 44 1-866-822-5210 Perspectives PAGE 46 [email protected] To learn more about making a difference at BU, contact Allison Verville ’14, Development Officer Tel: 819.822.9600, x2762, Toll free: 1.866.822.5210 To make a secure online donation, visit ubishops.ca/gift BISHOP ’S BISHOPMAGAZINE’S MAGAZINE | SPRING/ SUMMER| WINTER 2017 2014 3 3 “Through our bequest, we hope generations of students will enjoy and appreciate a beautiful campus.” - Mrs. Paule Scott and Dr. Hugh M. Scott, DCL 1999, Principal and Vice-Chancellor 1986-1995 Remembering Bishop's in your Will is an excellent way to create a lasting legacy. You can decide how you will be remembered — through scholarships, bursaries, awards, improved athletics facilities, or in whatever way is most meaningful to you. A gift in your Will, big or small, is a gift to future generations... for generations to come. Thank you for considering an Estate Gift to Bishop’s University! For a confidential discussion on how you can make a lasting impact at Bishop’s, contact: Bruce Stevenson ’76, Estate Giving & Donor Relations Tel: 819.822.9600 x2264, Toll-free: 1.866.822.5210 PRINCIPAL’S NOTE STRENGTH & COURAGE mitted to supporting excellence at Ca- grads. nadian universities. It has established 32 Clinton was a talented athlete and a endowed chairs in Canada in a variety of charismatic person who had a remark- fields including governance, democracy, able zest for life. As one of his friends public sector management, the arts, the said, “Clint’s optimism and ability to light humanities, business, environment and up a room were a spectacle to witness… medicine. “He was a true embodiment of what it It says a lot about the quality of our means to be a Bishop’s student.” faculty and our model of education that Dr. Gerry Coulter, a sociology pro- the Jarislowsky Foundation chose to es- fessor, suffered a heart attack in Novem- tablish a chair in undergraduate teaching ber 2016 at the age of 57. at Bishop’s. On the morning after he died when This will be the first fully endowed we gathered in the Cleghorn room, a chair in Bishop’s history. (See the article group of his film students were huddled on page 24.) in one corner. This year has been one of progress Through her tears one student told and achievement, but, tragically, it has me that Dr. Coulter had helped her see also been marked by three sudden and film in a new and critical way which would n a discussion about professional de- devastating losses. stay with her forever. velopment, a wise Human Resources In January, Tuan Luu, a 2nd year Sci- One of his former students wrote: executive once told me that I should ence student from Hemmingford, Que- “Gerry’s teaching allowed students to identify my strengths and weaknesses bec, was struck down by a brain aneu- challenge their own assumptions in ways Iand focus my energy on strengthening rysm while training at the gym. that pointed them not toward a predeter- my strengths. Tuan was a reserved young man mined end, but toward developing confi- It was good advice which has helped when he came to Bishop’s. His parents dence in their own critical thinking ability. shape our priorities at Bishop’s. told me that Tuan had few close friends This generous, infinite gift – developing We are a multi-dimensional institu- during his time in high school. But that one’s inner well of strength – will stay tion but our key strength is the teaching changed when he came to Bishop’s. He with me my entire life.” of undergraduate students. developed a close circle of friends who We have all been in awe of, and in- In the 2016 Maclean’s magazine uni- cared deeply about him. spired by, the courage, determination and versity rankings, Bishop’s ranked first in Tuan was a kind and gentle soul who positive spirit of his wife and Sociology Canada for Student Satisfaction and for his friends described as a good listener. Department colleague, Dr. Mary Ellen Quality of Instructors in the Primarily Un- Mens sana in corpore sano would Donnan. dergraduate category. have been his watchword. He lived in On page 45 Dr. Cheryl Gosselin, The National Survey of Student En- Munster but our fitness centre was his Chair of the Sociology Department, de- gagement, a survey of 1,000 universities second home.