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BU Alumni News¥SP06 SPRING/SUMMER 2006 INSIDE: Keeping in Touch Award Winners Alumni Profiles BU&YOU Campaign Annual Report Claudia Mitchell’69 Making a Difference in South Africa FALL HOMECOMING 2006: See registration form inside THIS ISSUE’S CONTRIBUTORS EXECUTIVE EDITORS SPRING/SUMMER 2006 Carla Eisler ([email protected]) Kelly Stifora ([email protected]) MEDIA CONSULTANT VOLUME 107 ISSUE 01 Henry Champ WRITERS Darci Clark Shawna English Dennis Hunt Doug Pople IN THIS ISSUE Kelly Stifora PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE COVER Michelle Hardy Claudia Mitchell with student Mandla Oliphant Photo: Mandla Oliphant GRAPHIC DESIGN Digital Avatar FEATURES (Jeff Weidenhamer ‘92) PRINTER 6 Honourary Degrees and Award Winners Leech Printing 8 Window on this Woman’s World FEEDBACK OR 25 In Your Words LETTERS TO THE EDITOR [email protected] 26 Taking the Plunge ADVERTISING 204.727.9762 [email protected] SEND US YOUR STORIES! COLUMNS AND DEPARTMENTS A personable and friendly place like Brandon University (BU) no doubt harbours 4 President’s Message a multitude of heart-warming stories. As 5 BU News and Highlights alumni, you have much to tell about the relationships that you developed while at 7 Alumnus Profile: The Honourable Warren K. Winkler BU. Was BU the meeting ground for you and your spouse, a business partner, or 12 Keeping in Touch/In Memoriam best friend? Perhaps you developed a lifelong 16 Fall Homecoming mentorship with a special faculty member. If you have any suggestions, or know of an 18 Program Profile: A-DES Program outstanding alumna/alumnus you believe 19 Alumnus Profile: Steve Reid we should feature, please contact the Alumni Office. We look forward to hearing 20 BU&YOU Campaign your ideas, suggestions, and feedback. 22 Gifts to BU & Planned Giving Alumni News is published twice a year and reaches more than 13,000 alumni 23 Alumni Events and friends of Brandon University world-wide. 24 Alumna Profile: Barb Carle-Thiesson To date, thousands of alumni have supported the Brandon University Alumni Association (BUAA) through participation in alumni programs and affinity product and service offerings. If you do not wish to be provided with such product or service offers, or do not wish to receive Alumni News in the future, please contact us. CLOTHING BRANDON UNIVERSITY 270 – 18th Street RINGS Brandon, Manitoba AlumniWear R7A 6A9 WATCHES Phone 204.727.9697 Fax 204.727.4674 email [email protected] DEGREE FRAMES http://alumni.brandonu.ca Publications Mail Agreement #40064061 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to Available from the BRANDON UNIVERSITY BRANDON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 270 – 18th Street, Brandon, Manitoba ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CANADA R7A 6A9 Lower Level of Clark Hall [email protected] Brandon University 204.727.9697 [email protected] SPRING/SUMMER 2006 3 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE No matter where I have travelled in the past five years, whether it is Fort McMurray, Leamington, Ottawa, Trouty, Victoria, or Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, I have run into Brandon University graduates. Cabo San Lucas, you say? Yes. And, New York City as well. The University has been around for 106 years. In that time, it went from being a small Baptist college of 200 or so students, to an institution with 3500 students and approximately 400 faculty and staff. BU graduates show up everywhere. Our student nurses and teachers are in every nook and corner of this province, as well as distributed across the region and throughout the West. In recent years our international initiatives have resulted in students returning to 35 different countries with degrees, diplomas and certificates. In one sense, this is the kind of globalization that really has a positive impact on the world. Places like Brandon export their culture and values through these students and to the societies from which they come. As our specialized programs like Rural Development and Applied Disaster & Emergency Studies expand, more and more international students will avail themselves of these specialties. Needless to say, Rural Development is a global issue and disasters, natural and otherwise, happen in spite of the best planning and precautions. Our students of many different nationalities will be there as the events of history unfold. In short, BU students can and will be found in every country and they will have the kind of expertise, knowledge and values that can deal with change. As Alumni, I hope you remember how much we valued having you here. You brought a flavour, colour and culture that all societies depend on, and without which, we could not thrive. Vive la difference. In the next few years we hope to hear back from you no matter where you are! Warmest regards, Louis P. Visentin President & Vice-Chancellor, Brandon University ART EXHIBIT Prairie Ghosts Artist: Louis P. Visentin Curve Gallery, Second Floor John E. Robbins Library Brandon University June - August 2006 All are welcome to visit Louis Visentin's latest exhibit entitled Prairie Ghosts. The exhibit features photo-art adapted from photographs originally taken by Lawrence Adne Stuckey. They include images of prairie icons such as grain elevators, historical buildings, schools, and railway stations. 4 SPRING/SUMMER 2006 BU NEWS & HIGHLIGHTS Dr. Austin F. Gulliver Appointed Dean of Science Brandon University is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Austin F. Gulliver as Dean of the Faculty of Science for a five-year term from February 23, 2006 to July 31, 2011. Dr. Gulliver has taught at BU since 1985, and was appointed Acting Dean of Science on August 1, 2005. Dr. Gulliver received his B.Sc. (1970) in Mathematics and Physics at the University of Toronto. He was awarded his M.Sc. (1971) and his Ph.D. (1976) in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto. Dr. Gulliver’s research involves the study of the outer atmospheres of young, hot stars using telescopes at distant locations, particularly the 1.2 m telescope at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria, B.C. Congratulations to Athletes of the Year, Kelly DeRoo and Yul Michel At the Brandon University Athletic Awards on March 30th, Brandonite Kelly DeRoo (Women’s Volleyball) and Yul Michel (Men’s Basketball) were named the outstanding Women & Men’s Athletes of the year. These trophies are handed out New Dean of Science Dr. Austin F. Gulliver annually to the Brandon University male and female student-athletes that best exemplify the qualities of athletic ability, unselfishness, cooperation, attitude, academic ability, and leadership. Congratulations to them and to all of the other outstanding athletes that took home awards! Dorothy E. Stewart (Davis) Memorial Bursaries in Health Studies Established The first four bursaries from a new $200,000 Brandon University Health Studies endowment fund are being awarded this year. The endowment, established by the estate of the late Dorothy E. Stewart (Davis) was created with a donation of over $100,000 and will be used to fund the Dorothy E. Stewart (Davis) Memorial Bursaries in Health Studies. The Manitoba Scholarships and Bursaries Initiative 2006 BU Male Athlete of the Year Yul Michel (MSBI) matched the donation, establishing a total endowment of over $200,000. Four bursaries, each valued at $2,500, will be awarded per year to eligible students Chair of Physical Education Nancy Stanley presents Kelly DeRoo enrolled in their third and fourth years of the Bachelor of Nursing Program, who with the BU Female Athlete of the Year Award have demonstrated outstanding clinical and academic achievement and who have (L–R) Mrs. Marilyn Barnett; Dr. Louis a financial need. P. Visentin, Mr. Malcom McMurdo, Mrs. Judy Kowalchuk announce the BU Awarded $125,000 for Plant Sciences Research Infrastructure Dorothy E. Stewart (Davis) Memorial by Manitoba Agriculture and Agriculture Canada Bursaries in Health Studies. In January, plant science researchers at BU were awarded $125,000 in funding (L-R) Drs. Faiz Ahmad, Bill Paton, from Manitoba Agriculture and Agriculture Canada for the purchase and Jeffery Williams, Austin Gulliver and David Greenwood were on hand to installation of a PGV 36 Walk-In Plant Growth Chamber. The funds come from the announce funding for a new plant Agri-Food Research & Development Initiative ll (ARDI ll) and are made available growth chamber at BU. through the Canada/Manitoba Implementation Agreement of the Federal- Provincial-Territorial Framework Agreement on Agricultural and Agri-Food Policy for the 21st Century. The chamber can be used in any agricultural research application where the accurate control of temperature, light and humidity is required and is capable of growing almost any plant species. The major outcome of this development will be increased quality and quantity of plant science research in the province to benefit both producers and the environment. Rural and Community Studies and Rural Development Programs Expand and Receive Gift from Province of Manitoba Manitoba Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Rosann Wowchuk visited BU in December to announce that the Province would give Brandon University’s Endowment Fund $250,000 for support of scholarship and research in Rural Development, Agriculture and Rural Studies. The new provincial scholarship Manitoba Minister of Agriculture and Rural Initiatives, Rosann Wowchuk and will benefit both undergraduate students in the Rural and Community Studies BU President Louis Visentin announce Program, and graduate students in the Department of Rural Development’s new funding for rural studies. Graduate Diploma and Master of Rural Development programs. This news came shortly after the announcement that Brandon University would expand its Rural and Community Studies Program (RCSP) to offer four-year honours, four-year major, and four-year minor Bachelor of Arts degrees, in addition to the three-year BA program currently being offered in this subject area. At the graduate level, the BU Department of Rural Development offers a Graduate Diploma program in Rural Development as well as a Master of Rural Development (MRD) degree.
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