Summer 2011 Lasting Connections

LASTING summer 2011 Connectionsthe magazine for Loyalist College Alumni and Friends Student Link Lounge PAGE 3 Sustainable Skills, Turn Your Diploma Long Term Service Technology and Life Into a Degree at Loyalist College Sciences Centre PAGE 5 PAGE 18 PAGE 2 LASTING CONNECTIONS • SUMMER 2011 ContentsTHE MAGAZINE FOR LOYALIST COLLEGE ALUMNI AND FRIENDS The Sustainable Skills, Technology and Life Sciences Centre 2 New Link Lounge Opens 3 Lancers Men’s Rugby Team 4 Turn Your Diploma Into a Degree 5 Spring Awards Presentation 6 Returning to School After the Age of 50 7 page 3 page 12 Victoria Cross Library Unveiling 8 Lab Facilities Benefit Health and Human Studies Students 9 Shifting Gears for a Greener Future 10 Campus News 12 Coming Back to Loyalist 15 Respect – A Way of Life at Loyalist 17 Long Term Service at Loyalist 18 Annual Appeal Update 22 To the Graduates of 2011 24 Alumni Benefits 25 page 4 Cover Photo: New Student Link Lounge LASTING CONNECTIONS is distributed EDITOR Edina Cappuccitti COVER PHOTOGRAPH Marilyn Warren Loyalist College Respects your Privacy. twice a year and is available free of charge From time to time the Alumni Association to all alumni, staff, faculty and other CONTRIBUTORS Catherine Campbell, LASTING CONNECTIONS is a publication contacts graduates regarding various members of the Loyalist Family. Additional Laura Naumann, Fran Nobes, of the Loyalist College Alumni Association. programs, benefits, and fund raising copies may be obtained by contacting the Marilyn Warren programs for Loyalist College or the Alumni Office at 1-800-99ALUMNI. The ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT Loyalist College Foundation. If for any opinions expressed in this publication are STUDENT CONTRIBUTORS Rosemary Rooke reason you do not wish to be contacted by not necessarily those of the Alumni Office Adrienne Barrie, Wayne Carruthers, mail, e-mail or phone, please contact the or of Loyalist College. The editors of Luc Fournier, Luke Leoen, Nadja Pierce, Published through College Advancement Alumni Office by e-mail at alumni@ LASTING Connections reserve the right Michael Walls-Kelly & External Relations loyalistc.on.ca or call 1-800-99ALUMNI. to edit all submissions. Dianne Spencer, Executive Director DESIGN Tracey Reid Loyalist cares about the environment. FSC logo That’s why this publication is printed on paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council — an independent organization established to promote the responsible management of the world’s forests. Presidents’ Messages As I write this message for the Summer 2011 issue of Lasting Connections, we are busy preparing to celebrate our 44th Annual Convocation ceremonies. It is always my pleasure to congratulate our newest grads and welcome them as alumni of Contents Loyalist College. There has been much to celebrate this past year, including the I am pleased to welcome completion of the Sustainable Skills, Technology and Life Sciences you to the spring Centre and the Student Link Lounge. The Link Lounge, a student 2011 issue of Lasting government initiative, is a 6,135 square-foot student space made Connections – the possible through financial support from full-time students. magazine that helps Features include a hydration station, media wall, three study Loyalist College alumni stay in touch and up-to-date with all pods for group work and meetings, and a living wall of plants. the important news, events, and accomplishments associated This is another example of an excellent leadership initiative by with their alma mater. our Loyalist Student Government. Student leaders of this year and the year past have built on the legacy of previous student Becoming alumni of Loyalist College is an important aspect governments at Loyalist, known for their leadership in planning of graduating. Those of us who become members of the and implementing new development and renewal of areas in and Alumni Association are proud to volunteer our time, talent around the College. The students worked closely with architects, and treasure to ensure the Association meets its constitutional construction companies and College staff to design, build and objectives of encouraging and developing mutually beneficial furnish the Link for their fellow students. We continue to express professional relationships between current students and our sincere appreciation to our student leaders, past and present, alumni, acting as ambassadors for the College, promoting and for their exceptional leadership which has resulted in a unique encouraging current students and alumni to fully participate space that is as beautiful as it is functional. in social and professional development activities, and contributing to the growth and prestige of the College. Construction of the Sustainable Skills, Technology and Life Sciences Centre is also complete. At the time of this writing, the Over the years, the Association has worked hard to accomplish College Community is looking forward to the Grand Opening its objectives through successful promotional events for celebration of this state-of-the-art centre of excellence for current students. My goal, during my two-year term as technology, life and environmental sciences, and trades training. President of the Alumni Association, is to increase the number Check out the Loyalist College website to view photos of the of events for current students to one event per semester. grand opening celebration. And, I’m pleased to report that the Alumni Executive will be working to promote the development of Alumni chapters. Although construction of the building is complete and classes are underway in many of the shops, we continue to look for support The Loyalist College Alumni Executive encourages all Loyalist to help to optimally equip the Skills Centre. Information about Alumni to participate in any way you can. Whether you how you can help will be available on our website at volunteer to help out at an event, act as a guest speaker in one loyalistcollege.com. of the classrooms, or make a donation to a capital campaign or annual award fund – you will thoroughly enjoy the sense It is a pleasure to share student, grad, staff and alumni successes of pride that comes with volunteering your time, talent, and with you through this publication. I invite you to keep in touch, treasure for future members of the Loyalist College share your good news, and remember that you are always welcome alumni family. at Loyalist College. Have a great summer! Rosemary Rooke Maureen Piercy President, Alumni Association President Lasting Connections 1 The Sustainable Skills, Technology and Life Sciences Centre By Luc Fournier A lot of new things are happening at Loyalist College. new equipment, the Bioscience faculty hope to bridge the Construction of the College’s long anticipated Sustainable Skills, gap between program studies and the workplace. It will help Technology and Life Sciences Centre (SSTLSC) is now complete. streamline teaching techniques, with hybrid classrooms that are The SSTLSC will ensure that a new generation of Loyalist students also functional as scientific labs—all in one space. With dedicated will grow and prosper through an educational experience with an spaces for specific labs, and integrated teaching spaces, the students emphasis on social consciousness and environmental responsibility. will be better prepared when they graduate with much more practical, hands-on techniques ready-made for the working world. “This project has been in the works for some time, long before the groundbreaking ceremony was held on November 12, 2009,” states The addition includes a personalized space designed specifically Project Manager Kirk Fleming. The total construction time for this for students to hang out, relax and take a break. The new Link addition will be about 1.5 years. Lounge, so called because it links the Kente Building to the Skills Centre, includes study rooms and a live At a cost of approximately $16.6 green wall made entirely of living species million, the new addition will of plants. provide much needed space for New programs being current Loyalist programs and The Sustainable Skills, Technology and help bring in new programs in the considered include Aviation, Life Sciences Centre has been designed near future. New programs being and Truck and Coach and constructed to qualify for Silver LEED considered include Aviation, and (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Truck and Coach, both of which will Design) certification. LEED certification is benefit from the additional space an internationally recognized, third party offered by the new facility. verification system that certifies a building was designed and built using strategies to improve performance in energy savings and Funding for the SSTLSC was provided by the Federal Government water proficiency among other things. The Link’s green wall, along through the Knowledge Infrastructure Program (KIP) and by with other green upgrades—such as the heat recovery system on the Provincial Government through the Ontario 2009 Budget. the HVAC unit and the storm water management system—will The funding covered the building materials and contractor costs; help make LEED certification possible. however, most of the equipment needs will require support funding from our surrounding communities and other donors. Although construction is complete, many of the new equipment requirements have yet to be fulfilled. Loyalist will be looking to the “The new space will provide a unique opportunity to bring the outside community for support in funding its capital

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