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SPRING 2007 1 from the EDITOR L NOREEN NUNN ‘92 Alumninews Am So Excited About Introducing You to Our New Online Alumni Community StFX AlumniNews ST. FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY l ANTIGONISH l NOVA SCOTIA l CANADA In This Issue 4 NewsFlash Xaverians making their mark on the world 6 Coady Means Action A state visit to Africa 13 National Victory for X-Women in Rugby 13 14 The X-Ring Our new online community will make you feel like you’re back at StFX. 16 15 Share the X-perience Introduce your X-Ring to a new generation. 6 16 Fall Convocation 2006 17 The Boom is Back The technology sector is hot 17 and StFX grads are cashing in. 18 Largest X-Ring ceremony in history 15 20 Homecoming 2007 22 A Story of Courage and Leadership Dr. Sara Higgins ’01 23 Campus Renewal 18 Up Next: Bishops Hall REGULAR FEATURES President’s Message 3 l Alumni Association News 25 l The Word From Our Chapters 26 l News Exchange 36 StFX ALUMNI NEWS l SPRING 2007 1 FROM THE EDITOR l NOREEN NUNN ‘92 AlumniNews am so excited about introducing you to our new online alumni community. St. FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY I Many alumni, including those involved in our outside survey, asked us MANAGING EDITOR for more email communication, the chance to connect with each other online Noreen Nunn ’92 and the ability to sign up for activities and gear online. Email: [email protected] Now we can do it! Share your photos, post your résumé, ask for help or just Phone: 902-867-2243 express your opinion. You can do it all with one click of the mouse. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Not only that, but we’ll be able to let you know when something of impor- Allan Gates tance is coming up where you live. In fact, each X-Alumni community will have its Email: [email protected] very own site through which to communicate. Helen Murphy Facebook and My Space are examples of online communities, but they are Email: [email protected] open to everyone. What the X-Ring allows us to do is communicate with one another in a secure environment. X people are a community no matter how far Janna MacGregor Email: [email protected] from X you roam. Now you need never lose touch with the StFX feeling. Need I say more? See you there. PHOTO EDITOR To register just go to alumni.stfx.ca John Bastin Recently I traveled to Florida to attend their annual alumni gathering. What a Email: [email protected] great group of people. Our online community will help to keep us all connected PRODUCTION & DESIGN and next year maybe you can schedule your trip south to coincide with the Angela Penney Florida reunion. This group is one the most welcoming crowd of Xaverians I’ve Email: [email protected] met. It’s an instant extended family. If you haven’t attended this event you’re NEWS EXCHANGE EDITOR missing out. 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RILEY ‘74 Dr. Sean Riley with Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus CELEBRATING THE COADY O ne of the things that make StFX a truly special place is the Coady International Institute. For nearly 50 years it has been a beacon of hope in an often troubled world. Over that time, 5,000 development leaders from 130 different countries have traveled to the StFX campus to learn new ways to help their communities address social and economic challenges. In many developing nations, the Coady represents the face of Canada – kind, progressive and caring. I meet Coady graduates often in my travels and I am always heartened to see the impact they are having in their own nations. It is a tremendous testament to the insight of Moses Coady that the values of self-sufficiency he espoused continue to grow more important and powerful each day. Internship opportunities for Canadian students are another important contribution made by the Coady. Those interns return to Canada transformed by their experiences and help spread the word that more must be done to help developing nations. The Coady International Institute provides a window on the world for the entire StFX community, especially students. We are fortunate to have this national treasure on our campus. Dr. Sean E. Riley ’74 StFX President StFX ALUMNI NEWS l SPRING 2007 3 NEWSFLASH WHAT’S NEW ON CAMPUS AND IN THE StFX COMMUNITY THAT’S DR. NWEZE DR. AUSTIN “AUGIE” NWEZE ’85, completed NEW2 CANADA his PhD in management at St. Clements Uni- RESEARCH versity and joined the faculty of Lagos Busi- CHAIRS ness School at Pan African University. StFX welcomed two new Canada Research Chairs in the departments of Anthropology and Psychology late last year. DR. JANE MCMILLAN and DR. PETRA HAUF were appointed to five-year terms worth $500,000 over their duration. Dr. McMillan has researched the Mi’kmaq community for the past 15 years. Dr. Petra Hauf comes to StFX from Germany, and is a researcher in infant cognitive development. COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION JANE BARRY ‘65 and DAVID BARRY ‘66 of Saint John, New Brunswick, were awarded the YM-YWCA’s Red Triangle Award in recognition of their school of hard knocks contribution to their commu- Two StFX alumni are making a name for themselves in nity. the rough world of kickboxing. SANDY PEMBROKE ’95 and BRIAN DICKSON ’05 are members of the Canadian Kickboxing Team and Team Abu Zayd, based in Toronto. The two recently fought before SUPREME award JOB winners large crowds in Germany and Uzbekistan. VANESSA MACDONNELL ‘03 UNSUNG HERO was selected as a law clerk to StFX Music Professor SKIP BECKWITH left this year’s East Coast Music Awards with a justice of the Supreme one of five prestigious Stompin’ Tom Court of Canada. These pres- Awards recognizing, “the unsung heroes of the East Coast Music industry.” Beckwith tigious positions are sought has been a member of the Faculty of Jazz Studies at StFX since 1987. after by law students from across the country. Vanessa PAUL O’REGAN ‘65, a member of the earned her law degree at the Board Governors, won the Canadian Auto- AWARD-WINNING RESEARCH The Gerald Schwartz School of Busi- University of Toronto. mobile Dealers Association’s inaugural Lau- reate Award for his extraordinary service to ness and Information Systems’ DR. the community and the automotive industry. SHANTANU DUTTA recently won the prestigious Barclay Global Investors Canada Research Award for a paper on the performance of dual-class voting share firms. 4 StFX ALUMNI NEWS l SPRING 2007 NEWSFLASH l WHAT’S NEW ON CAMPUS AND IN THE StFX COMMUNITY globe trotters KIMBERLY BRAKE ’04 spent a day substitute teaching at a school in RENE MALENFANT ‘02, South Africa while on a Wildlife Re- son of Mike ‘76 and Sandra search and Conservation Expedition. ‘76 Malenfant, while vacationing in China. CPL. COLIN ANDERSON (HK ‘06), serving with the Ca- nadian Forces in Kandahar province, in southern Afghanistan, flies the StFX flag. Four More Years: CATWALK TALK PRESIDENT SEAN RILEY First-year student Susan Samways organized a fashion show earlier this year to raise funds for women’s sports at RECEIVES CONTRACT EXTENSION StFX.
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