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Murderball's Mvp For the Alumni and Friends of Vancouver Island University and Malaspina University-College volume 6 | issue 1 | 2013 spring/summer MURDERBALL'S MVP ADULT BASIC EDUCATION: CHANGING LIVES ONE COURSE AT A TIME ALUMNUS FINDS SUCCESS IN FOODIE APP PUB. AGREEMENT NO. 40063601 Journey_spr13_pr5.indd 1 13-02-18 4:47 PM Your donation makes adi erence. • Scholarships and bursaries for students like Angeline • State-of-the-art equipment in our labs & classrooms • Study abroad and fi eld school opportunities for all students • Modern learning environments • Equipment, travel and funding for Mariner athletes “The scholarships and awards I received at VIU alleviated the fi nancial burden of being a student and allowed me to focus on my studies and get the most out of my undergraduate experience. I was also able to graduate free of debt which was a great relief. Receiving fi nancial support was positively reinforcing, too. Knowing my hard work was noticed, encouraged me to study even harder. Thank you to all the donors who made this possible – your support made a big diff erence in my life.” Angeline de Bruyns (BSc ’12) Recipient of prestigious CIHR Master’s Scholarship Masters in Science student at McGill University researching cancer Give to VIU’s annual fund and make a di erence in the lives of VIU students viu.ca/giving 250.740.6214 Journey_spr13_pr5.indd 2 13-02-18 4:47 PM 24 volume 6 | issue 1 | 2013 spring/summer features 11-13 Changing Lives One Course at a Time Thanks to the vision of VIU’s founders, students like Lelaina Jules (BA in Anthropology and First Nations Studies’07; BEd ’12) are able to transform their lives through the university’s Adult Basic Education program. 14-17 Murderball’s MVP 18 Off the wheelchair rugby court Trevor Hirschfield (Two years BBA ’07) is quiet and self-deprecating; on court he’s a force to be reckoned with and considered one of the sport’s top players. 18-20 International Background Key Ingredient in App Success Michael Peng (BSc in Computing Science ’10) is pursuing a successful career in the cutting-edge world of computer apps thanks to his international perspective. departments 4-5 MESSAGES 6-9 CAMPUS NEWS 10 DONOR PROFILE 21-23 ALUMNI IN VIEW 24-28 CLASS NOTES 6 30-31 HOME STRETCH Journey_spr13_pr5.indd 3 13-02-18 4:48 PM LAN R IS D U VE N U IV E O R C S N I T A Y V A alumni association ALUMNI message Est. 1936 What do you want anyways? As the President of the Alumni started. You may also have experience we’re making our best guesses, and Association for 2012/13, I’ve asked creating initiatives for other societies or while the guesses may be spot on, it’s myself, “What exactly is it the alumni associations – initiatives that worked unlikely that 10 Board Members will be want from the Association?” I know why really well and you feel would be as creative or diverse as the suggestions perfect for the Alumni Association. If that could come in from all of you. So, I’m active with the Alumni Association so we’d like to hear about those, too. send us your emails, your wall posts, – a chance to remain connected with former schoolmates and an opportunity to give back to a community I value. I LET us knOw wHAT YOu LIkE, wHAT YOu wAnT, also have a desire to support and encourage a more representative And wHAT YOu cAn dO. TOgETHEr, wE cAn sample of age and gender in courses MAKE THIS INTO SOMETHING AMAZING. that have historically been divided with respect to those criteria. Increasing the We’d also like your feedback on and your tweets. Let us know what number of women graduating from the the social media profiles we’ve set up you like, what you want, and what Heavy Equipment Operator course? Yes, over the past year on Facebook (www. you can do. Together, we can make let’s do it! More men in the Nursing facebook.com/viuaa) and Twitter (@ VIU's Alumni Association amazing. VIU_Alumni). Is the information we’re program? Hear, hear! providing relevant and interesting or do Jacqualine Johnson So, those are my goals, but what are we need to add something? Cats perhaps? BSc in Computing Science '04 yours? If you have an idea we’d like to The Alumni Association needs your President, VIU Alumni Association hear about it. And if you’re interested feedback – we are here to serve you, in seeing that idea through to fruition so it’s important that you let us know then we’d be happy to help you get what it is you want. Because otherwise Publisher Graphic Design We welcome letters to the editor. Advancement & Alumni Relations Office Nancy Pagé Editor, Journey Vancouver Island University Nancy Pagé Design University Relations www.nancypagedesign.com 900 Fifth Street Executive Editor Nanaimo, BC Julie Keenan Cover Photo V9R 5S5 Director, Advancement & Alumni Relations Feature Image: Steve Gerecke [email protected] www.viu.ca/alumni Managing Editor Journey is published in the spring and fall by David Forrester (Phys Ed ’02, Rec & Sport ’02) VIU’s Advancement & Alumni Relations Office Advertising Inquiries Manager, Advancement & Alumni Relations and is distributed free of charge to alumni and David Forrester friends. All material is copyright © 2013, Van- Manager, Advancement and Alumni Relations Editor & Writer couver Island University Advancement &Alumni 900 Fifth Street Janina Stajic Relations, and may be reprinted with written Nanaimo, BC permission. Opinions expressed in the magazine V9R 5S5 Contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of Vancouver 250.740.6214 Adrienne Wanhill (BA in Creative Writing ’01) Island University. [email protected] Rachelle Stein-Wotten (BA ’11) Jacqualine Johnson (BSc in Computing The Vancouver Island University community ac- Canadian Publications Mail Agreement Science ’04) knowledges and thanks the Tla’Amin, Qualicum, #40063601 Snaw Naw As, Snuneymuxw, Quw’utsun, Halalt, place at actual size, no scaling!! Penelakut, Lyackson, Chemainus, and Lake Cowichan First Nations on whose traditional lands we teach, learn, research, live and share knowledge. 4 31.5 x 17.5mm Journey_spr13_pr5.indd 4 13-02-18 4:48 PM president's message Lauren (MacNeill) Dryden (L) takes a break from her volunteer nursing work at Haiti's only Critical Care and Trauma Hospital, to rest with colleagues and some of the Haitian nurses (full story page 22). In this issue of Journey, I’m proud exist five years ago. Another feature Young alumni to share stories about recent VIU tells of a young Aboriginal woman graduates who are already making a who changed her life around thanks to are making mark in the world. These alumni are VIU’s ABE programs. Then there’s the using their new found knowledge, inspiring story on page 14 of a young their mark man who became a quadriplegic at the wisdom and skills to blaze a path in age of 16 and today is one of the best their chosen careers, make positive wheelchair rugby athletes in the world. changes in their community or, as in the All of the stories demonstrate there case of Lauren Dryden, in communities is a world of opportunities out there, around the world. Dryden is one of and that VIU’s alumni are taking our Alumni in View stories (page 22) advantage of those opportunities to and has recently returned from Haiti better themselves and the world around where she was supporting local staff them. I hope you’ll be inspired by these at a critical care and trauma hospital. alumni – perhaps you’ll even recognize a person who was in one of your classes These young alumni also embody what a few short years ago. Do you have your I believe is one of the principal goals of own inspiring story to share? As always, education - to create citizens who are we’d like to hear from you. Please email capable of dreaming new dreams and me directly at [email protected]. accomplishing new things, rather than simply repeating what the generations Ralph Nilson, PhD before them have done. Turn to page President and Vice-Chancellor 18 and you’ll find a story of a computer Vancouver Island University science whiz who’s making a career for himself in the world of computer apps – a knowledge-based industry that didn’t 2013 SPRING/SUMMER 5 Journey_spr13_pr5.indd 5 13-02-18 4:48 PM campus news WHAT’S NEW AT VIU? pHOTO: scOTT ruzEskY TREK TO THE BOTTOM Ruzesky decided Antarctica would be close enough. OF THE WORLD On December 9, 2011 Ruzesky and his brother Scott Ruzesky, Amundsen’s an- Jay Ruzesky, a professor in VIU’s cestral sons, left for South America. They English department, was raised on travelled from Santiago, through Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, Argentina. There they cold Canadian winters and stories of traded hotel rooms for bunk beds aboard his famous ancestor, Roald Amund- a 235 foot vessel that could cut through sen, the norwegian explorer who first the ice of the Antarctic Circle. For Ru- discovered the South Pole in Decem- zesky, boarding the ship was a defining ber 1911. Ruzesky felt a kinship to moment: Amundsen and hearing tales of polar “It is not a dream, but a dream real- expeditions was impetus to both tell ized. To stand at the tip of South America his own stories and dream of making a waiting to embark on a ship bound for journey to the Pole himself. Antarctica is something I have tried to imagine for thirty years.
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