Issue H, HFGI The magazine of Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario alumnireview.queensu.ca Queen’ALU MN I REVIsEW The revitalization of Richardson Stadium A special update from Health Sciences artthe lea rningof Issue 2, 2014 | alumnireview.queensu.ca a Be a TRICOLOUR TRAVELLER in Visit queensu.ca/alumni click on learning opportunities Request your copy of the Alumni Educational Travel catalogue today! ... [email protected] Featuring contents Issue z, zxy|, Volume , Number z Serving the Queen’s community since yz alumnireview.queensu.ca p Queen’ALU MN I REVIsEW Editor’s notebook q Letters to the Editor COVER STORY s or The art of From the Principal learning t “A transformative gift” of art Campus News from Drs. 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The revitalization of Richardson rp A generous $yx-million pledge from two alumni and a $}-million one Alumni bookshelf from the Richardson Foundation has given the university’s stadium renewal plans a major boost. rr “and one more thing …” By Georgie Binks, Artsci’} cover photo by Suzy Lamont ed ito rs NO TEBOO’K You ’ve spoken … Volume LL, No. H, HFGI and we ve listened. [email protected] ’ www.alumnireview.queensu.ca he most oft-heard questions about the Review that come our The Queen’s Alumni Review way concern the small size of the type and the photos in the (circ. yz{,xxx), published quarterly T by University Communications, magazine. This has led us to think that it was time for a redesign . is a member of the Council for The last front-to-back “makeover” of the Review was in zxxx. the Advancement and Support of We freshened up things in zxyx, and we’re forever tweaking the Education. Subscriptions free to alumni, $z} UV_ /year for others. design to keep it fresh, interesting, and relevant. Opinions expressed in the Review Last fall, we convened a group of campus stakeholders with are not necessarily those of expertise in communications, marketing, and alumni relations and Queen’s University or of the bfSS . we told them about the feedback we’ve received from readers. We Zdd_ # x|{-x| asked for their suggestions on how they thought we might improve Queen’s University the Review ’s design to make it more reader-friendly and current. As Chief Communications Officer you’d expect, this consultation provided us with a host of good ideas. Michael Fraser After taking note of the best of them, the Review’s veteran art director, Editor Larry Harris, put his talents to work creating a bold new design Ken Cuthbertson, Artsci’|, Law’{ scheme for the magazine. Once he’d worked his magic, the staff Editor Emerita in the Queen’s marketing office previewed the “design roughs” to Catherine Perkins, Arts’} Keeping in Touch (KIT) Editor individuals and focus groups in the broader Queen’s and alumni Andrea Gunn, ^aS ’x communities. More tweaks followed. The entire redesign process, which took about six months, involved dozens of people. Art Director Larry Harris, University Marketing You hold in your hands the end product of these efforts. As you’ll Associate Designer (KIT) see, the “new look” Review has larger, easier-to-read typefaces, more Wilma van Wyngaarden white space, bigger photos, and what we think is a crisper, more Advertising Coordinator eye-catching design. I hope you like it. Peter Gillespie, Artsci’xy All that said, the Review is still very much a work in progress. Phone: ~y{.}{{.~xxx ext. }|~| Like any good magazine that values a real connection to its readers Email: [email protected] and strives to serve them, the Review is a living entity that’s con - HFGI-HFGJ Queen’s University stantly changing and adapting. Alumni Association President George Jackson, Artsci’} We’d appreciate hearing what you think of the changes we’ve made to your magazine. All comments and suggestions – in The Mission of the QUAA “To reach out and foster a lifelong writing, please – are welcome. So please shoot us an email at association with Queen’s , to engage [email protected] or drop us a line via snail mail. our members in the life and work of the university, and to serve the alumni community in all its diversity.” Canada Post Publications Mail Permit NIGFLMFGK Postage paid at Kingston, `_ Return undeliverable Canadian and other addresses to the Review offices. Queen’s University University Avenue Among our editorial contributors this issue … Kingston, `_ \] {_~ Phone: ~y{.}{{.zx~x Kingston writer Lindy Gary Michael or y.xx.z~.{ Mechefske (“House calls Dault (The Art of (toll-free in Canada and f.d. ) on the ‘front lines’”, p. a) Learning,” p. Y\ ) Fax: ~y{.}{{.~z is the author of the is a Napanee, To update your address cookbook A Taste of `_ -based Wintergreen (Wintergreen freelance arts [email protected] Studios Press, zxyy) reporter/critic. p Issue 2, 2014 | alumnireview.queensu.ca le TttersO THE EDITOR Thanks for the memories having been Merv Daub, Com’~~ (p. Z), Re “Seeking thinkers who also ‘do ’, ” etc. for Business Economics and Forecasting. Issue :1-2014, pps. 2, 7, 8 and 35 Upon graduation I chose to launch my career elsewhere after declining an offer Thanks to Associate University Registrar to join Commerce Capital Corporation, (Undergraduate Admissions) Stuart where [ Queen’s Chancellor-elect] Jim Pinchin, Artsci’, for reminding us old - Leech, ’{ (p. _ ), was then perched. sters (and possibly parents of later grads ^TS The collage of warm memories and and current students) of the Unique most of the emotions known to mankind Queen’s Experience (fbW) . Stu and I go swept over me as I read this issue, think - back pre- Queen’s to Camp Kandalore in ing of friends past, those who have the ‘~xs and ’xs, when it seemed that passed, and the better future the commu - half the staff went to Queen’s . nity of Queen’s helps us all to build. The late Rob Buller, TS ’y (p.[]), [in his role as a high school liaison officer] Ian Caulfield “Uncks” Smith, Arts’77, MBA ’79 cemented my Queen’s perceptions in yz Oakville, ON when he came to my high school in the wilds and recruited about zx per cent of Remembering John Matheson the Grade y{ class of Oakville-Trafalgar Re “The passing of a great Canadian” High School. Later, when Rob was running Issue :1-2014, p. 26 Leonard Hall, he was the first to explain I was pleased to see my dear friend, John an ^TS to me. I stuck around and got one, Matheson, TS ’|x, ]]V ’|, remembered in one of my more memorable professors the Review and in the January edition of BREATHTAKINGBREAATHTTHTTAKAKAKING VIEWS, INSIDEINSIDE AND OUT.OUT. TThehe DDeltaelta KKingstoningston WWaterfrontaterfrontont HHotelotel is ideally situated in the hhearteart of historic downtown KKingston,ingston,ingston, and perperchedched next to the bbeautifuleautiful CConfederationonfederation HHarbour.arbourarbour. 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UXcU held a successful funding drive in February, with Kingston community members and many Queen’s alumni donating to support the installa - o David Hunt, tion of a new, on-air broadcasting console in the t o h p Mus’_[ station. Students have voted an increase in the an - d e I L (right) and nual fee they pay to support , and based on p UXcU p u S John Matheson the success of this vote, the university administra - tion has agreed to continue to provide free rent to the @ Queen’s broadcast email that goes out to the station for the next three years. alumni. If I may, I’d like to share with Review Every contribution helps to build a future for readers a photo of John and myself (above) that UXcU , as the station adapts its traditional radio was taken at a Queen’s football game on programing to digital platforms. 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