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Fall 2013 BISHOP’S Degrees of Achievement 2013 Convocation Memories 2013-14 Bishop’S Annual Fund Your University Magazine No. 41 Fall 2013 BISHOP’S Degrees of achievement 2013 Convocation memories 2013-14 Bishop’s Annual Fund YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN for Alex Fournier and Allison Verville A student of entrepreneurship and marketing, if Alex isn’t studying to maintain his Allison, a fourth year Charitable donations to our Annual Fund generous scholarship, he neuroscience student from touch every aspect of campus life. They play a can be found in the SUB, Whitby ON, keeps active in crucial role in providing the excellent classroom working as the Director of campus life as a midfielder on environment and enriching extracurricular Finance and Operations the varsity women’s soccer experiences students like Alex and Allison take for the SRC. He applies his team, the VP Academic on the advantage of on a daily basis. business education to real life SRC, a volunteer for the Build When you're asked to support our Annual situations, such as managing a Better Purple campaign, Fund this year, please consider responding the campus convenience and a member of the Student generously to help Bishop’s maintain its position store and student bar. Alumni Association. as a leader in undergraduate education. To make an important difference to the lives of BU students, visit ubishops.ca/gift or contact Liz Mazurek ’08: 1-866-822-5210, [email protected] 9 9 10 10 11 Jane Brydges ’95 Chris Burns ’94 Colin Feasby ’94 Chris Hirsch ’00 Sonia Isaac-Mann ’95 11 12 12 13 13 Steve Losty ’96 Geoff MacDonald ’92 Vince Morena ’93 Jennifer Quinn ’94 Chad Schella ’94 Contents Regular features 4 From the corporate world to philanthropy: meet our new 5 Principal’s Page A league of our own: leader of advancement promoting a shared model of education 6 Degrees of achievement 2013 Convocation memories 16 My Space A new inviting social space in front of the arches 8 Mission accomplished! 2013 Sherbrooke Canada Games a resounding success 30 Campus notes Getting t for the future, disaster relief, retiring faculty and more... 9 2013 Class of the Top 10 After 10 Bishop’s honours ten accomplished graduates between 1992 and 2002 32 Alumni Events 14 Distant education Students go abroad to learn 34 Marriages 17 Donor Appreciation Report 2012-13 35 Births 29 A reservoir of energy Bishop’s now operates the rst 36 In memoriam & Honorary gifts geothermal heating district in Canada 37 Through the Years Help save paper and reduce 40 Alumni Perspectives Karen York ’69 on printing costs. Read the shared elements of a healing garden online version of your magazine. Bishop’s University Magazine is published three Notify Sarah Haddon ’01 times a year by the University Advancement Of ce. if you wish to forgo your 866-822-5210; [email protected] printed copy. Edited and designed by Pam McPhail. [email protected] Contributors: Sarah Haddon ’01, Liz Mazurek ’08, Matt McBrine ’96, Lorna Ruemper ’11. www.ubishops.ca/alumni Cover photo by Caméléo Photo. FALL 2013 BISHOP’S UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE 3 From the corporate world to philanthropy: meet our new leader of advancement How does a In 2000 I had a transforma- What do you The closeness of the rela- lawyer in the tive experience which led to a think of our tionships is exceptional. I corporate major career change. One of University am hugely impressed by the world my alma maters, the Domin- so far? intimate connections among become a ican University College of alumni, students and others leader in the Ottawa, recruited me as a vol- of the Bishop’s community. philanthropic unteer, resulting in an oppor- sector? tunity for me to witness, fi rst What is your I enjoy meeting and interacting Brigitte Quintal hand, generosity in action— greatest with people. I look forward to Executive Director of University the dedication and engagement strength? developing good relationships Advancement of both volunteers and donors. with everyone. When McGill, another of Brigitte earned a BA and an my alma maters, presented What are your • To get to know and MA in Theology from the me with an opportunity to immediate understand the different Dominican University College work for its campaign, I made priorities? constituencies, and a BCL from McGill. She the transition and learned a • to sustain and grow our cur- became a member of the Quebec tremendous amount on the rent programs, such as the Bar Association in 1992. After job from my Assistant VP Annual Fund and corporate working for Bell Canada for Development (who is now VP). giving, and close to 14 years, she moved to I found development work fas- • to build on our strong the philanthropic sector. cinating and fulfi lling. When foundation in all areas of She joined McGill University a position became available in advancement. in 2007 where she acted as Sherbrooke, I chose to return Associate Campaign Director, to my hometown. Anything in I am happy to be in a working mostly in the particular place where I will become development of philanthropic What excites Bishop’s offers a liberal educa- you want to acquainted with many great potential in Europe and with you most tion that speaks to my values say to our individuals and have the Quebec corporations. In about coming and resembles my own under- readers? chance to make a difference at 2010 Brigitte returned to her to Bishop’s? graduate background. You an institution that has contrib- hometown of Sherbrooke to might say I’ve come full circle, uted so much to the Eastern become Director of Development from my theoretical studies to Townships where I was born. for the Faculty of Medicine and actually practicing and promo- then Development & Campaign ting the value of giving. Director at l’Université de We did not involve volun- Sherbrooke. teers in fundraising at other In May 2013 Brigitte became universities to the large extent the new leader of Advancement that Bishop’s does. This aspect at Bishop’s where she will guide of my job will be new and fundraising, alumni relations stimulating. and communications. 4 BISHOP’S UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE FALL 2013 Principal’s Page A league of our own Promoting a shared model of education • primarily undergraduate student body future merger. We will continue to be (over 90% are undergraduates); rivals, but we believe that if our model of • national student demographic (at least education becomes more widely under- 40% are from out of province); and stood and appreciated we may well enlarge • small town locations. the pool of high quality applicants rather We also created our League as a than simply compete for the present response to growing concerns—expressed number. We want to sustain enrolments, by students, parents, educators and media not increase them to the point our intimate commentators—about the deterioration learning experience gets eroded. of undergraduate education in Canada. We are optimistic about the possibilities Although our type of university carries for collaboration in a wide range of aca- Michael Goldbloom cachet in the US, in Canada the large, demic, administrative, and extracurricu- urban, research-oriented institution has lar activities. But even with a structure of very fall the football Gaiters compete become the norm. governance and a budget of $600,000 for against a team from the Maritimes, Facing fi nancial challenges, most uni- three years (raised from outside our oper- extending their play beyond prov- E versities have been increasing their under- ating budgets), the League will only realize incial boundaries. In May of this year graduate enrolments, while focusing their its potential benefi ts if individuals—stu- Bishop’s formalized a new alliance, the U4 resources primarily on building graduate dents, faculty, and staff—reach out to League, with three of its friendly Mari- programs and research capacity. U4 insti- develop initiatives with other members. times rivals: Acadia, Mount Allison, and tutions offer an attractive alternative for Four eastern universities, each over St. Francis Xavier. Designed to promote the undergraduate student: small classes 150 years old, each ranked highly in and enhance our shared liberal arts model and direct contact with professors who the Maclean’s and The Globe and Mail of education, this strategic partnership usually do the teaching themselves. surveys, as well as in the National Survey arose from our common features: To survive and prosper in an era of lim- of Student Engagement (NSSE): perhaps • small size (under 4,500 students); ited government funding, the U4 institu- one day Canadians will proudly promote • primarily residential nature (more tions must do even better. In this respect, our undergraduate model as being in a than 75% of students live on campus our League is not a fi rst step towards some league of our own by any measure. ■ or within two km); U4 LEAGUE IN ACTION FUTURE COLLABORATION • “Up for Debate”: The Future of Under- The U4 League might pursue collabora- • by developing joint research projects, graduate Education – held in February tion in a number of ways: particularly those involving students as at Bishop’s. Students, faculty, staff, and • by designing programs, courses, activ- researchers; administrators participated in a student ities and exchanges that students from • by implementing a best practices debating tournament and TEDx Talks. each of our universities can access—on approach to teaching; and • “Teaching In and Beyond the Class- and off campus; • by conducting joint analyses of institu- room” – held in April at Mount Alli- • by expanding the teaching, research tional operations to determine how com- son University. Students and faculty and professional opportunities for fac- munications, branding, administration, explored the many roles students play in ulty through the extended horizon of the technology and service delivery might be undergraduate teaching and mentoring.
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