Mount A Alum Hockey Team

Seen here is the Mount A alumni team for the 5th annual Molson Old Stars tournament that takes place on the last weekend of September every year in Halifax.

All 10 present and former AUAA (AUS) hockey schools had teams this year. While Mount A has participated every year, this was the first year that every player on the team was a Mount A alum.

Here is a list of the team members:

Front row (L-R): Andy Clark '96, Darren Rimmer '95, Paul Bourque '79, Mike Roberts '88, Dave Curnew '02, Andy Meth '96

Back row (L-R): Perennial Team MVP Brad MacCharles '99, Brian Harriman '99, Mike Mullaly '95, Craig Pitcher '96, Brad Rusaw '94, Duane Irvine, Joey Zappia (Joey from Joey's, so that pretty much means honorary degree), Andrew MacGillivray '95, Mark Farwell '87

Missing from photo: Jeff Thompson '99

Anyone looking to play in the tournament next year is encouraged to contact Andy Clark at ac@cicnova.ns.ca or Jeff Thompson at jeff.thompson@astratech.com.

Thanks! Andy Clark

Alumnae Named Most Powerful Women

Mount A is pleased to announce that four alumnae have been recognized by the Women’s Executive Network as Canada’s most powerful women for 2008.

Mount Allison alumnae the Hon. Margaret McCain ('54) and Dr. Nancy Grant ('69), in the Trailblazers & Trendsetters category, as well as Dr. Vianne Timmons ('79) and Dr. Kimberley Amirault ('95) in the Professionals category, were all honoured among Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100™ in Toronto on November 25.

Now in its sixth year, Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100™ list has also included several Mount Allison alumnae on past lists including Karen Radford, the Honourable Catherine Callbeck, Dr. Ruth Goldbloom, Brenda Robertson, Annette Verschuren, Lynn Loewen, and Jane Craighead. Other past Top 100 winners include Mount Allison honorary degree recipients Madam Justice Rosalie Abella, Dr. Roberta Bondar, and Judith Maxwell.

For the full list of recipients please visit: http://www.wxnetwork.com/.

MTA's New Homepage!

You will notice a brand new Mount Allison Home Page with some exciting new features.

Computing Services has been working with the Communications Office for the past few months to create a new look for Mount Allison and a new way of telling our story. The Home Page is a reflection of this collaboration.

Some of the new features on the Home Page include more scope for showing what is happening on campus photographically. The design also gives us ample room along the bottom of the page to highlight more news releases, a new way of showcasing events, and a method of sharing the details about faculty, staff, and students who have been featured recently in the media.

Now consistent with many interior pages designed last year, the Home Page includes a number of features that have begun to be part of our look for both web and print applications - stacked images on the left and a series of images at the top of the page that can be changed often. It also provides as much navigational and news information on the first page as possible.

We hope you enjoy the modernized Home Page and we welcome your news stories!

Mount A; Most Vegetarian-Friendly University in Canada

Mount A has been named the "Most Vegetarian-Friendly University in Canada" by Peta! A big thanks to all those that voted! Congrats!!

After tens of thousands of votes, the winners were revealed with the top five universities in Canada receiving certificates to be displayed in their dinning halls (since this really was a campus-wide victory).

After a modest placement on the list two years ago, Mount Allison has risen to the top in 2008, powered by the most creative and delicious vegan options in all of Canada!

Some of the many options that Allisonians rave to Peta about include the Italian tempeh mock sausage, the vegan enchilada bake, and vegan sloppy Joes.

We even offers a fully vegan dining station, with more than 100 vegan dishes to choose from!

Go Mounties!

Check out all the finalists.

Mount A #1 Again!

It is my pleasure to let you know that Mount Allison University was once again named the top undergraduate school in Canada by Maclean's magazine in its 18th annual University Rankings Issue, announced today.

Thank you to all of our faculty, staff, and students who have once again made this possible.

Robert Campbell
President and Vice-Chancellor
Mount Allison University

More details are available at http://www.macleans.ca/oncampus.

Related Links:
#1 again! — Mount Allison receives top spot in Maclean’s University rankings
(Mount Allison press release)

Mount Allison top university again
(Moncton Times & Transcript)

Acadia ousted from top perch in MacLean's poll
(Halifax Metro News)

Maclean's 18th annual (and biggest ever) University Rankings issue
(Maclean's news release)

Top schools still tops in Maclean's
(Windsor Star)

Vote for Mount A!

Mount A has been nominated as veggie-friendly, along with 15 other Canadian universities, in peta2's annual Most Vegetarian-Friendly Colleges competition.

The schools will compete in 4 rounds of voting before reaching the finals. On peta2's website, each university is represented by their sports logo with a paragraph describing their vegetarian offerings.

Other Canadian competitors this year are Dal, McGill, York, uToronto, Brock, UoGuelph, McMaster, uWaterloo, UWO, Brandon U, uSask, uAlberta, SFU, UBC, and uVic.

Take a minute to VOTE FOR MOUNT A!