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Gala & Auction

A venture created through the experiential commerce course Entrepreneurship & New Venture Creation, called The Allisonian Art Garden Ltd. ­ taught under the supervision of Dr. Nauman Farooqi has allowed 8 students to create a viable business over the course of the semester by applying skills learned in marketing, finance, and operations.

Through a collaborative partnership with Mount Allison’s fine art students and University Advancement, they have conceived a business model that will assist the artists a higher and more deserving profit for their work while serving as a networking channel for their personal portfolios.

To meet these above objectives, they have planned two events which will showcase, and then auction, a number of submitted art pieces from each of our partnered artist group:

• one in Dieppe, NB to target the Moncton community and alumni;
  
• the other in Sackville, NB to reach Mount Allison faculty, administration, and students, as well as local community and alumni.

For more details about our Moncton event, please visit the Moncton Chapter: http://alumni.mta.ca/htmltonuke.php?filnavn=/alumni/chapters/moncton.html

This event will provide you with the opportunity to view and then bid on various pieces of art through a formal auction ­ with several silent auction pieces as well. Additionally, you will be able to meet each artist in attendance as well as socialize with alumni and well-known business leaders, including David Hawkins, President of CouleurNB and executive sponsor of this event.

The Record Online

The Fall 2009 issue of the Record in now available online.

Mansbridge named next Chancellor

The CBC's Peter Mansbridge will become the next chancellor of Mount Allison University!

Read more: Mansbridge named Mount Allison University chancellor (CBC)

Maclean’s magazine ranks Mount Allison best in Canada for record 13th time

Mount Allison University has again been named the top undergraduate school in Canada by Maclean’s magazine in its 19th annual University Rankings Issue, which was released on Thursday November 5.

Mount Allison has been ranked as Canada’s No. 1 undergraduate university by Maclean’s a record 13 times in the past 19 years and has never placed lower than second. No other university has led its category so many times.

Read more!

Music Alumni

The September edition of the Music Alumni eNewsletter
is now available!

2009 Most Vegetarian-Friendly University

Mount Allison is nominated again for 2009 Most Vegetarian-Friendly University in Canada by peta2!

The university has been selected as one of the top eight schools in Canada when it comes to providing vegetarian and vegan options. Among the many meatless options available on campus menus are mock chicken and broccoli crèpes, red Thai vegetable noodle bowls, and mock beef and broccoli teriyaki.

VOTE FOR MTA NOW!

Great Canadian Song Quest Finalist

Congratulations to David Myles ('03), who has been voted the singer-songwriter for the province of New Brunswick in the Great Canadian Song Quest.

David is among thirteen Canadian artists chosen to write songs about different locations across Canada. The songs will be unveiled on Monday, November 23.

View more information.

Canada World Youth Exchange

Sally Ng ('09), will be leaving shortly for an exchange with Canada World Youth in Chamazi, Tanzania. Keep up with Sally's adventures by reading her blog: http://sallycng.blogspot.com

Good luck on your adventures, Sally!

Re-opening of residences

We will experience a very healthy incoming class this September, and we need to expand our residence capacity above that of the previous few years.

To this end, we are indeed very fortunate to be in the position to re-open the Bermuda and Pavillon Bousquet (locally known as "The Monastery") residences this fall, in order to accommodate the incoming class.

Each residence will house 26 students and will have its own unique character. We are pleased that Bermuda House will serve as the Global Village residence for this year, which is joint initiative of Residence Life and International Affairs.

This will see students actively engaged in the President's Speaker Series on International Engagement, as well with other programming to promote internationalization on our campus. Pavillon Bousquet residents will also be involved in establishing an original residence life program for their house.

Construction and renovation work has begun on these buildings to prepare them for the upcoming academic year.

Outstanding Allisonian to receive CMA’s Sir Charles Tupper Award for Political Action

Congratulations to Mount Allison graduate and honorary degree holder Dr. Marilyn Trenholme Counsell '54 who has been recognized with the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) 2009 Sir Charles Tupper Award for Political Action in recognition of her tireless efforts to educate government, policymakers, and the public and to advance healthy public policy.

Read more at CNW Group

Green Art

Honda Canada has been traveling across Canada to meet environmentalists of all breeds for the Canadian launch of their hybrid Insight on Earth Day. They met up with Choleena DiTullio '94 on their Fredericton-Charlottetown leg to talk about her "green art".

Read more!

JUMP Campaign

The JUMP Mount Allison Campaign has reached $70 million!

President's newsletter

The summer 2009 President’s Newsletter is now online ­ http://www.mta.ca/governance/president/newsletters/july09.html .

I hope you enjoy this selective summary of spring and summer activity at Mount Allison.

2009 Donor Report

A web version of the 2009 Donor Report is now available online.

Record Online

The summer issue of the Record is now available online!

Mount Allison Alum Awarded by President Obama

Congratulations to Nonie K. Lesaux ('99), one of the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on young professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.

The recipient scientists and engineers will receive their awards in the Fall at a White House ceremony. President Obama named 100 beginning researchers as recipients on July 9th.

Read more on the awards.
Read more about Nonie.

Bothered By My Green Conscience

Franke James ('79) has released a new book, Bothered by My Green Conscience, a story of her true-life adventures in going green. The collection of five visual essays has been published as a 160-page full color book by New Society Publishers in late April 2009.

Learn more: http://www.frankejames.com/

Aged Discoveries

Eighty-five-year-old Jim VanWart ('45) couldn't have chosen a hobby further from his career path. The retired pharmacist from Edmundston, who once toiled in precision, now thrives in the abstract, seeing and capturing in photographs the beauty and elegance of discarded metals.

Read full story: Aged discoveries (Telegraph Journal)

New Director of Athletics

It is my pleasure to announce that Pierre Arsenault will be joining Mount Allison as Director of Athletics and Recreation on July 27, 2009.

Pierre brings a wealth of sports administration experience to this role, most recently as Executive Director of the New Brunswick Golf Association. Prior to this, Pierre worked with Hockey Canada’s Atlantic Centre of Excellence, the Saskatchewan Hockey Association, and with the University of Ottawa’s Gee-Gees Varsity Hockey Team.

He holds a Bachelor of Physical Education (concentration in sports administration) from the University of New Brunswick and a Master’s degree in sport administration from the University of Ottawa. We engaged in a national search to fill the position of Athletics & Recreation Director.

The committee was impressed by Pierre’s qualifications, experience, and potential for a very positive fit with the Mount Allison community. Further, given the values and characteristics highlighted by the many experts consulted throughout the process and the match with these to Pierre, the committee unanimously agreed that he would position us strongly for the future development of this important unit within the Mount Allison community.

Please join me in welcoming Pierre to the ‘Mountie’ team.

Sincerely,
Ron Byrne
Vice-President, International and Student Affairs

New Director for Business Studies

Dr. Tim Hynes will join the Mount Allison community as Director of the Ron Joyce Centre for Business Studies on August 10.

Dr. Hynes is an award-winning researcher in corporate finance and strategic management. He comes to Mount Allison following a national search and selection process to fill this new position.

Tim Hynes previously taught at St. Francis Xavier University, where he was chair of the department of business administration — the Gerald Schwartz School of Business and Information Systems.

He has also worked for prominent Canadian companies, including Gulf Canada Resources Inc. and holds degrees from St. Francis Xavier University, the University of British Columbia, and the University of Calgary.

Please join me in welcoming Dr. Hynes as we move forward in this next exciting chapter for the Ron Joyce Centre for Business Studies.

Sincerely,
Stephen McClatchie Provost and Vice-President,
Academic and Research

Cycling across Canada

Maurice Tugwell '68 left Vancouver on May 27th for an eight week cross-Canada bicycle adventure. Follow his travels by reading his blog: http://tugonabike.blogspot.com or http://canadaride.blogspot.com.

Good luck on your adventures, Maurice!

Family of Allisonians

Submitted by Barbara Campbell
The Campbell family got together on May 25th to celebrate the Mount Allison graduation of our father, Donald R. Campbell.

From left to right the family members are:

• Jason Hicks, M.Sc. (B.Sc. Hons Biology '93) Son-in-law
• Barbara Campbell, M.Sc. (B.Sc. Hons Biochemistry '94, B.A. French '94) Daughter
• Douglas Campbell, Ph.D. (Mount A Faculty) Son
• Leone Campbell (B.A. History '88) Wife
• Donald Campbell (B.A. '09) Graduate
• Amanda Cockshutt, Ph.D. (Mount A Faculty) Daughter-in-law
• Arthur Campbell, Ph.D. (B.M. Music '90) Son

Congratulations to Donald, and the Campbell Family!

Commerce Alums

The Summer 2009 Commerce eNewsletter is now available!

Summerside Boys

Submitted by Bill Bishop ('70)

Back in the late 1960's ('67. '68 & '69) the Mount A men's varsity volleyball team won the Atlantic university championship and went on to the Canadian university championships each of those years.

A number of the players on those teams came from Summerside. Last night we had a reunion dinner of sorts out here in Long River. Pictured above: The "Summerside Boys" - from left to right - Bryan Scully '69/'70; Mike Sheen '70; Owen MacCausland '71; Gerry Hopkirk '67; Bill Bishop '70 and Scott Linkletter '70.

Needless to say there were a few stories told and by the end of the evening I think we agreed to enter a team in the Canadian senior championships - not!

I believe the first Canadian intercollegiate volleyball championships were held in Calgary in 1967 as part of various centennial celebrations across Canada that year. In 1969 Mount A hosted the Canadian championships. At that time the trophy that was presented to the winner had no "name". Somehow Mount A "donated" the trophy and it became known as the "Tantramar Trophy". Even though Mount A has been out of men's varsity volleyball since 1976 (may be wrong by a year) the Trophy has been presented annually to the Canadian champions.

CD Release Party

If you're in the Moncton area on June 20, you'll want to check out Craig O'Neill ('92) and his band oldSchool. Craig plays guitar in the group, which will be releasing its first CD entitled The Detention Years. The party takes place at Monctons Rockin Rodeo. Tickets are $10 at the door, and that price gets you a free CD! Come out and support your fellow alumnus.

We have moved!

External Relations — now called University Advancement — has moved to Centennial Hall. Please visit us in our new home on the first floor, anytime. Our door is always open.

University Advancement
Alumni Office • Development Office • Communications Office
65 York Street, Sackville, NB E4L 1E4

Reunion Weekend 2009

We had a great Reunion Weekend! Check out the photos.

Lecture at the Owens

Everyone is invited to attend a lecture by Erin Morton '03 entitled "Behind Those Weathered Doors: Nova Scotia's Folk Art Pilgrimage, 1974-1999" at the Owens Art Gallery on Wednesday 18 March at 7:00 pm.

Erin is a graduate of Mount A in Art History, currently completing her PhD at Queen's University. Her lecture is organized by the students in the Art History Union at Mount Allison University with the support of the Friends of the Owens Art Gallery and the Fine Arts Department at Mount Allison University.

Reunion Weekend 2009

You're Invited!

All alumni are invited back to campus for a fun-filled weekend in Sackville this May 22-24.

NEW! Pre-Reunion Programming
Come back early and attend great lectures and guided tours by our award-winning faculty. To sign-up, see Pre-Reunion Program.

Calling all graduating classes ending in 4 or 9!
Plan a trip to Mount A to celebrate your milestone reunion.

Remember to register by May 1, 2009. All on-campus meals and accommodations must be paid for in advance, with your registration. To register, see Register Now!

See REUNION WEEKEND 2009 for more information, and for a full schedule of events.

Vote green!

It is time to vote for our environmental video contest, How Green Are You?

We received videos from as far away as China and India, as well as from right here on campus. Thanks to all of the contributors for their great submissions and to you for voting.

You will want to review all eight videos first to make your vote count most effectively, as you will only be able to vote once. The four finalists will be awarded cash prizes and a matching donation to the environmental charity of their choice. The top youth group submission will also have their video featured during the 8th International Film Festival for Youth as part of its Green Screen Challenge.

Voting closes on March 23, 2009. Thanks for helping us celebrate the Year of the Environment and thanks for spreading the word.

VOTE NOW!

Builder wins national award

Congratulations to New Horizon Homes president Jeff Paikin '84, who accepted two significant awards at the Canadian Home Builders’ Association’s (CHBA) National Conference in Quebec City this past weekend.

New Horizon Homes, a Hamilton-based builder of single-detached and multi-residential homes, won the CHBA’s first ever Green Home Award which is given to a new home builder or developer member for outstanding environmental performance in a new single-detached home. The company also won a Home Renovation Award in the ‘Any Room’ category.


The awards are part of the CHBA’s National Sales and Marketing (SAM) Awards handed out each year and they are the pinnacle of marketing and design achievement. SAMs are often referred to as the Academy Awards of the new home construction industry.

The two awards were accepted in front 500 industry insiders from across the country by New Horizon Homes president Jeff Paikin and vice president Joe Giacomodonato. The Green Home Award was won for a custom project the company worked on in Grimsby while the second award was for a basement renovation completed in Burlington.

Formed in 1942, the HHHBA provides a voice for the local residential construction and home renovation industries and advocates for choice and affordability in housing in an effort to help people to fulfill the dream of home ownership.

Visit their web site for more information: www.chba.ca

New artwork unveiled at Capitol

Moncton artist Nancy King Schofield '91 has long been inspired by and concerned for the environment around her, a theme central to much of her work.

Among her latest creations is Natura VI, a mixed-media work that addresses the environment. The work was unveiled yesterday at Moncton's Capitol Theatre.

Natura VI consists of six panels forming a six feet by 12 feet work that will be on semi-permanent display over the main staircase of the Irving Lobby.

The images have been inspired by landscapes, the ocean, driftwood and stones with three of the panels being photographs and the other three drawn in wood with texture and paint added.

Nancy graduated from Mount A's fine arts program 15 years ago and has since opened a studio in Grand Barachois to write and continue her visual art work.

Her work will be on display for the next two years. Admission is free.

Allisonians at the ECMAs!

Mount Allison alumni were well represented at the 2009 East Coast Music Awards held this past week in Corner Brook, NL.

Congratulations to David Myles who received the award for Folk Recording of the Year. David was also nominated for Entertainer of the Year and Male Solo Recording of the Year.

Albert Lionais and his group, the Tom Fun Orchestra, won the CBC Galaxie Rising Star Recording of the Year for their album You Will Land with a Thud. Congratulations Albert!

Allisonian Meaghan Blanchard was nominated in two categories: Galaxie Rising Star Recording of the Year and Folk Recording of the Year, and also performed at the actual award gala.

The Grass Mountain Hobos (with Mount A alum Mark Geddes '07 and Josh Ellis '07) won Bluegrass Recording of the Year.

Alumna Eleanor McCain '91 was nominated for Children’s Recording of the Year.

Congratulations to all award winners and nominees!

Visit www.ecma.ca/news for a full list.

World's Oldest Hockey Stick at Mount A

Mount Allison scientists are excited about looking at what appears to be the world's oldest known hockey stick.

Scientists are preparing to conduct tests on the age of the artifact that could be critical to the game's history - a hand-hewn, maple-root specimen from Cape Breton that historians of Canada's favourite sport are endorsing as the most genuine candidate yet to be considered a "national treasure."

While other contenders have recently been offered for sale on eBay, experts say the object owned by Nova Scotia youth worker Mark Presley has the composition, design and provenance of an authentic, early 19th-century shinny stick - a relic from the era when hockey was evolving from a variety of stick-and-ball skating games throughout Eastern Canada.

Presley, who was in Campbellton, N.B., on Saturday to give the stick its first national exposure during a nation-wide CBC broadcast for Hockey Day in Canada, told Canwest News Service the stick was being sent this week to dendrochronologists - tree-age specialists - at Mount Allison for analysis aimed at confirming other tests and research indicating an origin in the 1830s or earlier.

Experts from the Toronto-based Society for International Hockey Research (SIHR) examined Presley's stick last fall and declared it the best example yet of a mid-1800s hockey stick.

Presley, a 41-year-old history buff from Berwick, N.S., acquired the stick last March after it had been displayed for about 30 years on the wall of a barbershop in North Sydney, N.S.

He carefully traced the stick's origins to the Moffatt family, which had a homestead on the shores of nearby Pottle's Lake. Oral and written records describing shinny contests on the lake in the mid-1800s - with Moffatt family members among the skaters - have strengthened the case for the stick's authenticity.

Particularly intriguing are the initials "W.M" etched into the blade of the stick, suggesting the metre-long object was carved in the 1830s for a family ancestor named W.M. (Dilly) Moffatt, born in 1829.

But Presley's research has also identified other "W.M." candidates from the family tree going back as far as the late 1700s.

Read more:
NS shinny stick could be a national treasure
(Nanaimo Daily News)

New Director at the Canadian Stage Company

Congratulations to internationally acclaimed theatre director and arts administrator Matthew Jocelyn ('79), who has been named Artistic and General Director of The Canadian Stage Company.

Jocelyn was born and raised in Toronto, and was named Chevalier des Art et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) by the French Ministry of Culture in July, 2008.

In Canada, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Mount Allison and a Master of Arts degree at Montreal’s McGill University. He attended the Université d’Aix-en-Provence in France and Oxford University in England as a Rhodes Scholar.

He was shaped by some of the leading forces in European and Asian theatre and dance. He studied with acclaimed Polish director Jerzy Grotowski, Japanese Butoh dance master Tanaka Min, and was assistant to renowned French director Patrice Chéreau and England’s legendary Jonathan Miller.

His professional credits include: guest director at Canada’s Stratford Shakespeare Festival where he received critical acclaim for the direction of Pierre Corneille’s The Liar (Le menteur) in 2006; co-founding the Théâtre de l’Autre Rive, founding the Théâtre Des-Hérités and directing at the Atelier Chekhov in Paris; assisting in artistic coordination and directing at the Centre de Formation Lyrique of the Paris National Opera; creating and performing dance-theatre productions in France and Spain; developing and directing original plays, operas and translations in Canada, Switzerland, France, Germany and Brussels.

He is an educator, who has held positions at the University of Toronto, the American University of Paris and the Université de Toulouse-le Mirail and more recently at the Conservatoire National Supérieure d’Art Dramatique in Paris.

In 1998, the French Minister of Culture appointed Jocelyn as the Artistic and General Director of the Atelier du Rhin, a regional drama centre in Colmar, France. Over a 10-year period, he put the Atelier du Rhin on the international map, establishing the organization as a major centre for theatre, opera and contemporary dance - the only multidisciplinary artistic centre of its kind in France.

It became highly regarded for the excellence of its productions, numerous artistic residencies, network of community and educational programs, and the state-of-the-art renovations transforming it into one of the best-equipped and most versatile theatres in France.

His achievements included launching the Jeunes Voix du Rhin, an internationally recognized training centre which attracts performers and instructors from around the world; and establishing France’s first policy of corporate sponsorship and partnership for artistic institutions.

In addition to his administrative and financial roles, he directed a number of productions at the
Atelier du Rhin and Jeunes voix du Rhin.

Learn more about the Canadian Stage Company.

Read more:
Canadian Stage hands reins to Jocelyn
(Globe and Mail)

Bermuda Trip Update

Here's a match report for the Men's Soccer Team's games in Bermuda:

First Game
On a perfect evening for soccer, temperature around 63 degrees and no wind, the Mount Allison Mounties soccer team took on the Bermuda select under 23 squad. The game was divided into 3 periods of 30 minutes so that all 25 of the University team would get to play. The opening period saw the Mounties put constant pressure on the home squad and were rewarded with a goal from a set piece just outside the 18 yard line. Ian McCloud, from Newfoundland took a free kick and put it into the top left hand corner after coming off the crossbar.

The second period saw the younger Mount Allison players take the field and made a good account of themselves. However, miscommunication in the defense lead to a Bermuda equalizing goal. The final period saw end to end action and terrific saves by both goalies. Mount Allison went ahead again when Ian McCloud once more scored. The Bermuda team pressed forward during the later stages of the game and were rewarded by a terrific goal from 20 yards out.

The final score of 2-2 reflected the play and spirit of the game. The next match will be on Wednesday evening when the Mounties take on a Club team Somerset Trojans.

Second Game
The Mounties took on a Bermuda First Division Team tonight called the Somerset Trojans. The conditions once more were perfect for soccer, no wind and 60 degrees. The games was played in 3 periods of 30 minutes. The youngsters started the game for MTA and gave a good account of themselves. However, towards the end of the period the Trojans got a deflected own goal to make the score 1-0 for them. The second period was more even in play and resulted in a stalemate. In the final period the Mounties pressed hard and were unlucky not to score. It was another spirited match and the boys did themselves proud. They are great ambassadors for the university.


Submitted by Rick Thompson ('67)

To read more about their trip to Bermuda, see the Bermuda Chapter Page.

Ms Darbus Finalist

Rosalee Peppard Lockyer '78 is a FINALIST in the "Ms Darbus" competition along with 4 others. By winning tonight, she will be given the opportunity of a lifetime to perform in the musical theatre show at the Neptune Theatre. But it depends upon your vote!

You can vote for her tonight online between 6 pm-12 pm (Atlantic time). Vote now!

You can tune into CBC Mainstreet (streamed) from Nova Scotia between 4 and 6 this afternoon when some of the finalists' marvellous performances at the Neptune Theatre from last night will be aired!

Mounties headed to Bermuda

The year was 1945...the place was Mount Allison University...in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada...and the event — the birth of the Mount Allison Soccer Mounties.

Well known Bermuda resident Dr. Clarence Terceira (’49), AKA, “Tessi” was a freshman study­ing pre-dentistry at Mount Allison in the mid-40s. In his first year (1945), Tessi convinced the university athletic director at the time, Major McCormack, to start an intramural soccer league with four squads and 44 interested players.

From these humble beginnings, Tessi appealed to the Mount Alli­son Men’s Athletic Union for varsity status on campus, and then appli­cation was made to join the Mari­time Universities Athletic Union.


The 2008-09 version of the men’s Soccer Mounties are heading to Bermuda to meet these “charter mem­bers” of the University’s historical program, and to hone their soccer skills against current Bermudian players, over the University break from February 21-28, 2009.

Find out more!

The RECORD ONLINE!

The Record is now available online!

Flip through our magazine, and zoom in to read the articles. Once you're done, send the link to a friend. Don't like reading on a computer? You can also open the magazine as a PDF and print yourself a copy.

Go Green!
If you would like to opt-out of the print version of the Record and receive an e-mail reminder when a new issue is ready to view, e-mail us: alumni@mta.ca.

http://alumni.mta.ca/therecord

Mount Allison’s Animal House

Did you know that Mount Allison now has its own Animal House?

To read all about this Canadian, possibly North American first, read the Winter 09 issue of the Record (Green and Furry, page 23).

Want to learn more about the Animal House and ways to support the project? Click here to download the residence’s community brochure.

Comedy tour

David Pryde ('94) has been spending the last decade performing stand-up comedy across the country as well as writing and acting for television.

David will be at the Hubcap Comedy Festival in Moncton:

Friday, February 13, 2009:
7 pm Mooser's Pub
10:30 pm Pump House Brewery

Saturday, February 14, 2009:
4 pm Empress Theatre
9 pm Cheers

David will also be featured on Just for Laughs on Friday, February 27 at 9 pm on CBC.

David lives in Montreal with his wife, Michelle, and their baby son, Clancy, whose favorite words are "cat", "Elmo" and "Obama".

He has fond memories of Mt. A punctuated by occasional gaps that remain a mystery.

Say 'hey' at www.davidpryde.com

Nominate your favourite teacher!

Deadline: Nominations should be submitted electronically to mlsmith@mta.ca by Monday, January 26, 2009

I am delighted to issue the call for nominations for the awards that recognize outstanding teaching and educational leadership at Mount Allison University: The Herbert and Leota Tucker Teaching Award and the J.E.A Crake Teaching Awards. Nominations are invited from any member of the Mount Allison community­faculty, staff, students, or alumni.


The Herbert and Leota Tucker Teaching Award
The Herbert and Leota Tucker Teaching Award, established by Edmund, Harold and William Tucker in memory of their parents, is Mount Allison's highest recognition of teaching excellence.

The Tucker Award is made annually to a tenured or tenure-track faculty member at Mount Allison who has been teaching full-time at the university for at least five years and who, during that time, has demonstrated outstanding teaching, educational leadership, and teaching scholarship.


The J.E.A. Crake Teaching Awards
The Crake Foundation offers a teaching award for each of the Faculties of Arts, Social Sciences, and Science. These awards are intended to recognize and encourage teaching excellence at Mount Allison University. The selection criteria for the Crake include evidence of excellent teaching and contributions to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

All teachers who are members of the relevant departments and programs and who have not held a teaching award in the previous five years are eligible for the Crake Award for their Faculty.



The complete criteria, and eligibility details at http://www.mta.ca/pctc/awards/index.html

A Frosty Student Centre

A white Wallace McCain Student Centre and Owens Art Gallery after a winter storm of snow and freezing rain that moved across New Brunswick on Monday. Photos taken by Sue Seaborn.

Ghostly Hart Hall

A ghostly Hart Hall enveloped in frost. Photo taken by Thaddeus Holownia on January 19, 2009.

This eerie effect was created by the process of the cold air leaving the building and colliding with the warm air, which is called "thermal inertia".

46 Bridge Street

UPDATE: http://www.mta.ca/fireaid/



On Sunday night, at approximately 6:30, a fire broke out at the 46 Bridge Street residence, where 13 Mount Allison students were living.

All students and other occupants are safe as they quickly evacuated the building and the Sackville fire department responded quickly to the alarm. However, there has been damage to the building and to personal belongings.

The Students’ Administrative Council, in conjunction with Student Affairs and Computing Services, are currently working on a web page that will help co-ordinate relief efforts for the students who have been displaced as a result of the fire.

Many students have lost personal property and the new web page will facilitate help in this area.

Should you wish to make a monetary donation, you can do so through External Relations.

The new web page will let people know what the needs of our students are and will provide a mechanism for providing non-monetary contributions. As soon as the web page is up and running, we will provide you with the URL and any other relevant information.

MTA at the ECMAs

Above: "Things Have Changed" by David Myles with his band at the 2008 ECMAs, live at the Playhouse in Fredericton. Video by Shot On Site Media.

Congratulations to David Myles ('03), Christopher Bowman ('01), and Eleanor McCain ('91) for their 2009 ECMA nominations!

David is nominated for Entertainer of the Year, as well as Male Solo Recording of the Year, and Folk Recording of the Year.

Christopher is nominated for Classical Album of the Year, and Eleanor is nominated for Children's Recording of the Year.

Read more: http://www.ecma.ca/