Happy Holidays!

Please enjoy a few Mount A holiday memories from years gone by - thanks to those who submitted photos.

• Watch the clip!
• View the entire holiday photo gallery.

Happy holidays and best wishes for a memorable 2011!

Mount Allison in the House of Commons

The Hon. Dominic LeBlanc's Statement in the House of Commons on December 16th 2010, congratulating Mount Allison University.

President Campbell on CTV

Mount Allison President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Robert Campbell chats with CTV News Channel's Marcia MacMillan about the University's leading record as the top undergraduate school in Canada in the annual Maclean's University rankings.

Watch the clip!

We're #1 (again)

For the fourth year in a row, Mount Allison has been named the top primarily undergraduate school in Canada by Maclean’s magazine in its annual University Rankings Issue.

Mount Allison has been ranked Canada’s No. 1 undergraduate university by Maclean’s a record 14 times in the past 20 years and has never placed lower than second.

Mount Allison ranked highly in many categories in the 2010 Maclean’s rankings including the national reputation survey. The University placed second in its category for “Best Overall” and first for “Highest Quality.”

The University believes that rankings and surveys such as those produced by Maclean’s and the Globe and Mail, provide helpful information that aids students and their families in their evaluation of universities.

Playoff football returns to Mount Allison on Saturday

Football fever has taken over at Mount Allison as the University prepares to host its first home playoff game in 12 years. Athletics and Recreation Director Pierre Arsenault says the team's success this year is the result of many years of hard work by coaching staff, players, and the University's administration.

Read more in the Times & Transcript (November 3, 2010).

Making a mark on the music world

In high school, Matt Brennan ('02) was encouraged to do what he felt most passionate about — and that was music — but he says he became starved for reading books and chose to study English and philosophy at Mount Allison.

His Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Edinburgh is entitled “Researching Live Music in the UK.” The project looks at the development of the live music industry in Britain since 1950, from which his team will be writing a three-volume history.

Along with his music scholarship, Matt is a member of a three-piece band called Zoey Van Goey. The band has signed to a Scottish label and put out its first album.

Read full story: Matt Brennan making his mark on the music world

Mansbridge meets with student journalists

During a visit to campus on October 15, Chancellor Peter Mansbridge met with the staff of Mount Allison's student newspaper The Argosy.

Editor in Chief Noah Kowalski says, "It was a great experience to have a chance to sit down with one of Canada's leading journalists. Over lunch we discussed everything from Twitter to Justin Bieber. The hour and a half flew by while he shared his insights into the future of journalism in Canada. He also asked us questions about the student experience in Sackville and gave us suggestions for future Argosy articles. It was an incredible opportunity and something none of us will forget."

Scholarship established in honour of Marc Vallée (’08)

Marc Vallée was just 24 years old when his life was cut short. The honours physics graduate was in the final stages of completing a Masters in Medical Physics at McMaster, and was set to begin his PhD at Dalhousie in the fall, when he succumbed to a brief and courageous battle with cancer this summer.

Those who knew him best describe Marc as a gifted scientist — a hard-working and dedicated scholar who had a knack for software applications and could often be found in the physics lab, even late at night.

A mentor to visiting high school students and volunteer with the University’s new Gemini Observatory, Marc was always willing to lend a hand.

His friends, family, and former professors say that, given the chance, Marc would have made a meaningful and lasting impact in his community and his field. He certainly changed the lives of all who knew him.

As a way of honouring Marc’s life and encouraging others to enter the field of medical physics, Amirix/Vemco, which manufactures underwater acoustic telemetry equipment and where Marc worked for a couple of summers, has donated $25,000 to Mount Allison to establish the Marc E. Vallée Memorial Medical Physics Scholarship.

The University is raising funds to increase the value of the scholarship and create a legacy of academic excellence that will pay tribute to the memory of Marc, and perpetuate the values of hard work, dedication, and generosity that guided his life.

If you would like to contribute to the fund, please visit the Marc E. Vallée Memorial Medical Physics Scholarship page or contact Mount Allison’s manager of Annual Giving Susan Smith at (506) 364-2349, or ssmith@mta.ca.

Ron Joyce Centre for Business Studies

Two years after Tim Hortons' co-founder Ron Joyce donated $5 million to Mount Allison, the University officially launched the Ron Joyce Centre for Business Studies on Friday, October 1st.

Tim Hortons co-founder's $5M helps out Mt. A
(CBC)

Mount Allison rolls up the rim
(Telegraph-Journal)

Tim's co-founder funds Mount A business school
(Times & Transcript)

Year of Culture & Creativity

Prepare to be inspired as Mount Allison celebrates the Year of Culture and Creativity.

The Year of Culture and Creativity will emphasize the role that traditional ‘arts’ departments and programs such as Fine Arts, Music, and Drama play at Mount Allison. It will also recognize and celebrate the creative role that all scholars bring to their respective disciplines.

The President's Speakers Series will reflect the theme with an exciting list of lectures:

Thomas King
Title:	Telling Stories to Turtles
Profile:	CBC personality and acclaimed author
Event:	October 4, 7:30 p.m., Brunton Auditorium
Jian Ghomeshi
Title:	Pop Culture for Social Change
Profile:	Host of “Q,” CBC Radio One and Bold TV, musician, and writer
Event:	November 19, 7:00 p.m., Convocation Hall
Lyn Heward
Title:	The Spark: Igniting the Creative Fire That Lives within Us All
Profile:	Director of Creation for Cirque du Soleil and author
Event:	January 11, 2011, 7:00 p.m., Brunton Auditorium
Cynthia Dale
Title:	An evening of song and stories with Cynthia Dale
Profile:	Award-winning actor, singer, and stage performer
Event:	February 7, 2011, 7:00 p.m., Brunton Auditorium
Steven Pinker & Rebecca Goldstein
Title:	The Creative Mind
Profile:	Leading cognitive scientist and Harvard psychology professor, with his wife, an American novelist and philosopher
Event:	March 28, 2011, 7:00 p.m., Convocation Hall

The lectures are free of charge and all are welcome to attend.

Music Alumni Newsletter

The Fall 2010 issue of Take Note!, the Music Department Alumni Newsletter, is now ready for viewing. This edition of Take Note! highlights some of the renewal projects currently underway.

Happy reading!

Party in the MTA

The Students' Administrative Council and 2010 Orientation Committee teamed up to film Mount Allison's first lip dub in the weeks leading up to the arrival of the class of 2014.

The project, spearheaded by Vijay Jeyapalan (VP Communications), Sacha Nadeau (2010 Orientation Chair) and Ryan Sargent (VP Finance & Operations) saw over 200 participants, including members of the Mount Allison Athletics Department, come out for the filming.

Choreographed to the popular Miley Cyrus song "Party In The USA" highlights the Mount Allison experience and spirit - showing it truly is a "Party in the MTA".

Prestigious Postgraduate Scholarship Awarded

Congratulations to Ryan MacLeod ('10) who has received a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) — Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Master’s Scholarship to continue his studies in economics. Ryan graduated this past May with an honours degree in economics from Mount Allison.

This scholarship is one of the most prestigious scholarships available to a graduate in the social sciences at a Canadian university.

Ryan, from Sydney, Cape Breton, is attending Queen’s University this fall. In addition to his SSHRC, he received a Teaching Assistantship position at Queen’s and a Tri-Council Recipient Recognition Award.

Read more: Mount Allison economics grad awarded prestigious postgraduate scholarship

Young Alumni Earning International Acclaim

Kyle Hill (’06) has been making headlines since he first arrived at Mount Allison. The recipient of a Bell Scholarship, and Mount Allison’s 46th Rhodes Scholar recently completed his PhD in physics at the University of Oxford, specializing in medical imaging of the lungs.

Just four years after graduating from Mount Allison, he has now been selected as one of the 17 fellows for the 2010-11 Action Canada Fellowship. The Fellowship is a leadership and public policy development program that selects up to 20 participants in the early stages of their careers who have the promise to be future Canadian leaders. The program includes six weekend conferences from May 2010 to April 2011, held in Vancouver, Montreal, Yellowknife, St. John’s, Toronto, and Ottawa. The fellows come from science, medicine, business, government, academia, and other professions.

Read more: Kyle Hill earning international acclaim

Quilt artist Laurie Swim

It’s easy to see what Laurie Swim (’71) loves if you look at her art. She loves the rocky barrens on Nova Scotia’s South Shore, the glittering sea, the mark of human endeavour on a hostile — but gorgeous — landscape.

Originally from Lockeport, Laurie lived in Toronto for over 20 years before returning home with her husband, Larry Goldstein, in 2004. Today the couple lives in Blue Rocks and Swim’s studio is on Lincoln Street in Lunenburg, next door to a gallery the couple opened this spring.

Laurie, who has written three books on quilt art, started sewing on a machine when she was 10 and studied fine art at Mount Allison and NSCAD, where she started weaving.

Visit her website!

Prof. John Macfarlane

I am writing to inform you that Professor John Macfarlane passed away peacefully in Guelph, Ontario on Saturday, August 14, 2010.

Prof. Macfarlane was an Associate Professor and then Professor in Physics at Mount Allison from 1965-1991, including a term as department head.

The recipient of the Herbert and Leota Tucker Teaching Award in 1991, he also served as Financial Aid Officer, Acting Associate Dean, and Assistant to the President at Mount Allison. Prior to coming to Mount Allison Professor Macfarlane was part of the research team at Defence Research Board Valcartier, Quebec that developed the high power TEA CO2 laser, a major Canadian scientific achievement. He made significant contributions to education in the developing world, working with CIDA and other organizations. He served terms as Dean of Science and Principal at University College in Ethiopia, as Physics Department Head at University College of Science Education in Ghana and as Vice-Rector at Université Nationale de Rwanda. The Vatican awarded him the Knight Commander of the order of St. Gregory (KCSG), their highest civilian honour, for his contributions to the development of education in Africa. For many years he was Mount Allison's representative for Canadian Crossroads International and WUSC.

Prof. Macfarlane will be remembered by his colleagues and former students as a caring, innovative and effective teacher who taught with passion and energy.

A private family gathering will be held at a later date. Donations to the Canadian Crossroads International, 49 Bathurst Street, Suite 201, Toronto, ON M5V 2P2,www.cciorg.ca would be appreciated by the family.

Robert M. Campbell, Ph.D
President and Vice-Chancellor

In-Flight Safety returning to campus

A concert by Mount Allison-born band In-Flight Safety will be one of the many GAME DAY ACTIVITIES during Homecoming Weekend 2010.

Homecoming Weekend Schedule:

Friday, September 10, 2010
1:30 pm	2nd Annual Homecoming Golf Classic Amherst Golf & Country Club Support Mount Allison University Athletics, register now! See more details.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
12:30 pm	Game Day Activities Outside the McCain Student Centre There will be Game Day activities for all ages! Tickets only available at the door (details available soon). Activities include: A concert by Mount Allison-born band, In-Flight Safety Face painting and dunk tank in support of Shinerama BBQ Outdoor beer tent The Pub and Gracie's Café will also be open
2:30 pm	Football: MTA vs StFX MacAuley Field After enjoying live music, food, drinks and entertaining activities, move to MacAuley Field to cheer the Mounties football team on to victory. Body-painting and noise-making is encouraged!

Poli sci grad on experience in Canada's North

Alison Smith (‘08) spent the past year participating in one of the most competitive and prestigious internship programs in Canada, the Parliamentary Internship Programme (PIP). As part of the 10-month internship on Parliament Hill, Alison had the opportunity to travel to the Arctic for a study tour with nine other participants, spending a week in Nunavut where they met with legislators, public servants, and civil-society organizations.

The PIP interns, including Alison, share their experience in The Globe and Mail.

Alison precedes three Mount Allison 2010 graduates who will begin PIP in September: Hanna Button (international relations), Fraser Harland (political science), and Stephen Middleton (biology).

Mount A welcomes sports stars

When a town of 5,000 gets more than 1,000 visitors, it's a noticeable difference.

Especially when those visitors are all tall, lean athletes decked out in colourful team uniforms from around the world.

The streets of Sackville are alive with athletes this week, thanks to Mount Allison's role as an athletes' village for the IAAF World Junior Championships.

The buzz is noticeable along the main drag.

At Bridge Street Café, a customer asks why the java joint is busier than usual.

It's the world junior championships of track and field. And the athletes' village at Mount A is housing 1,150 athletes from 143 different countries. That's about half the number of people who would fill the campus in September.

And over at Bridge Street Café, employee Randy Christopher says he's getting into the sporting spirit, too. He says the coffee shop has already served people from 50 to 100 different nations.

There will be many more such moments for Yarnell, the Bridge Street staff and all the residents of Sackville as the championships continue throughout this week.

Read the full article: Sackville stoked to welcome sports stars (Moncton Times & Transcript)

The Record Online

The Summer 2010 issue of the Record is now available online!

Do the next best thing to being here...

...take a virtual tour!

Over the past few months Mount Allison University has been developing a NEW virtual campus tour web site, designed to be personalized, interactive, and easily adaptable. The virtual tour can be viewed at Virtual Campus Tour.

Second Annual Mount A Homecoming Golf Classic

Alumni and friends are invited to the second annual Mount A Homecoming Golf Classic in support of Mount Allison University Athletics on Friday, September 10, 2010.

The tournament is being held at the Amherst Golf and Country Club again this year, beginning with a shotgun start at 1:30 p.m. A dinner and prize presentation will follow.

For more information, and to register, see Mount A Homecoming Golf Classic.

New this year: early bird prices until July 15th.

See photos from last year's tournament!

Top honours at chemistry conference

Recent Mount A grad Paul Themens '10 was awarded best undergraduate surface science oral presentation and best undergraduate macromolecular science and engineering poster presentation at the 35th Annual APICS-CIC Chemistry Conference (ChemCon) in Halifax, NS. Undergraduate and graduate students from across Atlantic Canada attended the three-day conference.

Themens’ research, the first study of its kind, involves investigating how nanoparticles affect the reactivity of free radicals, which are used in the synthesis of many types of plastics. Being able to change the properties of the free radicals, for instance how long they last and what they react to, has the potential to create new, environmentally-friendly materials that can be used in areas such as MRI instruments and drug delivery.

Originally from Dalhousie, NB, Themens will be furthering this award-winning research over the summer in chemistry and biochemistry professor Dr. Khashayar Ghandi’s lab at Mount A.

He and Ghandi have also received one week of experiment time at the world-class Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK — a rare honour. Themens plans to pursue graduate studies in a related field in the fall.

Other ChemCon winners include recent graduates Jennifer Melanson (best undergraduate poster presentation in inorganic chemistry) and Sarah Tulk (best undergraduate poster presentation in biological/medicinal chemistry).

10 years of MASSIE

Four of Mount Allison’s senior managers recently traveled to Asia to make connections with universities, alumni, prospective students, and high-ranking officials in both China and Japan. Dr. Robert Campbell, President and Vice-Chancellor; Ron Byrne, Vice-President, International & Student Affairs; Dr. Stephen McClatchie, Vice-President and Provost, Academic & Research; and Adam Christie, Manager of International Affairs, made the week-long excursion, visiting various cities in both countries.

In the works for over a year, the trip began in Osaka, Japan to mark the 10th anniversary of the MASSIE Program (Mount Allison Semester Studies in English), to renew the MASSIE agreement with partnering Kwansei Gakuin University (KGU), and to begin working towards a double degree program in 2012 with KGU’s new School of International Studies.

All of these goals were reached, with the crowning moment being the 10th anniversary celebration. Since 2000 there have been 703 MASSIE graduates, and 140 of those grads attended the event.

Alumni dinners were held for alumni, prospective students, and parents.

See photos of the alumni dinner held in Beijing in February.

20 years of Tintamarre

Mount Allison University’s bilingual theatre company, Tintamarre, is celebrating 20 years this year. Since its inception the troupe has created more than 100 shows and annually presents an extensive tour, which has been presented to over 100,000 students in six Canadian provinces and in the U.S.

Mount Allison drama professor Alex Fancy started Tintamarre two decades ago because he wanted to become a better teacher. At the time he was teaching French at the University and felt that the traditional method of teaching French was challenging for students and was not exploring the full potential of the language.

Fancy has given workshops on the Tintamarre method in six countries around the world. He is currently writing an online resource, sponsored by CultureWorks, for others interested in using this method for teaching.

Tintamarre headed out on its annual tour on May 3-14, with 12 students performing the musical comedy, BUS 36, in 22 shows around New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

You are invited to take the time to view this wonderful three-minute video presentation of Tintamarre, past and present, "to see where we've been and most importantly, where we are headed!"

Class project

A big thank you to all who gave generously to the Class of '60 class project. Roger Ackman presented a cheque for $109,931 to Dr. Robert Campbell on behalf of the Class of '60 during the Alumni Banquet on Saturday, May 15, 2010.

Reunion Highlights Video

Thanks to all who attended Reunion Weekend!

Watch the Reunion '10 Retrospective video, and relive the excitement of Reunion Weekend 2010, and hear what alumni have to say about coming back to campus.

Chrétien painted by Allisonian

Former prime minister Jean Chrétien returned to Parliament Hill on May 25, 2010 -- this time to stay. His portrait joins 19 other prime ministerial paintings on the limestone walls of the Centre Block.

The portrait by Ottawa artist Christan Nicholson ('73) depicts an unsmiling Chrétien holding his spectacles in one hand amid a muted gold background. The 76-year-old, three-term Liberal prime minister said having his official portrait hung alongside those of the "great and not-so-great" prime ministers since Confederation is the "crowning" of his career.

Class of 2010

Nearly 400 students received their degrees at Convocation on May 17...congratulations!

Reunion Photo Gallery

See photos of Reunion Weekend 2010!

Mount Allison’s President re-appointed

Mount Allison’s Board of Regents has re-appointed Dr. Robert Campbell as the University’s President and Vice-Chancellor. Campbell’s second five-year term will begin July 1, 2011.

Board of Regents and Presidential Re-appointment Advisory Committee Chair Bruce McCubbin made the announcement.

Outside Mount Allison, Campbell contributes his leadership to a number of organizations as Co-Chair of the Southeast New Brunswick Industry and Education Council, and as a Director of the Canadian Educational Standards Institute (SEA+L), the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, and the Atlantic Association of Universities. He recently carried out a strategic review of the Canadian postal system for the federal government.

Campbell, who joined Mount Allison in 2006, was born in Montreal and educated at Loyola College High School. He holds a BA from Trent University, an MA from the University of Toronto, and a PhD from the University of London, London School of Economics. He is married to Dr. Christl Verduyn and they have four children.

Read full story: Mount Allison's President and Vice-Chancellor re-appointed to second term

Watch a raven’s nest through a live webcam on campus

Mount Allison’s biology department and Computing Services have installed a webcam streaming a live feed of a raven’s nest, located in a tree next to the Flemington Building.

Ravens in this area typically breed on the Tantramar Marsh, often building their nests in the peaks of the open marsh barns, but these ravens have been nesting in this tree for several years.

Information from this observation will be stored in the biology department, so it can be used for projects such as recording food provisioning to the female and the chick, document nest maintenance, or the parental response to changing weather conditions.

The raven pair have one nestling this year that hatched around April 11. The chick is expected to remain in or near the nest until mid May.

Ravens usually lay between four to six eggs at one to two day intervals. Incubation is by the female alone for 20-21 days. The male feeds the female and chick at the nest. When the chick matures, and the weather is warmer, the female will also provide food for the chick.

VIEW THE RAVEN WEB CAM: http://www.mta.ca/raven/

Conduct Becoming

Conduct Becoming is pleased to announce the release of this year’s complilation CD featuring Mount Allison University’s diverse musical talent. The album, was launched at Gracie's/The Pub on April 8 and will be the focus of a “moving” concert at Cranewood, a historic Sackville landmark and the home of Mount Allison University President, Dr. Robert Campbell and his family, on Friday, April 16.

The Cranewood launch will showcase three separate stages with Conduct Becoming performers. Each venue will hold 25 guests at a time, with the entire party hosting a maximum of 75 people. Every guest will be assigned a starting point at one of the three concert locations, and everyone will rotate to the next location every half hour. By the end of the night each guest will be treated to each act.

Tickets are on sale now and may be reserved through e-mail (fstrain@mta.ca). Tickets are $20 each, which includes a copy of this year’s double CD, and refreshments throughout the evening. Doors will open at 8 p.m. with the acts starting at 8:30 p.m. Proceeds from the Conduct Becoming project benefit the Canadian Cancer Society.

One and Another features a diverse musical line-up of student talent including: Sara Beth Harrison, Martin Wightman, Landon Braverman, Odum Abekah, OD Al-Tabbaa, Paint for Barns, Fused for Tonight, Saxby Gale, and Jake Bastedo. Conduct Becoming gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Dr. Robert Campbell and his family for holding the now annual launch at Cranewood as well, all its various supporters in the Mount Allison and Sackville community.

ABOUT CONDUCT BECOMING

Formed in 2001, Conduct Becoming began as a project dedicated to the memory of Jason Abraham, a Mount Allison student and a victim to cancer. Conduct Becoming has since grown to reach out to emerging artists as a platform for artist development while still holding true as a supporter of Canadian cancer research. The project has helped launch the careers of many local East Coast musical talents including Mike Allison, In-Flight Safety, Jon Epworth, Meaghan Blanchard, Allison Lickley, and the Grass Mountain Hobos.

For more information on Conduct Becoming, or to order past CDs please contact Patrick Edmonds (predmonds@mta.ca) or Frank Strain (fstrain@mta.ca).

All-Canadians

It was an impressive year for sports at Mount Allison.

The Mounties advanced to eight championships, boasted eight league MVPs, collected 34 conference all-stars honours, and by the end of season, five All-Canadians emerged from Mount Allison teams.

Football great Gary Ross ('10), basketball standout Josh Graham ('10), volleyball star Laurie Marchbank ('10), and Badminton Mounties Brent Barkhouse ('10) and Heather Murray ('12) were all recognized as 2009-10 All-Canadians in their respective sports.

Read full story.

SAN hands out Class of ’33 awards

Three international students were honoured at Mount Allison’s Society of All Nations (SAN) annual banquet on March 13. Weiwei Zou from Chengdu, China; Noah Kowalski from Burlington, Vermont; and Nutjaree “Net” Chamaplin from Tarang Bangkhen, Bangkok each received a $1,000 International Student Bursary, sponsored by the Class of ’33.

Read the full story on mta.ca!

Mount Allison Commerce students win case competition

A team of four Commerce students from Mount Allison University’s Ron Joyce Centre for Business Studies won first prize in the Crandall Case Competition. Third-year students Amanda Burns, Lauren MacDonald, Caroline Millette, and Samantha Lebans received a prize of $1,000.

Eight teams from five Atlantic Canadian universities took part in the competition, which has been organized by Crandall University, formerly Atlantic Baptist University, for the past six years. Students from Dalhousie University took second prize and the University of Prince Edward Island placed third.

Mount Allison has taken part in five of the six competitions and received first prize four times. When the Mount Allison students heard about this record, the pressure was on. Particularly as three of the team members, Burns, MacDonald, and Lebans, would be competing in their hometown. The fourth, Millette, is from Sherwood Park, AB.

Dr. Gina Grandy, professor at the Ron Joyce Centre for Business Studies, coached the winning team. The entire team will be returning to Mount Allison next year and would like to continue building on this experience. Read the full story!

Record Online

The WINTER '10 ISSUE of THE RECORD is now available online!

Mount Allison alumni celebrate daughter’s Olympic Gold

Congratulations to Heather Moyse, daughter of Sharon (Smith) Moyse (’67) and Dr. Cyril Moyse (’67), who are just starting to come down from the excitement of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games.

Unlike the majority of Canadians, they weren’t glued to their televisions for two weeks; they were in the center of it all. Sharon and Cyril are the proud parents of Women's Two-Man Bobsleigh Olympic Gold Medalist, Heather Moyse.

Sharon Moyse describes her Olympic experience as unbelievable. She says the first three heats were just like any other because they couldn’t hear any of the announcements about the records that were being broken.

Everyone knew though that Heather and teammate, Kaillie Humphries, were in first for the last heat, with an unheard of nearly full second lead.

With the unfortunate death of the Georgian luger earlier in the week and seven bobsleds crashing in practice two days following, there was plenty of talk about the track.

But her group was hard to miss, with 24 people wearing red and white striped top hats with the names Moyse and Humphries on them.

The Moyse family, including Heather’s sister Heidi and brother Walter, are very close. That’s why they focus their family vacations around following Heather’s sporting events. The family has made the trip to Turin, Italy for the 2006 Games, as well as trips to Whistler, Calgary, and Lake Placid, along with three Europe excursions. For two years, the Moyse family got to watch both basketball and bobsledding while their son played professional basketball in Switzerland.

An athlete herself, Moyse played basketball and volleyball for a year at Mount Allison, and spent a term coaching the synchronized swimming team. She and Dr. Moyse met on campus. After graduation she taught German at the University and went on to study for two years in Germany, while he earned his medical degree. They were married in the campus chapel in 1970.

So what does being the parent of an Olympic Gold Medalist feel like? Read the full story!

Meet the Chancellor

The Students' Administrative Council welcomes Mount Allison University's next Chancellor, Peter Mansbridge, at Convocation Hall on Friday, March 5, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. The CBC’s Chief Correspondent and anchor of The National will be answering questions submitted by students.

A reception will follow at Gracie's Café hosted by Leadership Mount Allison. All are welcome to attend.

Contact: Trevey Davis, (506) 364-3230, sacpresident@mta.ca

Alum's artwork stamped

A commemorative stamp of former governor general Roméo LeBlanc was unveiled today at Rideau Hall. The new stamp features the late vice-regal's portrait, painted by Christan Nicholson ('73), fine arts graduate.

Read more about Christan: Home is Where the Art Is (Centretown News)

Tintamarre presents BUS 36

Mount Allison University’s unique bilingual theatre company will perform their new comedy with music, BUS 36, from February 3 – 6.

The production is centered around a crowded bus-space that is the source of social comedy with an absurdist twist, as 39 characters play out their fears and anxieties.

General admission is $10 and $5 for students/seniors. Please phone 364-2234 or 364-2480 for tickets and reservations. There will be no reservations for Thursday’s show and admission is by donation.

To read about last year's tour, see Tintamarre's 2009 Report.

Celebrate at Reunion 2010

See the full schedule of events, and register for Reunion Weekend before May 1, 2010!

Alumna named Most Powerful Women in Canada

Congratulations to four of our alumna and friends!

The Women’s Executive Network (WXN) recognized four distinguished associates and alumna of Mount Allison University as Canada’s Most Powerful Women at the Top 100Awards Summit and Gala on Monday, November 30 in Toronto.

Dr. Vianne Timmons (’79), President and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Regina, was recognized in the Public Sector Leaders category. Annette Verschuren (’78), President of Home Depot, Canada & Asia, won in the Corporate Executives category. Aldéa Landry, President of Landal Inc. and Mount Allison Honorary Degree Holder (’08), and Kelly Meighen, President of the T. R. Meighen Foundation and Mount Allison Honorary Degree Holder (’00), were recognized in the Trailblazers & Trendsetters category.

Under the leadership of the WXN, the Top 100 awards celebrate the extraordinary accomplishments of Canadian women who are making a difference and breaking new ground in the public and private sectors, through arts and communications, and within their communities.

Mount Allison's Shinerama Campaign Best in the Country

Mount Allison’s Shinerama campaign, just got a little brighter. The successful campaign was recognized nationally by Shinerama as the best campaign in Canada. The initiative raised a record-breaking $36,000, well exceeding their goal of $20,000. The award is given to a university or college committee who exceeds goals and expectations, offers creative and innovative ways to raise money, and exemplifies the true spirit of Shinerama.

Mayme Lefurgey, 2009 Mount Allison Shinerama Campaign Chair, is thrilled with the campaign’s accolades.

Lefurgey and her team organized Shine Day activities, which saw students shining shoes, washing cars, painting faces, and lending a helpful hand in Sackville, Amherst, Shediac, and the Greater Moncton Area. The Mount Allison Shinerama committee also organized several very successful secondary fund raisers, including a concert at Cranewood, the sale of the popular ‘Shine On’ aromatherapy pendants produced by Stoney Creek’s Terra Cotta Pendants, pancake breakfasts, pub nights, and the Swim Silver Lake event, where members of the Mount Allison varsity swim team swam across Sackville’s Silver Lake.

Shinerama is Canada’s largest post-secondary fund raiser, and Mount Allison has one of the highest participation rates in the country. The campaign celebrated its 45th year in 2009. The money raised through Shinerama goes to support the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF) and its efforts to find a cure, or an effective control for cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis (CF), which attacks the lungs and the digestive system, is the most common, fatal, genetic disease affecting Canadian children and young adults. The CCFF is a world leader in the fight against CF. Canadian researchers discovered the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis in 1989 and they continue to play a leading role in the race to develop new treatments for the disease.

For more information, please visit www.shinerama.ca.