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/

Mounties head coach named

Mount Allion is pleased to announce that Kelly Jeffrey has been named the head coach of the Mount Allison University Football Mounties. Following an open national search Jeffrey was rehired without reservation to remain as full-time head coach and offensive co-ordinator of the team.

Hired as an interim head coach last season, Jeffrey led the 2008 Mounties to a playoff berth for a second time since 1999. His 2008 team was more than a legitimate contender in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) conference. His squad was guided by an explosive and exciting offence that thrilled football fans across the country, and in three contests this season the Mounties were edged out in just the closing minutes. This year’s Mounties also boasted the conference’s MVP, five AUS all-stars, two All-Canadians, and the AUS Hec Crighton Award nominee for the nation’s top player.

Jeffrey joined the Mounties in 2006 and was the quarterbacks coach, an offensive co-ordinator, and the special teams co-ordinator, before taking the head coaching reins this past season.

Jeffrey came to Mount Allison after being the head coach and offensive co-ordinator at Mayville State University (MSU) in North Dakota for four years (2002-2005). During those four seasons his team set numerous offensive records for most yards per game and total yards in a season, and he coached the all-time single season record holders for individual rushing, receiving, completions, and passing yards. Overall the school set nine offensive records while producing five Don Hanson All-Americans.

Before MSU in 2001, Jeffrey coached quarterbacks at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), and at the University of San Diego (1998-2000), where he trained three all-conference quarterbacks in his three seasons and coached the all-time leading passer in touchdowns, completions, and yardage. He also coached running backs at Northern State University in Aberdeen, SD (1996-1997) and wide receivers at North Dakota’s Dickinson State University (1994-1995), a team that finished with a perfect 10-0 season in 1995, and were conference champions in both 1994 and 1995.

Jeffrey has his Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from Dickinson State University, and his Master’s degree in health, physical education and recreation from Northern State University in Aberdeen.

Read more: http://athletics.mta.ca/