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.

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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.

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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!

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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!