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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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.