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Teaching and Learning Excellence 2.0 There’s a bold new world — and a new way — of teaching and learning going on within the walls of the McCain Centre. Step inside an exceptional educational experience with Folia.

Think Bigger — Be Bold. Meet TD senior vice president, and Mount grad, Tara-Lynn Hughes.

The famous von Trapp family hosts a musical recital at the Mount — in 1945.

Happy anniversary to us! Folia turns 100 — and celebrates with a retrospective of the way we were.

THE RIVA SPATZ WOMEN’S WALL OF HONOUR Celebrating the inspirational women in our lives

Perhaps she was a teacher who raised your sights? A mother who encouraged you to follow your dreams? A beloved mentor who led by example? A trailblazer whose determination opened new doors to women? Maybe she is doing amazing work in our community.

Celebrate an inspirational woman on the Riva Spatz Women’s Wall of Honour, a signature piece of Mount Saint Vincent University’s new Margaret Norrie McCain Centre for Teaching, Learning & Research. The Riva Spatz Women’s Wall of Honour is the only one of its kind in Canada – a wall not only for the Mount, but also for our broader community. It represents the impact that special women make in our lives.

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President DR. RAMONA LUMPKIN

As we welcome another academic year here at the Mount, I am proud to mark my five-year anniversary at this wonderful institution, a milestone that gives me much to reflect on.

As we welcome another academic year here at the Mount, I am proud to mark my five-year anniversary at this wonderful institution, a milestone that gives me much to reflect on. Top of mind, of course, has been the opening of the Margaret Norrie McCain Centre for Teaching and Learning — representing our commitment to providing an exceptional educational foundation for our students.

The building embodies the aspirations we have for our university and our community, showcasing the power of the people who walk its halls. Time and again I am able to witness our dedicated staff, faculty and students giving life to the Mount’s compelling educational model.

Our vision for social justice and accessibility is etched on the walls of the McCain Centre, where we pay tribute to exceptional women; this vision is equally carried forward in the spirit of the education we deliver every day. I also see alumnae, donors and friends coming together to celebrate what we have accomplished and to dream with us about the next wave of investments we will make to support our

students and to shape strong communities for the future.

Ours is an institution built on a belief that doors of opportunity must be opened where in the past they have been closed. We are committed to financial support for students who need it the most, to the health and wellness of our community, to the continued advancement of women and to equitable access to education. As I look ahead, I am exhilarated by the people with whom I share this journey and by the possibilities that we embrace.

I hope you will enjoy the many stories of teaching and learning excellence in this issue of Folia, stories that highlight the value of a Mount education and the power of our community.

Warm wishes for a wonderful fall and an equally fruitful New Year.

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Excellence in teaching and learning

ON THE COVER Back row (L-R): Pam Fancey, Greg Pretty, Stacey de Molitor, Kenney Fitzpatrick, and Nora Perry; Middle (L-R): Vinicius Michelon, Tamara Franz-Odendaal, and Catherine Martin; Front row (L-R); DeNel Rehberg Sedo, Ramona Lumpkin, Hongxiang Ma, and Elizabeth Church.

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Working to capture “the art of the heart”

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FEATURE

Thinking bigger, being bold

Step inside the McCain Centre with the Mount’s President Ramona Lumpkin

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ALUMNAE PROFILE — BILL ADAMS

One nail, one hammer, one magic moment

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RECENT GRAD FEATURE – ANDREW FLEMING

The Mount’s global reach a distinct advantage for students CENTRE FOR WOMEN IN BUSINESS

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Supporting excellence in 27 teaching and learning ATHLETICS

CENTRE ON AGING

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Something to smile about

Success has never tasted so good for Mount students Danielle MacDonald and Samantha Smith.

ABORIGINAL STUDENT CENTRE

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Inspiring students to explore entrepreneurship

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The MSVU Aboriginal Student Centre celebrates three years

Students’ Union Message 16 ALUMNAE WEEKEND 2015

MSV Alumnae Association 17 CHILD AND YOUTH STUDY

The Learning Commons 9

MSV GOLF CLASSIC

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Celebrating 25 years of golfing and giving

With Dr. Meredith Ralston

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Shaping athletic talent — and touching lives

Celebrating our past, present and future

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Enabling students to become one-of-a-kind professionals

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Networks around the world DONOR REPORT

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Your Generosity ENDOWMENT REPORT

100 th ANNIVERSARY

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The way we were — Folia celebrates its first century ARCHIVES

The Mount’s history is alive with the sound of music — and so much more!

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From borax crystals to a career in science

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TECHNOLOGY

The future of teaching and learning has arrived

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Editor’s Note The timing is right. As I sit here surrounded by all things Mount Saint Vincent, I am struck by two realities. This issue of Folia Montana is my first as editor. This issue of Folia Montana marks the 100th anniversary of the university’s alumnae magazine. It seems only fitting somehow that one celebration is underscored by another.

There is much to celebrate. The Mount has officially opened the Margaret Norrie McCain Centre for Teaching, Learning and Research. On the surface, this is a state-of-the art building that brings technology to the forefront of education. Dig a little deeper, however, and you quickly discover this is about much more than bricks, mortar and the digital age. This is about bringing faculty into daily contact with students, and colleagues within a moment’s reach of each other. It’s about enhancing teaching and learning in fundamentally new ways. It’s about excellence.

As you read this anniversary issue, you will encounter excellence on every page. Students are stretching their reach and their imaginations in pod rooms designed exclusively for use here at the Mount. Faculty are exploring the depth and breadth of issues that will affect generations to come. Alumnae are showing us how they have taken what they have learned here and returned it a thousand-fold to their professions and their communities.

Clearly strides are being made in a myriad of areas and we’re confident these accomplishments will continue unabated. What is most

Editor donalee Moulton Quantum Communications Managing Editor Lori Lancaster University Advancement University Advancement Lori Lancaster Anne Thibodeau Beth Pyesmany Arsenault Cheryl Stewart-Walsh Erin Patrick Hilary Carter (BPR Co-op student) Kirk O’Connell Stacey de Molitor Contributors Aboriginal Student Centre Archives Athletics Centre on Aging Centre for Women in Business Child & Youth Studies Communication Studies Teaching & Learning Centre Graduate Program Library Mount Saint Vincent Alumnae Association Communications, Marketing & Student Recruitment Students’ Union Technology & Services - Multimedia Tourism & Hospitality

noteworthy, however, is not what the Mount community is currently achieving or has achieved, but the apparent spirit that infuses these successes. This is about having deep and substantive connections to a place that helped shaped the person you are today — whether you are a recent grad like Andrew Fleming now studying in Scotland or a former business student like Bill Adams who currently splits his time between Edmonton and Vancouver.

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Ultimately, the Mount’s legacy is personal. For each graduate, the memories are unique and they are transformative. As Folia Montana has been sharing with readers for 100 years now, those memories are also profound.

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Working to capture “the art of the heart”

ADVANCEMENT TEAM (Front Row) — Erin Patrick, Administrative Assistant; Anne Thibodeau, Manager of Development; Beth Pyesmany Arsenault, Manager of Stewardship & Special Events (Back Row) — Lori Lancaster, Manager of Alumnae Engagement & Annual Giving; Kirk O’Connell, Advancement Services Administrator; Cheryl Stewart-Walsh, Associate Vice-President; and Stacey de Molitor, Interim Advancement Project Offi cer.

At the Mount, we have an incredibly generous community of students, staff, faculty, alumnae and friends who support the unique education model we offer. So many of you give freely of your time, your talent and your treasure. The University Advancement team is proud to work with such a committed group of people. Thank you for all you’ve done and continue to do!

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We are here to help you and welcome your continued ideas, energy and passion as we work to enhance the richness of our collective story.

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We’d like to stay connected, so if you have made a move, it would be wonderful if you could provide us your updated contact information or verify that we indeed have your correct details.

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ALUMNAE PROFILE

Thinking bigger, being bold Mount PR grad Tara-Lynn Hughes now leads operations in Atlantic Canada for TD Canada Trust. “At the end of the day,” she says, “it’s the time I spent at the Mount and my co-op connections that brought me to TD.” Tara-Lynn Hughes (BPR ’95) doesn’t wait for opportunity to knock. When she sees a door, Hughes walks on through. That tenacity has transformed itself into a 20-year career with TD Canada Trust.

After graduating from the Mount’s Public Relations program, Hughes found herself in a new city, Toronto, in search of work. Canada Trust, a longtime supporter of the PR co-op program, had unexpectedly found itself without a co-op student.

Hughes jumped at the opportunity. “I knocked on Canada Trust’s door and offered to provide my services free for a trial period,” she says.

That was two decades ago. Today, Hughes is senior vice president with TD Canada Trust, which offers personal and business banking to more than 11.5 million customers. Her career started in the communications department doing internal communications.

Hughes was part of the merger that brought the two leading financial firms together, at the time the largest merger of its kind in Canadian history.

“Communications was at the forefront of the merger,” Tara-Lynn says.

“I got to live what I had learned in my studies at the Mount.”

Post-merger Hughes continued to take on

progressively more challenging and senior roles within the financial company including serving as vice president of corporate communications for the TD Bank Group. Then Hughes reached a crossroads.

“I loved this role and focusing on communications exclusively, but I asked myself if I wanted to do it for another 30 years,” says Tara-Lynn.

Her former boss suggested she try a position in retail banking, so Hughes moved with her family to British Columbia as district vice president for south Vancouver Island.

Hughes thrived — and so did business. When the BPR grad arrived in B.C., her district had one of the lowest performance records in the country. When she left, it had one of the best. Hughes credits her success in large part to her mentors who gave her opportunities to see the inner workings of an international company and the confidence to take risks. Much of her success can also be attributed to the skills she first honed as a public relations student at the Mount. “Those are transferable skills,” says Tara-Lynn. “In retail, at the end of the day, it’s about talking with customers and staff and identifying solutions to problems.

“It’s a massive people leadership job,” she adds.

“My time at the Mount gave me these fundamentally important skills — how to be calm under pressure, how to think creatively, and how to weave words in a way that inspires people.”

Now as the leader for TD in Atlantic Canada, Hughes looks back on a career that is as diverse as it is remarkable.

“The thought that there was a glass ceiling never crossed my mind,” she says. “It was about loving what you do and working hard.”

For PR students now getting their degree, Hughes offers this advice: Think bigger, be bold. “Your future may be exclusively — and wonderfully — contained within the communications sector,” she notes. “But the skills you are learning today are transferable. The world awaits.”

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One nail, one hammer, one magic moment Bill Adams is the volunteer board chair of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada — and believes superheroes pale in comparison to the mentors he’s met.

Bill Adams (BPR ’97) knows what it’s like to grow up without a father. Fortunately, he also knows what it’s like to grow up with a Big Brother.

“I was a 12-year-old kid growing up in Fredericton — and I was rebelling. My mother, to her credit, realized I needed a positive male role model, so she called Big Brothers,” says Bill. “That call changed my life.”

Today Adams is board chair of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada, which has 118 agencies across the country that serve more than 1000 communities and approximately 45,000 children and youth. It’s the culmination of years of working as a volunteer with the organization in various roles across the country. Adams, a former Mount student council rep and yearbook volunteer, was approached to sit on the organization’s Halifax board of directors, and he served in that capacity for a decade. He was approached about 10 years ago to join the national board, and this year stepped into the charity’s top role.

“For me, it’s about being true to what matters and finding a way to give back. This is personal,” says Bill. “There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t feel blessed. I have yet to meet a successful adult who didn’t have at least one mentor in their life at some point.”

As the Insurance Bureau of Canada’s vice president for the Western and Pacific region, Adams has been a Big Brother to two little brothers. He’s also been best man at their weddings and godfather to their children.

“There are so many kids in our country who could benefit from having a caring adult mentor in their life,”

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he notes. “I’m driven to make sure as many of them as possible get the wonderful support I did. It literally changed the trajectory of my life.”

Big Brothers Big Sisters doesn’t need superheroes, Adams insists; what’s needed are everyday Canadians who are living their lives the best way they know how and willing to spend some time with a young person who can benefit from a positive influence.

It’s about showing a young person that they’re valuable and have great potential limited only by their imagination and ambition. Adams, who currently splits his time between Edmonton and Vancouver, and travels extensively for his job, stresses that what kids remember most are not the festive occasions or the extravaganzas: “What matters,” he says, “are the magic moments. You can’t plan them, but as a kid you never forget them. They are transformative.”

For Adams, his first magic moment came when he was helping his big brother, Dwight Scott, an engineering professor, build a deck on his house. “As a scrawny 12-year old, I was struggling with this big hammer. I’d never done this before. Dwight came up behind me and showed me how to choke up on the hammer. When I tapped the nail, it set perfectly straight. Forty years later that experience is still so clear in my mind,” says Bill.

“Such simple and understated support,” he adds, “demonstrates the power of mentoring. It’s about how something so basic can mean so much to a kid in need.”

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The Mount’s global reach a distinct advantage for students Andrew Fleming, who graduated with a perfect grade point average last year, is now studying at the prestigious St Andrews University in the U.K. He credits the Mount with giving him the educational discipline — and the confidence — to conquer the world.

For Andrew Fleming, a native of Bermuda, snow is not a natural part of his world view. It is now. After four years studying business at Mount Saint Vincent University, the 2015 valedictorian is so comfortable with winter and all it brings, he’s opted to do his Master of Letters in International Business at the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland.

Andrew was drawn to Scotland’s first university, regarded as one of the preeminent business schools in the world, because of its international prestige — and because it reminds him in many ways of his undergraduate days. “There are many similarities with life at the Mount,” says Andrew. “The small class size, for example, and a real focus on helping students learn and attain their goals.”

Andrew also credits the Mount with giving him the confidence and the skills for success as a graduate student. “It prepared me to work and study independently. That gave me the discipline to succeed,” notes the Bachelor of Business Administration grad.

“It also prepared me for the temperatures here in Scotland,” Andrew says with a laugh.

The Mount may be not be large, but its reach is significant, a reality Andrew credits with opening his eyes to international opportunities and helping him — and other students — realize those opportunities.

“For such a small school, the Mount has a global perspective,” says Andrew. “The university has gone out of its way to make connections with various universities around the world. As students, we can fully take part.”

Andrew, who has been supported throughout his university experience by local businesses in Bermuda, has been preparing for post-secondary success since he was in high school. In 2011, the former CedarBridge head boy made history when he graduated with the school’s highest grade point average, 3.98. At the Mount Andrew excelled, returning home from his first year with a perfect GPA of 4.3, a grade that he maintained throughout his university career.

Starting today from this very moment, we are the present. We are the incumbent force of change that propels our respective industries, countries, and economies forward.

Andrew Fleming Valedictorian speech, Class of 2015

The new graduate student, whose studies are focused in the fields of management and economics, is already looking forward to the next stage in his life.

That, he says, will be a job. “It’s time for me to enter the workforce.”

At present, Andrew is thinking about a career in insurance, an area he has experience in as a high school intern in Southampton, Bermuda. “I know how this sector works,” he says. “However, if there are public sector opportunities, perhaps in export or the diplomatic service, that would be great, too.”

The recent Mount alum has some advice for those students coming up behind him. “Don’t be afraid to take the next step,” he says. “Keep in mind you’re taking with you skills you didn’t have before.”

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Success has never tasted so good for Mount students Danielle MacDonald and Samantha Smith.

The pair recently took first place in the Pulse Canada national food development competition, called Mission ImPULSEible. Danielle and Samantha’s Celebration Cocoa Bean Cake took top spot from among 36 entries featuring pulses (or peas, beans, lentils and chickpeas) as their major ingredient, also winning them the honour of being the first Mount team to claim first prize in the history of the competition. But they don’t sugar coat their journey to the top.

“The first time we made the cake, at home in our apartment, we almost had a fire in the oven,” said Samantha. “It sank in the middle and nearly spilled out the sides…But our competitiveness kicked in and we didn’t give up.”

Danielle described the recipe modifications that ensued: “We refined the recipe four times. We not only needed it to bake properly, but we wanted to improve the taste and texture. Ultimately, we wanted to get it to ‘Betty Crocker’ quality.”

Two months later, they had it. Danielle and Samantha designed a high-quality, healthy alternative to typical chocolate cake in both ready-to-eat and boxed cake mix formats.

They took the 500 calorie count for an average slice of iced chocolate cake and reduced it to just 170. One hundred percent pulse-based flour replaced regular white flour; they added shredded coconut, and cut the amount of sugar in half. Strawberries garnished their ready-to-eat cake, which also served as portion-size markers. They topped it off with a frosting made of coconut milk and pea fiber. In short, the final product was a nutrient-rich and delicious chocolate cake — high in both protein and fibre.

As part of the Mission ImPULSEible challenge, Danielle and Samantha presented their Celebration Cocoa Bean Cake to a panel of expert judges (including a food retailer, journalist, commercial chef, and food

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science company representative) during a pulse and special crops convention in Calgary, Alberta in June.

It was ultimately named the winner for what judges remarked was a delicious taste and moist texture.

BATTLE OF THE PULSES “The first Mission ImPULSEible competition at the Mount was organized in 2012 in collaboration with Pulse Canada. Since then, we have organized four competitions involving 5-8 teams each year from post-secondary institutions across the Maritimes,” said Bohdan Luhovyy, Assistant Professor of Applied Human Nutrition. “The Mount’s first success at the national level was achieved in 2014 when Olivia Newton, Emily Glover and Katie Cvitkovitch, from the Department of Applied Human Nutrition, won second prize for their innovative “Pulsicles” — a nutrientdense frozen yogurt smoothie popsicle made with pulses and fruit. Each year, we are impressed by and proud of our new student competitors.”

Noted Bohdan, “Danielle and Samantha were a pleasure to work with. They listened to the input I had to offer and took my suggestions and advice.

Developing a new food product is really a ton of work.”

A DYNAMIC DUO The skill sets Danielle and Samantha brought to the table made for a perfect partnership in product development. As a Business student, Danielle brought the business acumen, from marketing to sales and everything in between. As an Applied Human Nutrition student, Samantha brought the nutrition knowledge. They were the only business-nutrition pair among this year’s national finalists.

Friends since they were 14 years old, Danielle and Samantha headed their separate ways after high school in order to pursue degrees at different universities. Their friendship was re-ignited when they reunited on the soccer field as players for the Mount Mystics. They are now both in their final year of study at the Mount.

The competitive drive that propelled them on the soccer field is likely what also kept them going that late June evening when they baked dozens of mini cakes to transport to the competition. “We carried two large roasting pans of baked cakes on the plane,” noted Samantha. “You could smell the cake on the plane — we made lots of friends!”

The morning of the competition, they had two hours of prep-time in the kitchen of the hotel where the conference was being held, during which they iced their samples, added a little pizzazz to them for presentation, and decorated their three-tier display cake.

LESSONS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP Before they left for the national competition, Danielle and Samantha met with Nora Perry, Business Development Officer of the Centre for Women in Business (CWB) at the Mount. The CWB is a business development centre for women, providing skills training and resources to women entrepreneurs across mainland Nova Scotia, as well as to Mount students with entrepreneurial aspirations.

Nora listened to the pair practice their pitch, offering advice based on years of supporting budding entrepreneurs. “In the end, I wasn’t surprised to

hear that they had won the competition,” she said.

“When they came to me, they were confident and knowledgeable about their product. Knowing your pitch inside out is critical to a successful outcome.”

Danielle and Samantha also linked with the Spark Zone — a centre connecting students to services to support their business ideas and social innovations. The Spark Zone supported their preparations for the competition and will continue to assist them into the next phase of their cake’s journey. Plans to commercialize their product are in the works. They’ve already begun to work out pricing and a plan for how they’ll get their cake to market.

For Danielle and Samantha, their Mission ImPULSEible experience was about more than baking a great cake. They refined their entrepreneurial skills at every opportunity and networked extensively when they were presented with the conference opportunity in Calgary.

In the end, they returned home with more than a firstplace win — they brought back a treasure-trove of some 60 to 80 business cards and an intent to follow-up with many of those with whom they connected. They both also returned home with job offers for when they graduate in April 2016.

Said Samantha, “It was the people we had the privilege of meeting that was such a bonus. We had an experience that was much bigger than the competition and we took it and ran with it. It really was the experience of a lifetime.”

Article credit: Public Affairs, MSVU

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The MSVU Aboriginal Student Centre celebrates three years In the continued spirit of accessibility and meaningful education for every student, the Mount has worked over the past four years to provide more support to students, including our Aboriginal students. And the results are telling. We have had a wonderful response to our Aboriginal student services initiatives. The number of self-identified Aboriginal students pursuing studies at the university has increased four-fold, from 30 in 2012 to 132 enrolled in 2015. This is an area of great pride for the Mount.

Since its official opening in 2013, the MSVU Aboriginal Student Centre (ASC) has been instrumental in increasing our support to Aboriginal students. A student-centric space, guided by student input and developed with attention to the expressed needs of our Aboriginal learners, ASC is also meant to be a resource for the Mount community at large.

Academically, the ASC supports students by providing access to an Aboriginal Student Services Coordinator. The Coordinator acts as an advisor and advocate for our Aboriginal students, providing advice and counsel, making connections between students and campus resources, and aiming to ensure our students achieve continued success. Aboriginal Students Services Coordinator, Art Stevens, says this holistic model matters. “Our communitybased approach has helped our students feel a strong sense of connectedness to the Mount while taking pride in their culture and the broader impact that has on the vibrancy of our campus.”

Increasing the experience of our Aboriginal students through employment and volunteer opportunities at ASC has been an important part of our role at the university. Student works programs and volunteer openings have provided several Aboriginal students with valuable workplace

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Bernadette Bernard 2nd year BA Child and Youth Eskasoni First Nation “If it wasn’t for the Aboriginal Student Centre, I would have left school by now.”

Veronica Gore 4th year BA Women and Gender Saulteaux First Nation

experience, while serving to enhance the quality of deliverables offered at the ASC. In 2014 the ASC also played a key part in the development and implementation of two bursaries dedicated solely to Aboriginal students.

Other successful ASC initiatives have included hosting several Aboriginal Mini Mount University Camps on campus. These camps welcomed over 50 Aboriginal youth, age 14-17, from nine of the thirteen First Nation communities in Atlantic Canada, and included a large Inuit cohort. Events such as these have the potential to develop and establish lasting and mutually rewarding relationships between the Mount and the Aboriginal community.

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The ASC has endeavored to support not only the MSVU students, but also to serve as a resource to the Mount faculty and staff by hosting traditional Aboriginal events and speaker series, and providing access to Aboriginal community Elders, academics, guest speakers, performers and artisans.

As the MSVU Aboriginal Student Centre continues its important work, the focus will remain on community. “We will deliver programs and services that promote a strong sense of inclusion for Aboriginal culture on campus by providing the students and the entire community with a space that they can feel safe and free to express and share in their culture.”

The Learning Commons After months of careful design, planning and construction, the Mount celebrated the official opening of the Learning Commons in the E. Margaret Fulton Communications Centre (EMF).

Funded by a generous grant from the Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Advanced Education through its Excellence and Innovation funding program, the Learning Commons project has transformed the library space. With the opening of the Margaret Norrie McCain Centre, the Learning Commons is now a bustling campus hub between the new McCain Centre and the Seton Academic Centre.

The Learning Commons directly supports the Mount’s 2013-17 strategic plan as well as our continuous goal toward academic excellence and enhancing the educational experience of our students.

Renovations include an increased number of open collaborative spaces, enhanced technology, new comfortable and flexible furniture for individual work and group collaboration, nine new break-out/seminar rooms exclusively for booking by students online, and a quiet zone being piloted and monitored on the lower level in order to make improvements in noise levels. A newly renovated assistive technology area offers students a variety of specialized software, and

there is a dedicated area for copying and scanning located just off the high-traffic area for convenience with web printing on the go.

In addition to research help in-person and online, librarians offer in-depth research appointments for faculty, staff and students throughout the academic term. New laptops, iPads, and tablets are available for loan free of charge. IT&S provides help desk hours during the day with upper level support available evenings during the week.

The Digital Media Zone (DMZ) continues to offer bookable spaces and training for video production, podcasting, photography and editing. The Writing Centre has moved to a more visible location near the McCain/EMF link offering a bright space with flexible new furniture. The Office of Student Experience and Athletics and Recreation have hired a Learning Strategist to work from EMF to deliver the Mount’s Student Success Course and study skills program as well as coordinate the athletes’ academic initiative.

The Mount looks forward to furthering the successes and core goals of the new Learning Commons in the future.

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The way we were – Folia celebrates its first century Folia Montana celebrates a major milestone this year: we’re turning 100. The publication for alumnae and friends was first developed by the Mount Saint Vincent Academy in 1915. Today, it is an important way for us to keep in touch and connect with the Mount community around the world.

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THE MOUNT’S HISTORY IS ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC — AND SO MUCH MORE! A special project is preserving the Mount’s past and unlocking a distinguished, and surprising, history.

History is coming to life at Mount Saint Vincent University thanks to a unique project that has digitized all the university’s yearbooks for generations to come.

“Being able to digitize publications means enhanced access to information that would have otherwise remained locked up,” says the Mount’s Archivist Roger Gillis.

Sarah Parsons, a business student hired to work on the project, marvels at steeping herself in history firsthand over the course of four months. “It was incredible to learn of some of the things that took place,” says Sarah, who now considers herself “a bit of an expert” on the Mount and its roots.

One of those bits will delight Sound of Music enthusiasts. Sarah’s biggest “wow” moment during the project, which was funded by the Department of Heritage Young Canada Works program, came when she discovered a picture of the famous Von Trapp family visiting the school in 1945. The real-life story of the Austrian singers inspired the Broadway musical The Sound of Music and later the 1965 film of the same name.

Sarah Parsons and MSVU Archivist Roger Gillis examining old yearbooks.

As World War II was coming to a close, Nova Scotians found a moment’s respite listening to a recital of the Von Trapp Family Singers hosted at the Mount. Musical selections ranged from Latin motets to American cowboy songs — in more than one language. (Mount Saint Vincent College Kappa Kronicle 1945).

or name can be easily and quickly searched.

“The work,” admits Sarah, “could sometimes be tedious.” Every page of every book had to be scanned.

The earlier yearbooks contained anywhere from 140 to 200 pages.

To view the collection of yearbooks, visit the Mount’s website on-line at

msvu.ca/yearbooks

“It took me a month and a half to scan over 90 books,” says Sarah.

There are a few gaps. Inexplicably several years did not have a “This was one of the more exciting yearbook in the archives. “It is moments for me,” says Sarah. “The difficult to know if the archives did Sound of Music is to me what Frozen not have a copy of the yearbook or is to little girls now.” there simply was not a yearbook made a particular year,” says Roger.

Delving into the past — literally — involved more than an interest in What is well known is that the history. A high-tech book scanner Mount, founded in 1873, will live was used and then editing software on forever in the hearts and was applied to clean up the scans minds of the tens of thousands and remove creases from the of students who for a short time pages. As a result, thanks to optical called the campus home. Dianne character recognition, now any term West, who graduated from Mount

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Saint Vincent Academy in 1965, credits her time here for helping to make her the person she is today. Arriving from Cape Breton when she was only 16, Dianne remembers university as “three of the happiest years of my life.”

Dianne’s 1965 Academy yearbook and numerous other Mount memorabilia from that time adorned the table at this year’s Milestone Luncheon during Alumnae Weekend. Dianne spoke at the event about some of her most special Mount moments: sitting in the chapel at night listening to the Sisters practice the organ, and the picnics at Susie Lake. “I simply loved walking around campus and often chose to remain here on the weekends instead of going anywhere else,” says Dianne.

Now personal memories can be rekindled for any alumnae simply by visiting msvu.ca/yearbooks.

“It’s about more than taking a step back in time,” says Dianne. “We are where we are and who we are because of our past. Being able to view these yearbooks means being able to relive our past and reaffirm how fortunate we are.”

CENTRE FOR WOMEN IN BUSINESS

Inspiring students to explore entrepreneurship Mount Saint Vincent University is the home of the only female-focused business development centre on a university campus.

The Centre for Women in Business currently services over 1600 clients each year through business advisories, events and activities, and has a mandate to link aspiring students with the necessary support.

When Tanya Priske became Executive Director of the Mount’s Centre for Women in Business (CWB) in 2011, only a handful of students were attending events and regularly booking business advisories. “I wanted more students to recognize entrepreneurship as a career option and to know there are resources right here on campus to help them build the skills they require,” says Tanya.

Enter Nora Perry (BHec ’83, Cert Bus ’87), the CWB’s first Business Development Officer. “Student engagement was a priority, and I kind of ran with it,” says Nora, who was hired in late 2012. “It was easy for me because I enjoy working with students. They have great ideas and ways of thinking.”

Staff of the Centre for Women in Business.

As a first step, Perry began developing a closer relationship with the Mount’s Department of Business and Tourism. “They wanted our help,” she notes.

“We explored ways to work together that would be beneficial to everyone.”

That exploration led to the creation of an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship club for business

students and a workshop called “Entrepreneurship as a Career Choice,” offered as part of the Mount’s Learning Passport program. The CWB also began to play a more prominent role in connecting the business and tourism department with class speakers and becoming more involved in campus events, including the annual Learners & Leaders conference.

The increased involvement extended to the Mount’s Public Relations Department; the CWB now hires a PR co-op student every four months and, to support the Centre’s marketing and communication activities, the student also sits in on business advisories and learns about entrepreneurship.

In addition, Perry and the CWB joined forces with Mary Somers, a lecturer in the PR Department, to bring students together with small business owners in need of communications planning. The result, says Mary, was a “wonderful, collaborative effort.”

“Students in the ‘Advanced Public Relations Management’ course get experience that will put them ahead when they enter the workforce, and the CWB clients — most of whom are start-up businesses with limited money — get a communications plan to guide them. This is real-world experience for the students at its very best,” adds Mary.

Perry also leads The Spark Zone, one of four entrepreneurial sandboxes created by the province in 2014 to give students, innovators and industry a designated space to develop new ideas that might become profitable businesses in the future.

The Centre for Women and Business’s efforts to enhance student engagement have been successful.

The CWB now sees about 500 students per year to help them hone their entrepreneurial skills, and the team expects those numbers to climb significantly with its recent move to the McCain Centre in the heart of the Mount’s campus.

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CENTRE ON AGING

Something to smile about New offices, new energy Erin McAfee can’t help but smile. The graduate student and researcher has a new — and improved — office in the Dr. Rosemarie Sampson Centre on Aging in the McCain Centre.

“It’s so spacious,” says McAfee. “In the old space, there were quite a few of us as well as all the office equipment crammed into one small room.”

The new space offers faculty, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and staff members more than additional elbow room. “It means that the research teams can still collaborate on various projects, but they’re able to work much more efficiently — and more comfortably,” notes McAfee.

Dr. Katie Aubrecht, a post-doctoral fellow and research coordinator with the centre, agrees.

What’s more, she says, the new offices in the McCain Centre inspire the researchers and actually fuel their work.

Before the move, the researchers, who work on projects under the guidance of Dr. Janice Keefe, director of the centre and a professor in the Family Studies and Gerontology Department, could not connect as easily with their colleagues at the Maritime Data Centre for Aging Research and Policy Analysis, who previously worked out of another building on

Welcome home! The Nova Scotia Centre on Aging and the Jessie MacIsaac Campbell Maritime Data Centre Laboratory now both call the Dr. Rosemarie Sampson Centre on Aging home. Together they hosted a grand opening last fall in recognition of National Seniors Day and the International Day of Older Persons.

campus. The new space provides an ideal setting to meet with not only other researchers and colleagues, but also with the caregivers, policy-makers, and seniors whose participation in the centre’s research is so critical.

“So much of what the centre does is foster collaboration,” says Aubrecht. “And this space is much more functional — more conducive to collaboration.”

In addition to nurturing a fertile research environment, this collaboration helps graduate students like McAfee and Kaitlyn Delaney, whose studies focus on home care, to develop their own thesis topics and academic research. Aubrecht notes that the new office space itself also affects the kind of research that she, McAfee, Delaney, and others conduct.

“When you walk into the McCain Centre,” she says, “you experience a sense of excellence. And you take on the persona of the space.”

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QUESTIONS WITH DR. MEREDITH RALSTON

STUDENTS’ UNION MESSAGE

The Mount community extends far beyond the walls of our campus.

In addition to being Chair and Professor in the Department of Women’s Studies at the Mount, Meredith is also an accomplished documentary filmmaker. Her latest project, titled Selling Sex, premiered at the Atlantic Film Festival in September of this year.

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Tea or coffee?

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Mountains or ocean?

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Summer or winter?

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Wine or beer?

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Cat or dog?

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Camping or spa?

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Theatre or movie?

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Chocolate or vanilla?

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Batman or Spiderman?

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Steak or chicken?

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Wine Cat Spa Movie Chocolate Batman

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With over 30,000 alumnae worldwide, our network of professionals, social activists, mentors and leaders is a force to be reckoned with. And it’s about to get even bigger.

Right now, there are approximately 4000 students at the Mount. While making incredible contributions to our student life and opportunity on campus, they also have a keen eye on their future and the world beyond our classrooms.

Through the MSV Alumnae Association, participation in events, and engaging students in occupational or volunteer activities, alumnae help students navigate through the things they’re learning today so that we can utilize them tomorrow. You are mentors, employers, friends, leaders, and an invaluable resource to students from the moment we arrive, to our very own convocation.

As a student myself, I am encouraged by the continued commitment and support of Mount alumnae. It has shown me that we do not leave the Mount community behind when we graduate — instead, we make it stronger.

Justin Corcoran, MSVUSU President

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ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION

MSVU Alumnae Association Hello alum! I’m honoured and excited to start my term as the incoming President of the Mount Saint Vincent Alumnae Association (MSVAA).

Fall means new beginnings for a new class of future alum at the Mount, but it’s also a fresh start for the MSVAA. With our lovely new meeting space in the MSVAA classroom of the beautiful McCain Centre — and a recently signed Memorandum of Understanding aligning our work with that of the University, it’s bound to be a great year!

On a personal note, this fall marks 15 years since I graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration, Class of 2000. Since then, thousands more alumnae have completed their studies at the Mount.

Did you know that there are over 30,000 alumnae worldwide, and our association encompasses alumnae from the Academy, College and University? One of the goals of the Association and University Advancement this year is meaningful engagement of our alumnae.

We’ll be calling on you to stay connected this year. Maybe you could spare a couple of hours to volunteer at an event, or maybe you would be willing to guest lecture or mentor a future alum. Whatever you can give, we’ll take. Participate in the MSV Golf Classic, come out and mingle during Alumnae Weekend, or support scholarships and special initiatives. Above all, stay connected. It is these connections that make the Mount a stronger place and keep us tied to one another as alum, and the special things that make the Mount unique.

In the meantime, like us on Facebook (facebook.com/ alumnaeandfriends), follow us on Twitter (@Mountalumnae) and keep an eye out for E-Folia, our new electronic newsletter. If you have ideas, feedback or would like to get more involved, touch base at alumnae@ msvu.ca or 902-457-6470.

Mount Saint Vincent Alumnae Association Board of Directors 2015-2016

President Tracey Newman, BBA ’00 Vice President Tanya Lorimer-Charles, BBA ’89 Immediate Past President Lisa Whynott, BOA ’94 Secretary Melissa MacKinnon, BPR ’04 Treasurer Brian MacLeod, BBA ’98

Members at Large Rhonda Bursey, BBA ’94 Paul Gérin, BBA ’98 Selena Landon, BBA ’11 Christine Larade, BPR ’96 Terri Mann, CertBusi ’03, BTHM ’06 Scott MacDonald, BA ’08 Sabitha Masih, BEd ’99, MEd ’02 Adrienne McCann, BTHM ’06 Robyn McIntosh, BPR ’10 Carolyn O’Malley, BBA ’14 Trevor Poole, BA (AIT) ’10 Student Representative Haley Myatt

Sincerely, Tracey Newman President, MSVAA

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CHILD AND YOUTH STUDY

Enabling students to become one-of-a-kind professionals At the Mount we pride ourselves on providing our students with unique experiences that enable them to follow their passions, develop their skills, and emerge into the workforce as one-of-a-kind professionals. In some instances, that has meant offering programs and opportunities as distinct and spectacular as our students.

For years, the Mount has been home to Atlantic Canada’s only Child and Youth Study program, with a Bachelor’s degree renowned both nationally, and internationally, in a variety of occupations and services. Since 2010, the Child and Youth Study Department has also offered a course specifically designed for early learning and childcare administrators and educators — the Early Childhood Administrator Continuing Education course — which is also the only of its kind in the Maritimes.

The administrator of an early learning and care program has many and varied responsibilities. The more able and competent the administrator, the better the program. Mount Saint Vincent University is to be congratulated for their support of the early learning community by developing and offering this muchneeded program.”

Sue Willis, Coordinator

While attracting a mix of students from a variety of occupations, from across Nova Scotia, participants are brought together and mentored within a small group through a mixture of lectures; presentations; guest-speakers; discussions; workplace-based assignments; and a combination of individual and group work. Since the first program in 2010-2011, over 70 participants from across Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have completed the program, offering testimonials such as:

“The amount of growth I experienced personally and professionally during the past year because of the connections made with colleagues as well as the instructors, and personal dedication to helping foster an even higher-quality program for the children in my community could not have been accomplished in any other way during such a short amount of time.”

“I have always been a hard worker, but this course showed me that I was able to accomplish a lot more than I ever thought myself capable of.”

“The leader sets the tone for the organization. We must build capacity in our leaders so that they might, through their actions, influence and build capacity in those around them,” says Sue Willis, Coordinator for the course.

“Participants of the program report increased skills and ability, yet perhaps most importantly, they report an increase in confidence. The early learning and care program is a relationship driven and dynamic environment.

Past course participants report that completion of the early childhood administrator certificate program has given them the knowledge base and, therefore, the confidence to tackle the challenges inherent in the management of such a complex organization.”

More information on the Early Childhood Administrator Continuing Education course is available on-line at www.msvu.ca/administratorcourse.

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Refer a Future Student Every fall, students across the country and around choice. As a Mount alumnus, you know better than anyone else what it means to be a part of the Mount’s student community. Now, we’re hoping you will share your experience with the next generation of Mount students.

There are several ways that you can share your Mount passion with future Mount students: t

Encourage them to book an individual campus visit at msvu.ca/bookatour.

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Request an appointment with a member of our Student Recruitment Team in your community.

Email questions@msvu.ca to setup a meeting today!

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Join us for an Open House Event on February 26th, 2016.

On-the-spot admission, meeting faculty, exploring campus and more are all part of these days. Visit msvu.ca/beamountstudent for more details.

WOMEN IN SCIENCE

From borax crystals to a career in science In the early 20th century, Marie Skłodowska Curie made history when she became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for her work in physics. Less than a decade later, the renowned scientist made history again: she won her second Nobel Prize, for her work in chemistry. For women today a career in any of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions is not novel — but it is not nearly as commonplace as it could be, or should be, says Dr. Tamara Franz-Odendaal.

“Currently 49% of the working population is female, but only 23% of STEM employees are women. We need to change that,” says Tamara, the NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering, Atlantic Region, and an associate professor of biology at Mount Saint Vincent.

Central to changing the landscape is the work FranzOdendaal is doing as the Atlantic Chair for Women in Science and Engineering, one of five chairs across Canada working to increase the participation of and provide role models for young women considering careers in these fields. That work starts early — with girls in grades 7 to 9. “Our goal is to showcase the fun and exciting side of STEM and to introduce them to women in this field,” says Tamara.

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Tamara lending a helping hand during the Mount’s WISE Science Camp.

Much of what young women discover is new to them — and potentially life changing. “Girls have never heard of half the careers we introduce them to. They don’t understand what engineering is. They think it is construction,” notes Tamara, who graduated from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, with a PhD in zoology.

FOR WOMEN TODAY A CAREER IN ANY OF THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) PROFESSIONS IS NOT NOVEL — BUT IT IS NOT NEARLY AS COMMONPLACE AS IT COULD BE, OR SHOULD BE. Dr. Tamara Franz-Odendaal

A special camp program is helping to enhance understanding and open doors for girls across the region. The WISEatlantic program, launched in 2011 and chaired by Franz-Odendaal, is designed to give girls firsthand access to role models through

webinars, workshops, camps and videos. Each year approximately 25 girls also get to see science up close and personal at the Girls Get WISE science camp, a five-day adventure into the field that opens their eyes and puts smiles on their faces. At the most recent camp, participants made borax crystals, investigated a crime scene, dug into the field of paleontology, explored ecosystems, and undertook an engineering design challenge.

“The girls love it,” says Tamara.

“They don’t know many other girls with the same interests.”

WISEatlantic also offers a one-day retreat for girls around the region, a mini version of the camp. In all, approximately 11,000 students, teachers, academics, professionals and others have been involved and 2440 youth have been engaged with 212 role models in STEM. Women currently in science and engineering fields also have an opportunity to participate through networking events and workshops co-ordinated by the Atlantic Chair.

Opening the doors wider for women to have a career in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics means changing perceptions about the nature of work in these fields and reaffirming the important contribution women can make. At present, STEM careers are often seen as isolated professions focused on technical skills, production, and looking inward. In fact, notes Franz-Odendaal, these are helping professions that change the way we live our lives, do our jobs, and contribute to our communities.

Another misconception must also be put to rest: that girls aren’t good at math and science. In fact, the opposite is true. According

Participants having fun experimenting at Science Camp. to a 2009 report prepared by the OECD, girls outperform boys in science in 21 of the 65 countries surveyed and on average in OECD countries, including Canada, boys and girls perform equally well in science.

“We need to change the stereotype to reflect reality,” says Tamara.

Marie Curie did that in the last century. In this century, scientists like Tamara Franz-Odendaal are serving as contemporary role models. The Mount associate professor, who completed her post-doctoral studies at Dalhousie University in evolutionary

developmental biology, has launched an active research program as a morphologist and developmental biologist in the field of skeletal biology. In 2013, she was the recipient of the Young Investigator Award in Morphological Sciences by the American Association of Anatomists. This year FranzOdendaal received the Mount’s Research Excellence Award for her outstanding contributions to the research community and research climate at the university.

“It was a very special moment,” says the NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering, Atlantic Region.

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Step inside the McCain Centre with the Mount’s President Ramona Lumpkin Mount president Ramona Lumpkin invites Folia Montana in for a chat — and an inside look at the Margaret Norrie McCain Centre for Teaching, Learning and Research.

Why was building the McCain Centre so important to you personally?

When I arrived five years ago, there was a clear need for new classrooms. In fact, this was our greatest unmet need on campus. Work had started several years before on raising funds for a new building, but we needed to revitalize the initiative. To be honest, there was scepticism this could be done. Fortunately, I relish a good challenge.

We held a brainstorming session around this very table. From that emerged the idea for a building that would be unique in Canada — a building to honour women — and Project TWENTY12 was launched. We raised $12 million in 20 months.

What contribution will the centre make to Mount Saint Vincent University? To the rest of Canada?

THE BUILDING IS AN ODE TO OUR ASPIRATIONS TO OFFER A UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL MODEL;

In the current era, second-wave feminists are looking out and saying we’ve hit the wall. We seem to be stalled; only 5% of Fortune 1000 companies, for example, have a female CEO. We need to reinforce a positive message about women’s accomplishments and create a new level of awareness. To be able to embed that in a building is very fulfilling — and very inspirational. We’re hopeful this will spark national discussion. The centre also celebrates women’s achievements, accomplishments they often undervalue themselves. Oh, and those 5% of Fortune 1000 female CEOs, well they generate 7% of the Fortune 1000’s total revenue and outperform the S&P 500 index, a leading

AT ITS CORE FOCUSED ON PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY — AND WE WILL NEVER STOP CELEBRATING THAT.

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indicator of market success. We must continue to shed light on the formative role women have in our society and our economy — this building is one way we can do that.

from concept to reality. Now, the state-of-the-art centre is serving them.

If you took alumnae who graduated a decade ago on a guided tour of the centre, what three things would you be sure to point out to them?

Fundraising is never easy, and we wanted the McCain Centre to be so much more than a building.

We wanted what it represents to resonate with our students, our alumnae and our community. To do that, we had to connect with new supporters who would find our quest compelling. Making those connections has been a highlight of my time at the Mount.

To me, there are three fundamentals. First, the stories of women represented throughout the building, from the moment you walk into the atrium, embody the spirit of the McCain Centre. This is the only building on a Canadian campus dedicated throughout to celebrating and honouring the lives and stories of women.

What was the biggest challenge in transforming the idea into reality?

How will learning in this new building change for students? For faculty?

I’d also take my visitors to the Mount Saint Vincent Alumnae Association room, named in honour of the many alumnae who didn’t hesitate to step forward and who gave so generously.

This building is so much more than bricks and mortar.

It has enhanced morale for the people who work here.

It’s much nicer to come to work now. I’ve received very positive feedback from faculty and staff across campus in that spirit.

Then there are our students. Collectively they gave more than $750,000 to transform the McCain Centre

As a hub, the centre also enables students and faculty to interact more. Important connections are made,

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and long-lasting relationships are founded. There is a genuine sense of connectivity.

This is also a very special building in which to learn and to teach.

It is home to some of the Mount’s signature academic programs and brings together advanced, environmentally friendly technology and classroom space. We have more than doubled student study and meeting space alone.

How did you celebrate when the final stone was laid?

To be honest, it’s been a party for the last three years. I celebrated — joyfully and gratefully — in October 2011 when Margaret McCain emailed me to so generously say she was giving $2 million towards our campaign. Then there was a celebration as each major gift came along. We gained momentum and steam. In 2013, we were proud to have our ground-breaking ceremony and a special reception for faculty and staff. Then there were celebrations throughout the summer and with donors, including the Sisters of Charity, to officially open the building. The building is an ode to our aspirations to offer a unique educational model; at its core focused on people and community — and we will never stop celebrating that.

The McCain Centre’s top donors: Margaret McCain, Elizabeth & Fred Fountain (pictured with daughter Katharine) and Mount Saint Vincent University students.

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TECHNOLOGY

The future of teaching and learning has arrived The contemporary classroom is so much more than tables, chairs, and whiteboards.

At the Margaret Norrie McCain Centre for Teaching, Learning and Research, you will find two state-of-the-art collaborative classrooms, or as faculty and staff like to call them, “pod rooms.”

They’re ready-made for small-group work and they facilitate collaborative learning. This is done in two ways.

First, the classrooms are designed to promote and support group work. Gone are rows of desks. In their place, are round tables — custom designed by the Mount’s Supervisor of Multimedia Services Greg Pretty. “We needed more than off-the-shelf tables that were round,” says Greg. “We had to create a work space that would make it easy for students to learn together, engage with the instructor, and make maximum use of the learning technology in the classroom.”

It’s what is underneath the desk, out of sight but never overlooked, that distinguishes the pod rooms from ordinary classrooms. Here a desktop PC is mounted that enables the control unit on the top of each desk to function seamlessly and effortlessly with the other control units in the room. “Students can see what is on the professor’s computer screen from their pod, or table, and everyone can see each other’s screen at the press of a button,” explains Greg.

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Greg Pretty sitting at his personally-designed pod station.

central facility that houses the myriad of wires, chips and additional technology to make the pod rooms operate without a hitch. “The brains of each pod room,” says Greg, “is actually in a room down the hall.”

No details have been overlooked. For example, depending on whether the professor prefers to be at the front of the class or elsewhere, their computer can use a plug at the back of the room or in the middle of the floor to avoid a tripping hazard while making it easy to connect to the network. “It’s two ways of thinking about teaching,” says Greg. “We call it the flipped classroom. The teacher is no longer projecting from the front but is more of a moderator.”

The advanced technology facilitates teaching and learning. Faculty can engage more easily and directly with students, and students can truly work together in teams. Students can, for example, do an exercise at their pod then push that assignment to the projection screen at the front of the room. Each instructor has a SMART monitor and a control panel at a central instructor station, which was designed by Pretty to be deeper and larger than usual so it could accommodate a laptop and instructor notes.

The technology does more than make learning easier, faster and more integrated. It motivates, notes Pretty.

“The heightened technology makes the students feel important. They also have to step up their game. They need to be fully involved in the learning.”

Dr. Gabrielle Durepos agrees. The assistant professor in the Department of Business and Tourism teaches a communications class in one of the specially equipped rooms. “The technology facilitates group work and quick learning. Students can easily use the visuals on the control centre,” she says. “This is the most techsavvy room I’ve ever been in.”

Supporting excellence in teaching and learning At Mount Saint Vincent University, faculty come together once a year to share insights and explore a contemporary teaching and learning issue. The theme this year was service learning — how to provide students with experiences outside the classroom.

“This includes a discussion of everything from co-op placements to internships to practica, but the most important component of the day is the ideas, energy and knowledge faculty bring. People are enthusiastic,” says Dr. Donovan Plumb, co-ordinator of the Teaching and Learning Centre.

Approximately 200 members of the Mount community brought their enthusiasm to the most recent Teaching and Learning Day. The purpose of the annual event and much of the work done by the Teaching and Learning Centre is to garner a greater understanding of student engagement and effective learning.

Donovan Plumb Although the Teaching and Learning Centre has been a part of the Mount campus for many years, it has recently been refocused and revitalized. As part of that process, Plumb visited departments across campus to better understand what services, programs and resources they wanted the Centre to provide.

The groundwork has, well, worked. “The Teaching and Learning Centre is shifting into the limelight at the university,” says Donovan. “There is a momentum building.”

“The weight has shifted from judging student performance at the end of a course to improving performance throughout the class. By doing this, you can increase learning fourfold,” explains Donovan.

The annual Teaching and Learning Day, which has been a feature at the Mount for at least 10 years, is a unique event and it mirrors the university’s commitment to teaching excellence.

“We are an institution committed to fostering teaching and learning. We have opportunities to advance our teaching practices,” notes Donovan.

Cleve Sauer, aka Buddington the Clown, was the guest speaker at this year’s Day of Learning Conference.

Buddington is a Therapeutic Clown who works with patients and their families at the IWK Children’s Hospital in Halifax.

The annual day of exploration and celebration is one of those opportunities. The other 364 days of the year, the Teaching and Learning Centre serves as a resource for all Mount faculty by offering both instructional design assistance and professional development. This summer, for example, a two-day workshop was offered to new and part-time faculty that addressed the question: How do you teach a memorable class?

Among the face-to-face and on-line services the Centre offers are consulting one on one with faculty on topics like course design for on-campus, distance and blended programs. It also provides teaching workshops; disseminates teaching and learning-related literature and best practices; and collaborates with faculty on preparing successful proposal submissions.

“A lot of people have expertise in their subject matter, but have not conducted a class. We looked at how to organize things to help students feel part of the learning,” says Donovan, who is the editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education.

‘We’re hoping the Centre can advance teaching and help address those issues we know can be problematic for students,” says Donovan. “We are working to maintain our reputation for teaching excellence. We want to be the very best we can.”

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ATHLETICS

Shaping athletic talent — and touching lives We’d like to introduce you to some Mount coaches and alumnae who know that a winning team brings more than skill to their sport. They bring spirit, drive and heart.

MARK HARNISH Creating a family on the field Mark Harnish (BA ’06, BEd ’09) is the head coach of the Mystics men’s soccer team. He’s run the soccer field on many occasions in his own right, but now his sights are set on leading his soccer team to Nationals.

What was your first coaching job?

My first coaching job was actually as an assistant with the Mount. I came on staff a year after I graduated.

After spending three years as an assistant to then head coach Luke Corey, who accepted a position in the U.S., I took on the job of leading the team. I have also coached my daughter’s U12 team for the past four years.

What is it that you like best about being a coach?

Being able to witness the growth of our athletes, both as players and people. As much as winning is held as the ultimate achievement in our field (and don’t get me wrong, I love to win!), I get the most satisfaction from seeing our players become great leaders on the field, and great people away from it.

What is the biggest lesson you learned from a favorite coach?

The biggest lesson I learned was from my role model, my U17 and U19 soccer coach Cameron Brown. As a coach, he instilled in us that our team was a family. In instilling that sense of family, he gave us the desire to support and play for one another. Practice, winning and losing all had shared focus. We also relied on each other outside the soccer pitch. His teams were the ones I think back to as my best times as a player.

I also still count a large number of those “family members” as some of my best friends to this day. If you can create a family, success will follow.

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What would you like your team members to learn from you?

I’d like my team members to learn that personal accountability and ownership will help them in soccer and beyond. Look at your victories and defeats, reflect on them, and always try to learn something from them.

Your greatest thrill?

My greatest thrill as a coach was winning the conference championship in 2014. We won in extra time at Holland College and shared the moment with the team and our great head coach at the time, Luke Corey. He won coach of the year that season and fully deserved it.

ANDREA JOHNSTON

It’s the memories that matter Andrea (Hill) Johnston (BA ’98) is the vice president of team support with the St. Margaret’s Bay Minor Basketball Association, known as SLAM. It’s a sport she knows — and loves.

Andrea played basketball while attending the Mount and continues to play in a local senior women’s league in Halifax. As the coach of the junior mini boys’ team in St. Margaret’s Bay, she still enjoys the thrill of the game as much, or more, than the win.

What was your first coaching job?

My junior high and high school coach always enlisted his players to help with the younger kids. He began a league where we each had a team. So I was about 14 and coaching 10- and 11- year-old girls in a youth basketball league at A.J. Smeltzer Jr. High in Lower Sackville. I actually play with and against some of those girls today.

What is it that you like best about being a coach?

Seeing the kids smile — or trying to suppress a smile — after they have a successful moment in a game when they score their first hoop, steal the ball, or make a great pass. I love seeing them proud of themselves and giving them that high 5. I’m competitive, but ultimately I don’t care if we win or lose. It’s getting to see the confidence grow in each player as they have success, no matter how big or small.

What is the biggest lesson you learned from a favorite coach?

My junior high/high school coach taught me so much.

I could never capture all of the life lessons he taught me in a simple response, but if I had to pick just one, it would be the one he reminded me about just last year (yes, he’s still teaching me lessons 22 years later!). He taught me that wins and losses truly don’t matter; it’s the memories you have, the fun, and the friendships

you build. I’ve met people from across the country through basketball, and some are my closest friends today.

What would you like your team members to learn from you?

To love the game. To have fun and take it as far as you can. To value the lessons shown to you — good and bad, as they are what will shape you as a person, a player, and a member of your community.

Your biggest thrill?

My biggest thrill as a coach was three years ago.

Our team was down by at least 14 points in a playoff game, and the boys didn’t think they could pull it out but hadn’t entirely given up and were willing to give it all they could. The parents rallied behind us in such a positive way. I have chills just remembering! Feet were stomping, the crowd was chanting “Let’s go SLAM! Let’s GO!” *Stomp! Stomp!* and the boys were really motivated. They dug deep that day — I mean unbelievably deep. They turned that game around and ended up winning. We went from being down by 14 to winning by 8 or 10. Coach Jason Brunt was on the bench with us as well that season, and he and I compared this turnaround game to the same reaction we had when our respective Mount teams made it to Nationals. You can’t beat the feeling.

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Anniversary

Celebrating 25 years of golfi ng and giving Watching Mount alumnae sisters Dr. Janice GrahamMigel (BSA ’78, BEd ’79, MEd ’83) and Anne Marie (Graham) Ellis (BHEc ’72) share some great golfing moments — not to mention a whole lot of laughter — was among the many memorable highlights of the 25th anniversary of the MSV Golf Classic held at Granite Springs.

The enjoyment was shared by the 120 alumnae, staff, faculty, friends and supporters who took part in the event. Even the sun came out for the occasion.

“We couldn’t have asked for a better day weatherwise,” says alumna Rhonda Bursey, chair of this year’s event and a Mount Saint Vincent Alumnae Association (MSVAA) board member. “Being able to enjoy the golf course and festivities with the sun at your back makes such a difference in the overall feel of the event. It was really wonderful.”

This year’s milestone event raised over $24,000 and continues to be the major revenue generator for the MSVAA, allowing it to continue reaching out to alumnae and friends of the Mount. It also enables the association to offer important support to students through scholarships, bursaries, prizes and activities both on and off campus.

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An event of this caliber couldn’t happen without the incredible support of the Mount community. A huge thank you goes out to Presenting Partner Stewart McKelvey, whose team also took home the coveted trophy for low gross. Heritage Gas reaffirmed its commitment to Mount students as our Driver’s Partner. A big thanks also to our Iron’s Club, Putter’s Club and Putter’s Club Plus Partners. Without their involvement and support the MSV Golf Classic would not be the success that it is.

It also takes a great number of dedicated supporters and volunteers to make the Golf Classic happen.

“We couldn’t put on this event and assist students the way we do without the tremendous support of our business community, staff and supporters,” says Tracey Newman, MSVAA president.

Janice understands firsthand the importance of having the opportunity to connect with her alma mater.

“Although Anne-Marie lives in Ottawa, the Mount provides many opportunities such as this for alumnae to stay connected.” Janice and Anne-Marie were also pleased to have had the opportunity to honour their mother, Mary Margaret Graham, on the Riva Spatz Women’s Wall of Honour and attend the opening of the Margaret Norrie McCain Centre this past May. DRIVER’S CLUB SPONSOR

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ALUMNAE WEEKEND 2015

Celebrating our past, present and future Jean (Duguay) Boylan and her Mount Saint Vincent College classmates of 1965 share fond memories of their time at the Mount.

When Jean stepped to the mic and wowed the dinner crowd by singing Moon River during the 2015 Alumnae Weekend dinner, another special alumnae moment made its way into the history books.

“It was the song from our junior prom,” says Jean.

Her alumnae weekend debut was courtesy of classmate Jean Larsen, who approached the musical entertainers for the evening, The Prohibition, a jazz string band that played songs from the prohibition era. Unfortunately, Moon River wasn’t in their repertoire. But that didn’t stop Jean Boylan. “It was one of those moments that I didn’t want to pass up, so I simply sang without accompaniment,” she says.

The Academy and College classes of 1965+ pose for a class picture; Dianne West’s yearbook; Jean Boylan singing Moon River; and Linda Smith looking at Mount memorabilia.

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The spontaneity and elegance of that song went hand in hand with the entire atmosphere of the Saturday evening event, complemented by a maple-themed décor, a delicious local-inspired menu, a move to the more spacious Guild Room within the Atlantica Hotel Halifax, and fabulous entertainment — planned and impromptu.

“It was really a wonderful affair,” says Tracey Newman, president of the MSV Alumnae Association. “It is such a special time for us — connecting with our alum and friends, and celebrating the memories and experiences we have all shared by being part of this university.”

What a truly fabulous time. We have lost touch with some classmates over the years, so to be able to get together and get caught up is extremely special.

The Mount Saint Vincent Alumnae Association took the opportunity to recognize the contribution of two special individuals — Diane Campbell and Robert Jack, who were awarded the Honourary Alumnae designation for 2015.

Alumnae from numerous graduating years came together from near and far for the annual alumnae celebration that filled the late September weekend with delightful stories of times gone by. This was never more apparent than at the Milestone Luncheon, where the graduating classes of 1954, 1965, and 1960s from both the Mount Saint Vincent Academy and College came together for lunch in the Alumnae Classroom of the new McCain Centre.

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“What a truly fabulous time,” says 1965 Academy grad Lena (Deveau) Bishop, who was celebrating as part of the 50th class. “We have lost touch with some classmates over the years, so to be able to get together and get caught up is extremely special.”

The glow of the noon-time affair flowed over into the evening where alumnae gathered at the Auction House in downtown Halifax for a more relaxed, casual meet and mingle.

It was really a wonderful affair.

It is such a special time for us — connecting with our alum and friends, and celebrating the memories and experiences we have all shared by being part of this university.

It takes many hands to put on a two-day event that creates memories of its own. “A special thank you to our Alumnae Weekend Committee and to University Advancement for providing such a wonderful opportunity for us to come together and continue to share our special moments,” says Tracey.

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ALUMNAE NETWORKS

Alumnae networks around the world Calgary, AB Alumnae in Calgary gathered for a thirst-quenching reception in March at Vine Styles, the city’s newest wine and craft beer shop owned by Mount alum Darren Stewart (BBA ’02). Close to 25 alum had a chance to mingle, reminisce, and sample some divine wine alongside fellow alum. Special thanks to Jamie Niessen (BPR ’96) who was instrumental in coordinating details in Calgary and helping to get the event off the ground. Planning is under way to host another event this winter.

Toronto, ON Members of the Toronto Chapter met on September 27th and much of the conversation centered on how to grow membership and engage younger alumnae in the area. If you are interested in hearing more about the Toronto Chapter or looking to gather a group of alum for a local event, please let us know at alumnae@msvu.ca. It is a wonderful way to connect with classmates and other Mount grads — and we are here to help in any way we can!

Bermuda

President Ramona Lumpkin and her mother, Willie Mae Lumpkin, and sister, Linda Mallory, were photographed at the Public Gardens in Halifax all wearing their MSVU sweatshirts!

Plans are in the works for an alumnae event in Bermuda the first week of February 2016. More details to follow, and we look forward to connecting with our alum in the area and hosting an event to remember.

Caritas Day The Mount community will celebrate Caritas Day — an opportunity to give back started by the Sisters of Charity — on Wednesday, January 27, 2016. The day was inspired in the wake of the devastating 1951 fire that destroyed Mount Saint Vincent College. The surrounding communities came together to aid the Mount in this time of need, and Caritas Day remains a time for students to give back to the community by volunteering. Alumnae throughout the world also recognize Caritas Day in warm and wonderful ways.

Please keep us posted about what you’re doing this coming Caritas Day.

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A lasting impact for future generations

Dr. Rosemarie Sampson’s life, one way or another, has been connected with the Mount for 57 years.

She came from Boston to the Mount in 1958 when she entered the Sisters of Charity and subsequently completed two degrees. While Rosemarie was in graduate school in the late 1960s, Catherine Wallace, then President of Mount Saint Vincent University, recruited her to be a member of the new Department of Psychology. From 1973 to 2007, Rosemarie taught in the Psychology Department, served as its chair, and then was Dean of Professional Studies for 11 years. In her final years working at the university, she was Senior Associate responsible for Gift Planning in University Advancement.

“My association with the Mount has been a long one,” says Rosemarie. “It has been an integral part of my adult life. I sincerely believe that for a woman of my time, that I would never have had the opportunities which I had at the Mount at another university, and I see the values instilled by the Sisters of Charity continue today with the Mount’s work.”

Rosemarie’s husband, Burton MacDonald, has a similar life-long attachment to Saint Francis Xavier University, recently celebrating his 55th anniversary.

“We both support our alma maters,” notes Rosemarie.

“I supported the Mount’s Annual Fund for many years, and through my annual gifts, established the Rosemarie Sampson Award for a psychology student, which I still support though incremental monthly donations,” Rosemarie explains.

As well, Rosemarie has supported each of the Mount’s capital campaigns. “While working at the Mount, I made my contributions through payroll deduction while more recently I fulfilled my pledge in support of the Chair in Learning Disabilities through the Building Tomorrow Together Campaign through gifts of publicly traded securities,” adds Rosemarie.

Working with my advisor, I decided to use life insurance as a vehicle for future support to the university. The university owns the policy and I make the annual premium payments for which I receive a charitable receipt. The death benefit of this policy will result in a sixfigure donation — more than I would ever be able to contribute in my lifetime!”

“About 20 years ago, in a conversation with my financial advisor, we discussed how I could make a more significant impact in my charitable giving. At that time, I had remembered family members and a number of charities, including the Mount, in my will, but wondered if my plans were optimizing tax benefits to provide more to my beneficiaries.”

“Working with my advisor, I decided to use life insurance as a vehicle for future support to the university. The university owns the policy and I make the annual premium payments for which I receive a charitable receipt. The death benefit of this policy will result in a six-figure donation — more than I would ever be able to contribute in my lifetime!” This future gift has been recognized through — and designated to support — the Centre on Aging space in the Margaret Norrie McCain Centre for Teaching, Learning and Research.

“Many people my age also have paid-up policies that they will not need; this too can be a means of using life insurance to support your favourite charity,” adds Rosemarie.

“In my will, I have designated a percentage of my estate to the university with a residual bequest; my hope is that there will be sufficient resources to provide a legacy gift to endow an award that will provide annual funding for Mount students wishing to study abroad.”

The university is extremely grateful to Dr. Sampson for her ongoing continued support through the Annual Fund Program, and for donations to each of the university’s four capital campaigns. The Mount is especially grateful to both her and her husband for including the university in their estate plans. Support received through current and planned gifts plays an important role in our students’ lives today and can provide a lasting impact for future generations of Mount students.

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THANK YOU In the Mount spirit of caritas, alumnae and friends supported the university with donations totaling $1,440,994 for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2014 and ending March 31, 2015.

Thanks to the generosity of alumnae and friends, Mount students are given the opportunity to learn and thrive. Your support helps our students realize their full potential — reinforcing our commitment to one another — whether through a donation to the Annual Fund, support for student success through gifts to scholarships, bursaries and awards, funds directed to enhancing the work of our departments and programs or supporting the construction of the Margaret Norrie McCain Centre for Teaching, Learning and Research.

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CONSTRUCTION OF THE MARGARET NORRIE MCCAIN CENTRE FOR TEACHING, LEARNING AND RESEARCH The Mount community celebrated the official opening of the Margaret Norrie McCain Centre for Teaching, Learning and Research on May 29, 2015.

Made possible through the Mount’s Project TWENTY12 initiative, which through support from almost 1,000 donors exceeded its goal of raising $12 million in 20 months, this four-storey, 49,600 square foot, environmentally conscious facility incorporates innovative technologies into teaching and research spaces designed to provide a unique and personal learning experience for Mount students.

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accomplishments. In addition to showcasing the stories of 18 Inspiring Women, many other spaces throughout the building have been sponsored by individuals, corporations and foundations to honour women.

Many donors continue to support this initiative by honouring women in their lives on the Riva Spatz Women’s Wall of Honour. In a garden setting near the entrance to the McCain centre, this special feature, the only one of its kind in Canada, is a signature element of the new building. To read stories about and commemorations and tributes to the women honoured, please visit womenswallofhonour.ca.

To read more about this new facility and the grand opening celebrations, please see page 22.

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SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES, AWARDS AND PRIZES Scholarships, bursaries, prizes and awards represent types of funding available to Mount students — and for many students — can make the dream of a Mount education a reality. Many students must work part-time or even full-time and some take on burdensome debt in order to pursue their studies.

Receiving a scholarship, bursary or award can open the doors of opportunity for Mount students, regardless of background, economic circumstances, stage of life, family responsibilities or location.

Scholarships recognize students for outstanding academic achievement. Bursaries provide financial assistance to students

in that they are awarded based on financial need. Awards and prizes recognize student accomplishments within various programs and departments across the university.

Donors contributed to the university’s general scholarship and bursary funds as well as to named expendable (funded-yearly) and endowed (in-perpetuity) scholarships, bursaries and awards.

• Student Opportunity Fund (giftmatching fund) — this endowed fund will provide students with financial support so they may participate in experiential learning opportunities outside the classroom, such as attending conferences, presenting their research, or studying abroad.

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SUPPORT FOR DEPARTMENTS, PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL INITIATIVES Gifts directed to academic departments and other programs provide support that enhances Mount students’ learning experience. Examples of areas supported by donors to the university in 2014-2015 are: • Academic programs and department enhancement funds including Applied Human Nutrition, Business, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Chemistry, Communication Studies, English, Education, Psychology, Sociology & Anthropology, and Women’s Studies.

• The Art Gallery • Athletics • Centre for Women in Business • The Child Study Centre • The Gail and Stephen Jarislowsky Endowed Chair in Learning Disabilities • Library acquisitions • Nova Scotia Centre on Aging • The Nunavut Teacher Practicum Program

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UNRESTRICTED DONATIONS Unrestricted gifts were made to the Mount to direct to areas of greatest need.

“I HAVE A LONG HISTORY WITH ACTIVISM, AND THE MOUNT HAS CONTINUOUSLY FOSTERED THIS. I KNEW THAT IF THERE WAS ANY PLACE FOR ME TO BE IN HALIFAX, IT WAS A FEMINIST UNIVERSITY WITH A HISTORICAL DEDICATION TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN.” Abbey Ferguson, Harrison McCain Scholarship Recipient (pictured 3rd from right)

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DONOR REPORT

Thank You Mount Saint Vincent University recognizes and offers appreciation to the Mount community for their philanthropy. The following list recognizes gifts received between April 1, 2014 and March 31, 2015.

Individual donors are recognized by the annual donor circle or club for donations received during this period. Alumnae donors are listed with the year of their most recent degree from the Mount.

In the Mount spirit of caritas, your generosity helps open the doors of opportunity for all who want to learn. With your support, we are making the dream of a Mount education a reality for students of today and for future generations.

CHANCELLOR’S CIRCLE Individual donors who have contributed $25,000 or more from April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015 Linda Brown ’68 & Hugh Brown Elizabeth G. Fountain ’79 & Fred Fountain Martha & Bruce Jodrey Margaret McCain ’05 Joanne McCrea Ron Shuebrook PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Individual donors who have contributed $10,000 - $24,999 from April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015 Anne Campbell ’81 & John Lindsay Diane Campbell Lily Chan ’61 & Paul Chan Wadih Fares Harriet & Christopher Field Phyllis Gaetz ’71 Dale Godsoe ’97 Colin MacDonald Susan Patten ’97 Diane & Harold Schwartz Janis Sobey-Hames ’76 Annette Verschuren ’96 Dorothy West DEAN’S CIRCLE Individual donors who have contributed $5,000 - $9,999 from April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015 Elizabeth Church Deborah Conter Susan Covert Mike Foran ’89 & Cathy Keating Cheryl Hodder Ramona Lumpkin 38

Johanne McKee ’54 & Ian McKee Dan O’Neill Suzanne Reynolds ’66 Rosemarie Sampson ’68 Judy Steele ’82 & Bruce Towler Susan Wood

SCHOLAR’S CIRCLE Individual donors who have contributed $1,000 - $4,999 from April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015 Stephen Allt Sonja Bata ’89 Robert Berard Sheila Brown Kim Campbell ’14 Julie Carroll ’63 Joan Casey Margaret Casey ’12 Kaireen Chaytor ’76 Mary Clancy ’70 Howard Conter Claire Correia ’55 Mallika Das ’08 Amanda Dean ’03 & Chris Lydon Gillian & Jack Diamond Sheila Fraser ’11 Myra Freeman ’04 & Lawrence Freeman Kelly Gallant ’90 Dayle Harrington ’83 & Joanne Rivest ’86 Carole Hartzman Tom Hayes William Hiscock Brian Jessop Dennice Leahey ’64 & Stephen Leahey Ann MacGillivary Barry MacLeod Deanne MacLeod ’92 & Mark Forward ’93 Sandra Macleod ’81 Bruce MacNeil

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Jolene Mahody David Mann Suzanne McCarron ’86 Bob McDonald Tina Murphy ’88 Janet Murray ’56 & T. J. Murray Edith Nelligan ’62 Ruth Nelligan ’62 Mary O’Regan ’65 Shirley Parker & Steve Parker Elizabeth Parr-Johnston Meredith Ralston Tom Rose Shelley Rowan ’82 Lara Ryan ’92 & Brett Ryan Marilyn Schnare ’64 Deanna Skinner & Robert Dexter Nancy Spencer ’94 Suzanne Swannie LEARNED CIRCLE Individual donors who have contributed $500 - $999 from April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015 Sharon Avery ’96 Catherine Butler Brian Carter Margaret Conrad ’07 Hollie Copland ’97 Sultan Darvesh Eric Fiander Jeanne Flemming ’65 Normand Gendron ’11 Nancy Gilbert ’83 Vicki Harnish ’74 Louise Hunt ’74 Mary Inez Grant ’69 Kelly Jacques Janice Keefe Simon Kennedy ’91 & Suzanne McCarthy ’90 Judith Kiley ’70 Elizabeth Larmond-Elliot ’61 Martha Laurence ’60 M. Christine MacDonald ’89 Janet MacInnis

The Advancement & External Relations Committee of the Mount’s Board of Governors advances the University’s mission and vision and supports institutional priorities and objectives by promoting sound relationships between the University and its communities, including alumnae, donors, government and broader community partners.

Advancement & External Relations Committee for 2014-2015 were: Sharon Avery (Chair) RBC Dominion Securities Rob Batherson Colour Dr. Adriana Benzaquen Mount Saint Vincent University Amanda Dean Insurance Bureau of Canada Kelly Gallant Mount Saint Vincent University Dr. Ramona Lumpkin Mount Saint Vincent University Deanne MacLeod Stewart McKelvey Shelley Rowan Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia Dr. Cornelia Schneider Mount Saint Vincent University Cheryl Stewart-Walsh Mount Saint Vincent University Angela Surrette Community volunteer Wendy Vrooman Sandler Training Paul Whyte Mount Saint Vincent University Students’ Union S. Evelyn Williams Seton Spirituality Centre Caroline Wolfe Stewart The Berkeley

Robin MacInnis ’85 John MacLatchy Jeff MacLeod Michele Millar Marguerite Muise ’65 Darren Nantes Judy O’Dea-Oliver ’69 Margeurite Peddle ’52 Andrea & Richard Plato Doris Ramphos Judith Scrimger Angela Surrette ’90 Tina Taylor ’92 Sandra Thomas Mary Uhl ’48 & Norman Uhl Martha Westwater ’96 Budge Wilson ’12 John Young AMBASSADORS Individual donors who have contributed $100 - $499 from April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015 Stephen Abbass Janis Aitken ’69 Janet Ashe ’63* Elizabeth Atcheson Nancy Aust ’63 Ninette Babineau ’95 Betsy Baillie ’76 Lynn Cashen Basso ’02 Rob Batherson ’97 & Catherine MacIsaac ’05 Nancy Battis ’61 Valerie Bellefontaine ’90 Jo-Anne Belliveau ’75 Ruby Blois ’73 Wendy Boisvert ’91 Nancy Boutilier ’75 Noella Brennan Fisher ’62 David Brien ’97 Janet Brisse ’63 Judith Brockie ’63 Alan Brown Carol Bryson ’73 M. Betty-Ann Buott ’96 Geraldine Burke ’64 Holly Burridge ’90 Linda Butler ’84 Pamela Cameron ’73 Lily Campbell Marilyn Campbell ’57 Sheila Cardone ’66 Jane Carman ’76 Linda Carnell Swinwood ’92 Judy Carson ’68 Tom Cashen Carmen Chaddock ’72 Ian Chunn Yvonne Chute Phyllis Clark ’54 Colleen Clarke ’78 Pamela Cochrane ’81 Joy Collins ’84 Rose-Anne Comeau ’62 Jane Cooney Michael Covert Marion Crabbé ’56 John Crowley Sheilagh Crowley JoAnn Cunningham ’83 Verna Curtin ’54 Dawn Dalley ’91

Rebecca Dalton ’07 Barbara Darton ’97 Katherine Darvesh Keith Davis ’90 Alison DeLory ’13 Louanne Devanney ’86 Louise Doran ’71 Barbara Downie ’57 Joan Driscoll ’59 Pamela Duncan ’77 Fred Dundas Anne-Marie Ellis ’72 Margaret Ellis ’76 Lori Errington ’11 Margaret Ferguson ’94 Edwina Fitzgerald ’50 Jill Flinn ’57 Amy France ’81 Teresa Francis ’87 Heather Fraser-Davey ’68 Kevin Gass ’83 Janice Gaudet ’88 Sonia Gaul ’69 Simone Geddry ’63 Mary Gilroy ’62 Susan Godwin ’77 Amy Gordon ’97 Dorothy Grady ’52 Janice Graham-Migel ’83 Charlotte Gray ’95 Susan Gunn ’69 Gwen & Robert Haliburton Gloria Hanief ’62 Heather Hanson ’11 Alex Harding ’15 Missy Harnish ’70 Fred Harrington Jean Hartley Elizabeth Hartnell ’73 Donald Hatcher ’06 Lorraine Heffler ’69 Elizabeth Hemeon ’99 Elsie Henderson ’91 Elizabeth Hicks Donna Hillier ’88 John Hovland Norma Hoyt ’78 Jean Inkpen ’47 Roy Jamieson ’10 Barbara Jones ’55 Ramona Joseph ’98 Shannon Kehoe ’06 Betty Kennedy ’89 Patricia Kirby ’85 Jean Knickle ’51 Carole Kubal-Sellerberg ’67 Phyllis Lambert ’92 Patricia Leader Anya Lisowski ’00 Paulette Luft ’66 Anne MacCleave ’80 Margaret MacDonald ’53 Shari MacDonald ’93 M. Marlene MacLellan ’96 Agnes MacNeil ’81 Elaine MacNeil ’63 Mary MacPhee ’68 Jill Mahony-Plummer ’77 Rachel Martin ’79 Alanna Mason ’92 Roberta Mattocks ’57 Karen McCarthy ’91 Rose McGinn ’78 Betty McIver ’71

Elspeth McLean-Wile ’79 Antje McVeigh ’84 Anne Melanson ’87 Sheldon Miller ’99 Aftab Mohammed ’80 Dave Moore Mary Morash ’93 Janice Mrkonjic ’00 Alleyne Murphy ’97 Dana Murray ’60 & Paul Murray Karen Murray ’63 M. Linda Murray ’68 Tracey Newman ’00 Matthew Nichols ’90 Deborah Norris ’79 Patricia O’Connell Nancy O’Connor- Burns ’82 Dianne O’Neill Robyn Osgood ’15 Iris Owen ’69 Christopher Palmer ’88 Cathy Partington ’63 Madeline Patton ’78 Gina Pecore ’89 Jane Pepino Linda Pike ’90 Charmaine Pope ’90 Mary Pothier ’69 Patricia Quinn ’61 Theresa Rath ’13 DeNel Rehberg Sedo Marion Reid ’02 Maureen Reid ’98 & Douglas Reid Hazel Reyno ’64 & Paul Reyno Marie Riley ’65 Susan Ringrose ’66 Elizabeth Roscoe ’71 Barbara Ross ’76 Marilyn Ross ’85 Linda Rowe Fitch ’76 Virginia Rutledge ’00 Barbara Ryan James Sawler Judith Schurman ’67 Steve Sebag Barbara Shea ’84 Nancy Sheehan ’57 Madge Skinner & Ward Skinner Marie Anne Skomorowski ’63 Dorothy Smith ’84 Diane Smith ’64 Marietta Snetsinger ’91 Deborah Sowerby ’76 Connie Sparks ’74 Karin Stamy Mary Rachelle Stumpf ’07 Marjorie Sullivan Maura Sullivan ’78 Margaret Swan ’89 Tracey Taweel ’09 Cara Tax ’07 Brook Taylor Errol Taylor ’89 Anne Thibodeau Amy Thurlow ’89 & Paul Card Rod Tilley Diane Tinkham ’73 Theresa Tobin ’81 Erin Tomlinson ’08 Barbara Turner ’80 Patricia Turner ’93 Shirley Vaughan ’76 Ann Vessey ’92

Gennie Vest ’66 Barbara Voye Wendy Vrooman ’95 David Wainwright Barry Waldman ’84 Kathryn Watt ’82 Sybil Weston Florence Whitby ’52 Patricia Whitman ’69 & David Lemon Lisa Whynott ’94 Doug Wigg Joy MacKay Williams ’75 Marilyn Wilson ’74 Caroline Wolfe Stewart ’90 & Ron Stewart ’08 Katherine Younker ’82 Patricia Yourkavich-Moore ’75 George Zinck ’76 Pat Zinn ’67 FRIENDS Individual donors who have contributed up to $99 from April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015 Gail Allen ’73 Wendey Archibald ’71 Gladys Ascah ’89 Anne Auby ’81 Phillip Barron ’03 Terry Bartlett ’51 Elizabeth Bennett ’77 Yvonne Bennett ’66 Adriana Benzaquen Madeleine Berrigan ’64 Barbara Bisson ’80 Katherine Blake ’90 Patricia Bonang ’59 Isabel Bonnyman ’36 Nancy Bowes ’02 Elizabeth Brideau-Asbridge ’60 Gina Brown ’87 Mary Buote-Potts ’05 Joanne Burns-Theriault ’03 Elaine Burrows ’74 Patricia Butler ’85 Jeanne Campbell ’64 Joan Caron ’60 Betty Carter ’72 Carole Coates ’63 Mary Ruth Cochrane ’80 Angelina Comeau ’55 Veronica Connelly ’54 Joseph Connors ’09 Mary Lou Coolen ’77 John Cotton ’74 Eric Craig ’84 Gail Creaser ’06 Elizabeth Cross ’13 Sheila Crummell ’79 Donna D’Eon ’74 Andrea D’Sylva ’09 Mabel Davis ’84 Patricia Delaney ’50 Marion Dell ’67 Isobel Den Heyer ’89 Fae-Marie Donathan ’90 Andrew Doyle ’97 Ann Drysdale ’65 Brenda Dwyer ’87 Evelyn Faulkner ’81 Ann Finlayson ’69 Celebrating 100 Years | Fall 2015

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Gloria Finnigan ’69 Timothy Fisher ’06 Gwen Flemming Laurie Flindall ’76 Marguerite Flinn ’57 Lorraine Floody ’79 Donna Forest-Robertson ’63 Linda Fougere ’91 Suzanne Fougere ’05 Raluca Fratiloiu Michelle Gailey ’80 Allan Gates ’98 Carla Gillis ’79 Constance Glube ’98 Deborah Gosbee ’78 Danielle Goyette ’06 Debra Grantham Marilyn Hamlin ’90 Claire Hanlon Smith ’88 Coral Harris ’95 Doris Harrison ’86 Gail Hersey ’71 Elizabeth Hessian ’82 Rebecca Hillier ’99 Zondra Hubley ’61 Kimberly Humes ’08 Michelle Innes ’13 Sandy Jolly ’75 Alan Joyce ’93 Monica Kangley ’58 Claire Kariker ’58 M. Claire Keindel ’51 James Kelly ’97 Brent King Claudia Kingston ’98 Heidi Kirby ’12 Traci Knott Manzer ’07 Karen Kosendowski ’79 Alla Kushniryk Janice Landry Patti Landry ’95 Jean Larsen ’65 Johanne Leclerc ’61 Hope Lemoine ’10 Gary Logan ’02 Canda Long ’73 Margie MacDonald Mary MacDonald ’85 George MacFarlane Sandra MacKenzie ’96 Shirley MacKenzie ’81 Peggy MacKinnon ’00 Betty Anne MacMillan ’65 Dawn MacNutt ’05 Sheilagh Martin ’63 Carol Matthews Francine McIntyre ’82 Robyn McIsaac ’11 Donna Meagher-Stewart ’70 Jeannette Melanson ’63 Tracy Moniz Mary Morash ’80 Alexandra Morrison ’64 Patricia Mulatz ’72 Erin Murphy ’04 Lem Murphy ’85 Donna Myers Keating ’90 Ethel Nelson ’81 Jean Nicholson ’83 Elizabeth Nickerson ’87 Genie O’Connell ’65 Kirk O’Connell Mary O’Connor-Hayes ’65 Colette O’Hara 40

Marie O’Malley ’52 Isabel Palmeter ’72 Sharon Parker ’71 Olive Pastor ’86 Betty Peterson ’00 Lynda Phelan ’75 Cynthia Pilichos ’00 Cynthia Plant-Hansen ’81 Zita Poirier ’61 Margaret Power ’71 Beverly Prevost ’72 Gertrude Purdy ’89 Kim Raine ’88 John Reid Deborah Richards ’83 Sheila Richardson ’63 Carol Rogers ’66 Sharon Ross ’80 Mary Ellen Ryan-Zwicker ’63 Margaret Samson 62 Claudette Sapp ’80 Mary Sargeant ’79 Sandra Schnare ’09 Susan Settle ’86 Sylvia Sharp ’84 Patrice Shires ’02 Dinah Simmons ’79 Jordan Sinclair ’07 Nancy Slater ’77 Lashauna Smith ’04 Patricia Smith ’12 Janet Sollows ’05 Mary Somers Silvie Springer ’81 Monique St. Amand ’99 Leslie Stephen ’05 Catherine Stone ’74 Ruth Tannous ’61 Linda Thistle ’97 Barbara Trainor ’59 Kyle Turner ’05 Dorothy Walsh Durocher ’59 Ann Whitney ’75 Shirley Yabsley ’81 Anne Yanofsky ’89 Mildred York ’76 Gloria Younker ’81 & Robert Younker And the 18 individual donors who wish to remain anonymous

CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS Alumitech Ltd Atlantic Lottery Corporation Atlantica Mechanical Contractors Inc. Blazing the Agency BMO Financial Group Brown Family Canadian Hospitality Foundation Communications & Public Relations Foundation Deloitte Foundation Canada Everything Fitness Service, and Maintenance Halifax Protestant Infants’ Foundation Harrison McCain Foundation Heritage Education International Scholarship Trust Fdn.

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Insurance Bureau of Canada Jazz Aviation Knowledge First Foundation Mainland Nova Scotia Building & Construction Trades Council MSV Alumnae Association MSVU Faculty Association MSVU Library Staff MSVU Students’ Union NATIONAL Public Relations Nova Scotia Nurses Union Nova Scotia Power Ocean Contractors Limited Power Corporation of Canada RBC Foundation RBC Royal Bank rcs construction Royale Floors and Surfaces Sisters of Charity — Halifax Sisters of Saint Martha Society of the Sacred Heart (Canada) Stewart McKelvey TD Bank Group TD Insurance Meloche Monnex The Berkeley The Edwards Family Charitable Foundation The Family of Jessie MacIsaac Campbell The McCrea Family Charitable Trust The Phyllis Lambert Foundation Theodore R & Vivian M Johnson Scholarship Foundation University of British Columbia ESTATES Dr. Marial Mosher Charitable Trust Estate of Patricia Keene Estate of John Knodell Estate of Mary Elizabeth O’Brien Estate of Mary M. Young

Rosemarie Sampson ’68 MYSTICS SOCIETY The Mystics Society recognizes alumnae making their first gift to the university within two years of graduating with their first degree from the Mount.

Kim Campbell ’14 Elizabeth Cross ’13 Alex Harding ’15 Brian Holmes ’12 Michelle Innes ’13 Heidi Kirby ’12 Christopher Lopes ’12 Stephen Martin ’12 Tammy Mericer ’11 GIFTS MADE IN HONOUR** Mary Canavan Julie Carroll ’63 Susan Covert Alexa McDonough ’09 Terrence Paris GIFTS MADE IN MEMORY** Louise Ardenne ’89 John Campbell Kathleen Crowley ’89 Barbara Dudley E. Margaret Fulton ’94 Margaret Godwin ’36 Joy Harriott James MacAulay ’93 Lillian MacMillian Peter McGonnell Suellen Murray ’86 Margaret O’Brien M. Elizabeth O’Brien ’39 Majorie Reyner

1873 SOCIETY Marking the year the Mount was founded, the 1873 Society recognizes those who have notified the university of their intent to include the Mount in their estate plans. The individuals listed have provided consent to be recognized as an 1873 Society Member. The Mount acknowledges with gratitude our alumnae and friends whose commitment extends beyond their lifetime.

Betty Anderson Diana Carl Jane L. Cook & David Marcogliese S. Lynn Coveyduck ’96 Brenda Hattie ’01 Janet MacMillan ’81 Judith M. Newman Carolyn Nobes ’97 Elizabeth Parr-Johnston M. Jane Phillips Barbara Pike

* We are saddened by the loss of our friends and community members. ** These lists do not include gifts made specifically to recognize women honoured in the Margaret Norri McCain Centre for Teaching, Learning and Research or the Riva Spatz Women’s Wall of Honour.

While we have made every effort to ensure accuracy, please accept our apologies for any error or omissions. Please contact University Advancement at 902.457.6470 or email giving@msvu.ca if you believe we made an error on this list.

Alumnae donors are listed with the year of their most recent degree from the Mount.

Mount Saint Vincent University’s Endowment An endowment is often referred to as “the gift that keeps on giving.” An endowed fund is a capital fund established by a donor and merged with other funds as part of the university’s general endowment portfolio.

EACH YEAR, A PERCENTAGE OF THE DONOR’S TOTAL FUND, TERMED THE “SPENDING RATE”, SUPPORTS THE PROGRAM OR INITIATIVE DESIGNATED BY THE DONOR - RANGING FROM SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES AND AWARDS TO FUNDS FOR

Members of the Investment Committee 2014-15

PROGRAMS OR DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT TO ACADEMIC CHAIRS. AT MARCH 31, 2015, THE VALUE OF THE MOUNT’S GENERAL ENDOWMENT WAS AT $23,790,747.

Charles Bruce (Chair) NSPS Long Term Disability Trust

Endowment Management

Gerard Buckley Jaguar Capital

Jarislowsky Fraser Limited has managed Mount Saint Vincent University’s endowment for the past 11 years. This investment-counseling firm is known for its low-risk approach that has navigated the university’s endowment through the volatile markets experienced in recent years. The conservative approach has allowed the university to focus on long-term capital preservation.

The Endowment Management Policy, approved by the university’s Board of Governors, sets out the guidelines and procedures to ensure that annual income continues at an adequate funding level to support the quantity and quality of projects and initiatives for which they were established to provide on-going funding. This policy is reviewed annually.

The university’s Investment Committee is made up of experienced members of the investment sector. This standing committee of the Mount’s Board of Governors ensures strong financial oversight of the Fund Manager and compliance with the Investment Policy approved by the Board of Governors.

The Investment Policy creates a framework to maximize real, long-term returns to the Mount’s endowments and provide for long-term growth while protecting against shorter-term fluctuations. This policy established ranges for asset mix and benchmarks for performance evaluation.

Distributions for 2015-2016 For the fiscal year 2015-16, the previous year’s spending rate of 4.0% has been maintained. To alleviate large fluctuation in spending commitments, the university’s Endowment Management Policy requires the spending allocation to be calculated using a percentage of the moving average of market value of the preceding three fiscal years ended March 31. This policy also stipulates the spending rate be reviewed each year and range between 3.5% and 5.0%.

Vicki Harnish Community volunteer (retired Deputy Minister, Nova Scotia Department of Finance) Brian Jessop Mount Saint Vincent University Dr. Ramona Lumpkin Mount Saint Vincent University Deanne MacLeod Stewart McKelvey Steven Mahoney Connor, Clark and Lunn Financial Group Thomas Nicolle Pfiff ner Management Inc. Serge Pepin BMO Investments Cheryl Stewart-Walsh Mount Saint Vincent University

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Endowment Returns The following chart outlines the annualized returns ending March 31, 2015 on the Mount’s General Endowment over ten years and provides details of the portfolio’s performance.

General Endowment Fund Canadian Equity* S&P/TSX

U.S. Equity* S&P 500 (C$)

International Equity* MSCI_EAFE (C$)Net***

Bonds* DEX Universe *

1 Yr (%)

2 Yrs (%)

3 Yrs (%)

4 Yrs (%)

5 Yrs (%)

7 Yrs (%)

10 Yrs (%)

Since Inception**

15.1

15.5

14.4

12.2

11.4

8.6

7.5

7.8

9.7

14.7

14.2

8.3

9.6

7.2

8.5

29.5

31.1

27.3

22.8

19.7

12.6

8.6

15.3

19.5

18.5

14.9

13.6

7.3

6.3

9.5

5.4

5.7

6.9

6.5

6.4

5.8

Components of the JF Balanced Fund

now using the MSCI EAFE Net (C$), JFL used the MSCI EAFE (C$) gross of fees for periods before January 1, 2011.

** Inception date is November 30, 2004 *** Index data and Portfolio returns have been converted using the London 4pm rate since January 1, 2010, and using the Bank of Canada noon rate for prior periods. As of January 1, 2011, JFL is

Endowment Asset Mix The following shows the Mount’s asset mix for the General Endowment Fund at March 31, 2015.

4.5% 19.1% 35.5%

Since June 30, 2006, rates of return are calculated using the DayWeight gross method (prior to the deduction of fees). Prior to this date, the Mid-Point Gross method was used.

Endowment Over Five Years 2010 – 2015 The following chart reflects the value of the university’s General Endowment Fund over the past five years. Market value is at March 31 of the fiscal year end. Growth in the endowment is due to both fund performance and donor investment.

2014-15

2013-14

$

23,790,747

$

21,052,773

$

18,431,749

$

16,904,275

$

16,331,244

21.4% 2012-13

19.5 9.5%

2011-12

Canadian Equities

Bonds

U.S. Equities

Cash & Equivalents

International Equities

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CLASS NOTES

1960s Judy (Asbury) Campbell (MSVA ’65) has recently retired and would love to hear from any of her classmates from the Academy days by email. Please send a note to alumnae@msvu.ca and we would be happy to connect you with Judy!

Rob Batherson (BPR ’97) was recently appointed Chair of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce.

Rob is currently Senior VP Public Relations and Managing Partner with Colour, a communications and marketing firm in Halifax, NS.

Helen (Skerry) Domshy (BSc RT ’67) recently retired to Penticton, BC, and was presented with the Literacy Award for BC by the Council of the Federation.

She and her husband, Denis, have two grandchildren and are enjoying life out west. To quote Helen, however, “it will never replace the ocean which I miss daily even after 40 years.”

Photo credit to Paul Darrow

1990s Congratulations to Sara Napier (BPR ’95) who was named the President and CEO of the Halifax United Way in September 2015. Over her 20-year career, Sara has shown incredible dedication and commitment to her community and to assisting others.

1970s Robert Henman (BA ’79), a part-time Mount faculty member since 1984, recently published two articles in Dialogues in Philosophy, Mental and Neuro Sciences Journal. The articles are: “Can brain scanning and imaging techniques contribute to a theory of thinking?” and “Generalized Empirical Method: A Context for a Discussion of Language Usage in Neuroscience.”

More details at www.crossingdialogues.com.

Marilyn Patricia Freeman (BHEc, ’76) returned to Nova Scotia after acquiring a home in Indian Harbour. She spends seven months here and the rest of the time in her beloved country of South Africa. Her newest designation is Gogo — meaning grandmother — to Sebastien Alexander Gale, son of her daughter Nadja. She is very much looking forward to her 40th anniversary of her Mount graduation in 2016.

1980s Michele MacDonald (BSc ’82, BEd ’83) has been teaching at her former high school, Inverness Education Centre/ Academy in Cape Breton since 2003. A privilege she says to be able to do what

Nora (Duggan) Perry she loves in her home town. She is also pleased to note that her daughter will be joining the Mount in 2016!

Nora (Duggan) Perry (BHec ’83, Cert Bus ’87) is currently employed with the Centre for Women in Business at Mount Saint Vincent University and working towards completing her studies for a Master in Education (Graduate Studies in Lifelong Learning).

Congratulations to Heather Smith (MEd, ’06) who was recently named the new President of the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF). Until June of 2015, Heather was principal and teacher at Janeville Elementary School outside Bathurst, NB. A valued member and former president of the New Brunswick Teachers’ Association (NBTA), Heather was named one of Canada’s Outstanding Principals by the Learning Partnership in 2011.

Simon Kennedy (BPR ’91) was named Deputy Minister, Health Canada, in January 2015. Simon previously served as Deputy Minister, International Trade. In addition to his BPR, Simon holds a Master of Science in Communications Management from Syracuse University and ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Simon Kennedy

Sara Napier

Marla Kavalak (BA ’91, BEd ’94) resides in Moncton with her partner, Michelle, and daughter, Keigan.

She is currently Assistant Warden, Intervention, with the Dorchester Penitentiary. Marla very much looks forward to hearing from classmates and friends from her graduating classes. Email us at alumnae@msvu.ca and we will be happy to put you in touch!

Alison DeLory (BPR ’98, MPR ’13) is an author, journalist, and consultant, plus she teaches part-time at the Mount in communication studies. Her new children’s chapter book, Scotia Sinker (Sketch Publishing) was released in May 2015. Scotia Sinker is the sequel to DeLory’s successful 2012 book Lunar Lifter. It’s available on Amazon. com or at www.alisondelory.com/ sketchpublishing.

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Alison DeLory’s new children’s chapter book, Scotia Sinker (Sketch Publishing).

2000s Willow MacDonald (BBA ’12) appeared as a contestant on Season 3 of Big Brother Canada! She was spotted in one of the episodes wearing her MSVU grad ring.

Althea Joan Hamilton (BEd ’08, MEd ’10) received the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education in Jamaica in June of this year. Althea is a retired principal and a highly experienced educator with forty (40) years of service.

Sprint Championships in Moscow in 2014, and Denmark in 2015.

Bailey Williams (BPR ’10) and Ian Miller (BPR’11) were media attachés for Team Canada at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games this past summer.

Bailey was paired with Basketball Canada and Ian with Canoe Kayak Canada.

Selena Davidson Eno (MEd ’14), a physical education and core French teacher at Bayview Community School in Mahone Bay, NS, received the Nova Scotia Lieutenant Governor’s Teaching Award in September of this year.

Stacey de Molitor (BA ’15) learned quickly that at the Mount we all have a common connection, and that books are one of the many possibilities that unite us. “Bound For Shamattawa was one way to extend our love of education and community beyond our own classrooms and use them in support of another’s,” says Stacey.

Abraham Beardy Memorial School in Shamattawa, northern Manitoba, had lost their entire library to mould in 2013 and the school was in desperate need of books. “We were able to send nearly 3000 to them in September 2015. Seeing this project go from idea, to dream, to reality has been incredible, and I am so proud of our volunteers, community, and accomplishments.”

Autumn Fiske Autumn Fiske (BMC ’14) has started her own travel business and is happy to assist Mount alumnae and students with any upcoming travel plans! More at facebook.com/ travelonlywithAutumnFiske Congratulations to Andrew Jessop (BBA ’13) who participated as part of Canada’s Canoe/Kayak team in the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games this past summer. Andrew, who competed in the K4 1000 in Toronto has also competed at the 2007 World Junior Championships before winning four medals, including two gold, at the 2009 Canada Games. Andrew has competed in several international events recently including the World

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David Neilsen (MA (Res) ’15) is the co-founder of a not-for-profit venture called Waypoint: Centre for SelfDirected Learning which supports teens and their families to build a personalized education outside of a traditional school setting. David credits his colleague Emily LeGrand who introduced him to the idea of selfdirected learning. www.waypointteens.org

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Congratulations to Jennifer Tucker-Johnston (BBA ’11) and her husband, Michael Johnston who welcomed a son, William, on May 21, 2015. William was 7lb 2oz, and arrived at 7:41am.

RETIREES

A fond farewell and special thank you!

The Mount family is a very special one, and saying farewell to retiring staff and faculty isn’t always easy but it is often done with such incredibly fond memories — not to mention some great celebrating!

Katie (Skinner) Morash and Matt Morash.

Wedding vows were exchanged between Katie (Skinner) Morash (BCY ’11, BEd ’13) and Matt Morash (BSc ’11, BEd ’13) on August 22 in Hubbards, NS. After a lovely ceremony and dinner at the Hubbards Sailing Club, the newlyweds incorporated a little Mount nostalgia by dancing the night away at Vinnie’s! “It was like a flashback to the good old days when we were students,” says Katie. Matt is a high school teacher in the South Shore and Katie is a Student Recruitment Officer with the Mount.

Sarah Lane (BA ’10) was appointed a Crown attorney in the Antigonish office of the Public Prosecution Service in June 2015.

Emma (Kamp Sobey) Enman (BPR ’10, MPR ’13) has launched her own business, Neezies, which was born out of a need for durable kids’ wear.

“The idea began when my daughter, Charlotte, was learning to crawl. We noticed it was hard on her knees — and her pants!” She took the idea and designs to a local manufacturer who jumped on board. “It was important to me, being a young person living in Nova Scotia, to have my clothing made in Canada, and better yet, in my home province.”

Emma also credits the Mount and her learned skill sets for helping her along the way: “My experience at the Mount and in communications helped me think outside the box and get the company off the ground. It continues to help me daily from web writing and layouts to news releases, social media, budgets, problem solving, and of course, overall communications.”

Congratulations to the following Mount faculty and staff who retired from the university over the last year. We wish you much happiness and great success in the future! We have been very lucky to have you as part of the greater Mount family. Thank you!

Years of Service

Retirees

36

1979-2015

Carole Hill Faculty of Education

40

1975-2015

Charles Edmunds Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

28

1987-2015

Chris Ferns Department of English

35

1980-2015

David Furrow Department of Psychology

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1972-2015

Frances Cody Housing and Financial Aid

19

1996-2015

Helen Blanchard, Library

26

1989-2015

Patricia Parsons Department of Communications Studies

19

1996-2015

Shelagh Legere, Library

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1971-2015

Tex Barkhouse Maintenance — Facilities Management

The Mount Saint Vincent Alumnae Association is thrilled to honour retiring staff and faculty as honourary alumnae. We would love to stay connected, so please reach out to University Advancement to let us know if you would like to receive communication in the future — alumnae@msvu.ca.

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IN MEMORIAM

With thoughtful reflection, we remember and recognize our fellow alumnae and members of the Mount community whom we have lost over the year.

Please note that only those individuals for whom the alumnae office was notified are mentioned.

1930s

1970s

Mount Community

Sister Mary Albertus Haggerty* BA ’35, MAP ’41, DHumL ’85 January 1, 2015

Sister Stella (Mary Corita) Kennah BA ’72 April 14, 2015

Antoinette (Belliveau) Savoie December 8, 2014

Marion Rosalita Lytle ACAD ’37 July 11, 2015

Beverley Alberta Withers MAHED ’75 October 19, 2014

1940s

Carmel (Touesnard) MacFarlane BA ’71 September 3, 2014

Sister Francis Xavier Walsh BLS ’45 September 21, 2014 Mary Doris Montague BA ’49 September 24, 2014 Patricia Angela Murphy BScN ’45 May 1, 2015

1950s Dorothy Louise Grady BA ’52 July 19th, 2015 Janet Marie (Higgins) Drapeau ACAD ’57 August 22, 2015

1960s Colleen Mary Abdullah BA ’62 BED ’63 May 10, 2015 Joan A. (Beck) Walker BSC ’65 April 9, 2015 Sister Cecilia Catherine (Mary Frances) Batten BA ’63 December 7, 2014 Sister Margaret (Seton) Nightingale BEC ’62, BED ’62 January 7, 2015 Sister Yvonne (Rose Peter) Devison BSc ’66, BA ’70 February 3, 2014

Donna Louise Osmond-Babcock BA ’74, BED ’75 April 21, 2015 Flora MacDonald, PC, CC, OOnt DHumL ’79 July 26, 2015 Joan Catherine MacLean BSc ’75, BED ’78 April 9, 2014 Shirley Marie Siteman BScN ’75 October 11, 2015

1980s Donna Grace (Dernier) Clarke MED ’89 October 23, 2014 Valerie (Hayes) Elliott BPR ’87 September 24, 2015

1990s Lois Lilienstein, CM DHumL ’96 April 23, 2015 Ruth Hammond, APR DHumL ’98 October 16, 2015

Dean W. Salsman February 8, 2015 Ivy Robbins Oakley January 14, 2015 Jalynn H. Bennett, CM January 24, 2015 James MacAulay October 20, 2014 Jeffrey Aaron Erickson June 29, 2015 John Wayne Campbell February 13, 2015 Leona R Freeman February 15, 2015 Mary Frances Canavan November 15, 2014 Mary Lavinia Willms February 27, 2015 Mary Molly Boyd November 3, 2014 Mary Sue Waisman June 24, 2014 O’Leary Curley January 27, 2015 Patrick Macleod, APR June 17, 2015 Ryan Adam Murray August 24, 2015 Susan Ritcey July 21, 2015

2000s Lindsey Cousineau BACY ’15 November 26, 2014

* Sister Mary Albertus Haggerty was a former President of Mount Saint Vincent University and a Sister of Charity in Halifax for 80 years.

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