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Alumni Association
2022 Harvest Pit Stop
Thursday, September 15, 2022
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6:00pm – 8:00pm Crowne Plaza, St. Croix Room 659 Queen St., Fredericton, NB
Tommies Soccer Alumni Weekend
Friday, September 30, 2022 – Sunday. October 2, 2022
Save The Date
STUAA AGM
Saturday, October 1, 2022
10:00am Atlantic
Pre-register by Wednesday,
September 28, 2022 by email at alumni@stu.ca or by calling Wanda at 506.452.0521.
Alumni Women’s Volleyball Weekend
November 11-12, 2022 Alumni Women’s Hockey Weekend
March 3-5, 2023 Alumni Men’s and Women’s Rugby
More details to come •
Message from the STUAA President Dennis
Livingstone
One of my great joys of being “retired” is that I now can spend more time reading. Peter Mansbridge’s recent book, Off the Record, was an informative and inspirational book. Part III of his book is simply “Canada.” A question Mansbridge is often asked at his speaking engagements deals with the question, “What is a Canadian? How are we different from our neighbour to the south?” The answer is Canada cares. In the same way, I can say that St. Thomas University cares. In our student days, our professors cared and nurtured our academic development. Our critical thinking skills were enriched. Armed with this solid background we were able to strive forward. Hard work and our perseverance coupled with our STU experience fostered that caring attitude. As we move on our life’s journey, let us stop and refl ect on all the positives in our lives. Let us encourage the best in others. How can we make the world a better place? •
Keep an eye on STU.ca/alumni and social media for events in your area and on campus
For additional information on these events, please contact the Alumni Relations Offi ce by email wbearresto@stu.ca or phone 506.452.0521.
T-Ring Winners
Kryssonia Wedderburn (BA’22) and Elizabeth Doherty (BA’22) are this year’s recipients of T-Rings from the Alumni Association.
“As an international student, the support that STU professors, administrators and students have provided me has helped me to feel welcome and at home in a place that is not necessarily my home. For me, a T-Ring is a symbol of community. It is a physical representation of not only my hard work, but the hard work of many that has been poured into me. It is a symbol of the place that has now become my home and people that I now call my family. I will wear this T-Ring with pride as I am honoured to be a STU alumna.” – Kryssonia Wedderburn
“I fi rst enrolled full-time at STU in September 2002. Over the next number of years, I was forced to reduce my course load, to allow me to balance my studies with full-time employment. Subsequently, due to health concerns, I was forced to drop out of my program and was not able to return to STU until September of 2019, after a ten-year hiatus. While I have excelled in my studies, and with the end of my studies fi nally in sight, it was disheartening to me to be in a position of not being able to obtain a T-Ring, due to fi nancial barriers that were largely beyond my control. The generosity of the STU Alumni Association has changed that and while it has taken me nearly twenty years to see my degree through to completion, I will be able to proudly sport my T-Ring for many years to come.” – Elizabeth Doherty •
Father Tom Daley Scholarship
The recipient of the Father Tom Daley Scholarship in 2022 was Gabriel Marquez. “I want to express my gratitude to the STU alumni community for selecting me for the Rev. Thomas J. Daley Memorial Scholarship. Receiving this prize made me appreciate the academic efforts I have made throughout my undergraduate career and the personal growth I have gained at St. Thomas.” – Gabriel Marquez •
Lost Alumni Contest
Stephanie Ford (BA’18, BSW’20) and Erica Sourtzis (BA’05) were the lucky winners of our Lost Alumni Contest. Stephanie already had her diplomas framed, so she wanted to give her frame to the 2022 Grad Class President Tory Desroche, who was thrilled to receive the frame from Stephanie!•
