OFFICE OF ALUMNI AFFAIRS Sean Price, ’95 BCom, MBA Associate Vice-President Cynthia Strawson, ’05 BA Director, Marketing, Communications & Affinity Relationships Gina Wheatcroft, ’94 BEd Director, Alumni Programs Kyla Amrhein, ’09 BA Assistant, Alumni Branches Chloe Chalmers, ’00 BA Co-ordinator, Student Engagement Lesley Dirkson Administrative Assistant/Receptionist Colleen Elliott, ’94 BEd Co-ordinator, Alumni Special Events Coleen Graham, ’88 BSc(HEc), ’93 MEd Executive Project Manager Lisa Hall, ’89 BA Co-ordinator, Graphic Communications Jennifer Jenkins, ’95 BEd Class Giving Co-ordinator Shelley Josey, ’02 MEd Assistant, Alumni Recognition Jodeen Litwin, ’90 BSc(HEc) Co-ordinator, Alumni Recognition Christie Moncrief Sarah Ligon Communications Co-ordinators Cristine Myhre Co-ordinator, Alumni Chapters John Perrino, ’93 BA(RecAdmin) Co-ordinator, Alumni Branches Andrea Porter, ’03 BCom Finance and HR Co-ordinator Tracy Salmon, ’91 BA, ’96 MSc Manager, Alumni Travel & Edmonton Programs Daven Seeberran Class Giving Co-ordinator Angela Tom, ’03 BA Co-ordinator, Edmonton Programs Diane Tougas Assistant to the Associate Vice-President Vi Warkentin Assistant, Alumni Chapters Katy Yachimec, ’04 BA Assistant, Edmonton Programs Debbie Yee, ’92 BA Co-ordinator, Electronic Communication
Alumni Council President Jane Halford, ’94 BCom Vice-President: Reputation & Messaging Mary Pat Barry, ’04 MA Vice-President: Educational Engagement Rob Parks, ’87 BEd, ’99 MBA Past-President, Vice-President: Nominating & Bylaws Jim Hole, ’79 BSc(Ag) Vice-President: Alumni Giving Glenn Stowkowy, ’76 BSc(ElecE)
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Board of Governors Representatives: Jim Hole ’79 BSc(Ag) Don Fleming, ’76 BEd Vice-President: Recruitment & Mentorship Kirstin Kotelko, ’06 BSc Senate Representatives Stephen Leppard, ’86 BEd, ’92 MEd, ’03 EdD Anne Lopushinsky, ’79 BSc Vice-President: Traditions & Spaces Cindie LeBlanc, ’01 BA Faculty Representatives Academic Representative Randy Wimmer, ’87 BEd, ’96 MEd, ’03 EdD Agriculture, Life & Environmental Science Kirstin Kotelko, ’06 BSc Arts Michael Janz, ’08 BA Augustana Jason Collins, ’97 BA Business Rob Parks ’87 BEd, ’99 MBA Campus Saint-Jean Cindie LeBlanc, ’01 BA Dentistry Matthew Woynorowski, ’05 BSc, ’10 DDS Education Lorne Parker, ’08 BEd Engineering Glenn Stowkowy, ’76 BSc Extension Mary Pat Barry, ’04 MA Graduate Studies Mark Ramsankar, ’87 BEd, ’04 MEd Law William Ostapek, ’79 BSc, ’83 LLB Medicine Richard Fedorak, ’78 MD Native Studies Darlene Bouvier, ’91 BA, ’09 BA(NS) Nursing Janis Sasaki, ’83 BScN, ’87 LLB Pharmacy Adam Gordon, ’08 BSc (Pharm) Physical Education & Recreation Wanda Wetterberg, ’74 BA Public Health Ximena Ramos Salas, ’87 BSc Rehabilitation Medicine Linda Miller, ’89 BSc Science Luca Vanzella, ’81 BSc, ’88 MSc Ex Officio Honorary President Indira Samarasekera Vice-President (University Relations) Debra Pozega Osburn Chief Advancement Officer O’Neil Outar Executive Director Alumni Association Sean Price, ’95 BCom, MBA Dean of Students Frank Robinson Graduate Students’ Association Hillary Sparkes Students’ Union Rory Tighe
upfront One thing is certain: the challenges we face today cannot be solved in isolated silos. Our alumni are actively engaged in solving some of the world’s most pressing issues, and we love sharing your stories. Our students, researchers and faculty, too, take advantage of geography and the highest levels of expertise to form partnerships, which, in turn, extend to alliances with other organizations and places of learning around the globe. We see this in many places, from the Festival of Ideas — where students, faculty, alumni and the public alike are encouraged to dream big, and dream together — to the National Institute of Nanotechnology, where an artist–in–residence works alongside chemists, biologists and physicists to find solutions to energy and medical crises. Sadly, there are plenty of crises to address: global warming, water shortages both current and imminent, renewable energy or the lack thereof, food riots, child soldiers. Amidst these and many other social and political problems, a novel approach to research and learning has been emerging and gaining momentum the world over, particularly since Richard Florida coined the term “creative class” 10 years ago. It is strongly interdisciplinary, and, in many instances, the social sciences, humanities and fine arts are providing the centrifugal force. In this issue of New Trail, we hope you enjoy reading about the importance of creative thinkers in today’s economy (page 10); how alumni are working across silos to rebuild the physical and emotional infrastructure of Slave Lake (page 17); and new leadership with the Board of Governors (page 30). We need each other, and — because we are human, and all of these problems are human problems — we need the perspectives of those working in the social sciences, humanities and fine arts. Henry Marshall Tory would agree: if we are to “uplift the whole people,” we must see the people as a whole.
Jane Halford, ‘94 BCom, President, Alumni Association
Sean Price, ‘95 BCom, MBA, Associate Vice-President, Alumni Affairs; Executive Director, Alumni Association