’02 Jay Van Bavel, BA, of New York City, received the 2012 Early Career Award for distinguished contributions to social neuroscience by the Society for Social Neuroscience. Jay received his PhD in psychology in 2008 from the University of Toronto and is currently an assistant professor at New York University. ’02 Kristy Williams, BA, writes that after graduation she moved to Grande Prairie, AB, with her soon-to-be husband, and started working for Statistics Canada as a field interviewer. They have now been married for
eight years and live on an acreage with their three children: Alexandra, 7; Bradley, 5; and Corben, 2. ’02 Charlene Davidson, BEd, writes that she moved to Ottawa with her husband, Dany, in 2003 and has been teaching in the Ottawa Catholic schools since February 2004. They now have three children: Gabriel, a kindergartner; Lillian, 2; and Samuel, who was born in September, just months after Charlene completed her master’s degree in education at the University of Ottawa.
In February, the fourth annual Nordlys Film & Arts Festival took place at the historic Bailey Theatre in Camrose, AB. Nordlys, which means “northern lights” in Norwegian, featured a full weekend of award-winning films, local music and headliner entertainment. “This shaped up to be an exciting year,” writes Nordlys Society president Hans Olson, ’03 BA. “We’re building on a strong foundation and thinking big in terms of special guests.” The festival was put on with the help of a number of volunteers who attended the U of A.
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Starting left in the front row: Hans Olson, ’03 BA, Lowell Dahlman, ’99 BA, Kierra Koetke, ’11 BA, Angela Chapel, ’06 BMus, Laurie Moffitt-Bar, Randy Kohan. In the back: Steve Hansen, ’05 BA, Michelle Reshaur, ’05 BA, ’09 BScN, Dorina Brown, ’06 BA.
’02 April Serink, BSc(HEcol), was recently made marketing manager for the Calgary Public Library, one of the largest public library systems in North America and the second largest civic public library system in Canada. ’02 Deborah Sterling, PhD, was recently named director of the biotechnology and chemical group at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, an intellectual property law firm based in Washington, DC. Deborah represents clients in patent re-examinations and in interferences before the Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and has been involved in multiple pharmaceutical and biotechnology patent litigations. She also has extensive experience in evaluating patent portfolios and frequently assists clients in devising designaround strategies for issued patents. ’03 Jamie Tronnes, BA, was awarded the 2012 Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal for her work promoting democracy in 16 countries on four continents. Formerly the deputy regional director for the International Republican Institute — a Washington-based non-profit, nonpartisan organization — Jamie has recently started a new role as director of programmes at the Westminster Foundation for Democracy in London, England. She has helped train civil society and political activists, throughout her career, and observed elections in Bangladesh, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Egypt.
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