Get your career on track Responding to alumni requests , the University of Guelph Alumni Associa tion will sponsor a career-planning workshop on campus June 26 to 28. The weekend program will be led by Sharon Crozier of the University of Calgary counselling service. Each participant will receive a career/lifestyle analysis and will develop a personal action plan. The $225 fee includes the Strong Campbell Interest Inventory and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, which will be administered and tabulated prior to the weekend. Testing dates have been set in Toronto for May 27 and in Guelph for June 4. Sponsored by the UGAA and co ordinated by Continuing Education and Alumni Affairs, the workshop will also draw on the University's Counselling and Student Resource Centre. Enrolment is limited to 20. For registration information, see page 26 or call Continuing Education at 519-767 5000.
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UGAA board report by Grant Lee, CSS '73, MA '80
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The UGAA will present a convocation package to each graduate this spring, im mediately following presentation of the degree or diploma. Developed by Alum ni Affairs staff, the package is designed to increase awareness of the UGAA and the college/school alumni associations, encourage membership, introduce the Guelph Alumnus and provide an oppor tunity for board members to congratu late our new alumni. Approval of the new UGAA bylaw is on schedule. It will be presented to members at the annual general meeting in June, along with an amendment to the UGAA Letters Patent.
In addition, the UGAA board:
• has approved a $400 donation to help cover costs for two students to repre sent Guelph at the 1992 World Debat ing Championships in Dublin, Ireland. • is looking at a proposal to help alumDl with financial planning. There will be more to come on this subject later. • received thanks from president Brian Segal on behalf of those alumni who attended the October symposium Guelph Alumnus
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"Canada: Break Up or Restructure." The association was a patron of the event. is responding to requests from alumni for more social events. Aside from the travel program , the UGAA sponsored a ski day at Horseshoe Valley in March. approved a proposal from the School of Landscape Architecture to research places of historical value on campus. Financial support has yet to be resolved. accepted an offer to help sponsor the University Centre's annual lecture series, which invites Canadian and in ternational public figures to speak on current issues, All events in the winter '92 series were free to alumni. donated U of G sweatshirts to Canadian Guidance and Counselling for a conference in Ottawa this sum mer. approved the purpose and terms of ref erence for the new Alumni House Ad visory Committee, which is charged with overseeing maintenance of the
facility. adopted the 1991/92 budget and finan cial plan drafted last November. This year, we expect to generate some $44,000 and spend $33,000. It has been suggested that we set the 1992/93 budget and plan in April of this year, so the new board wi II start in September with a sound financial program and budget that will only re quire adoption or revision.
Chapter news Calgary - About 40 alumni and guests met at the Delta Bow Valley Hotel Feb. 3 to view a U of G video and hear a talk by admissions counsellor C hr is tine Toews, FACS '87. Co-ordinator of the event was Janet Hutchinson, CBS '79. Edmonton - Paul, OAC '67 , and Anne Valentine, CBS '69, hosted a group of 30 alumni and guests at the Ramada Renaissance Hotel. Montreal - U of G welcomed students and their parents - including many 23