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UGAA honours alumni achievement
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ach year the UGAA honours three distinguished alumni through its Awards of Excellence program. Meet this year’s recipients:
ALUMNUS OF HONOUR
Tricia Bertram Gallant, BA ’94 and M.Sc. ’99, is a leader in promoting academic integrity in higher education. After graduating from the University of Guelph, she attended the University of San Diego to pursue a PhD in philosophy. Gallant’s experience working in higher education began at U of G, where she worked in co-op education and career services. At the University of San Diego, she worked in the school of education with faculty and students. Since 2002, she has been a board member and council chair of the U.S.-based International Center for Academic Integrity. And in 2006, she became the academic integrity co-ordinator at the University of California, San Diego, where she has established a respected academic integrity office that serves as a model for other institutions.
Gallant has extensive experience in developing academic integrity policies and procedures, managing academic misconduct complaints, advising faculty on classroom management and teaching students about academic integrity. A highly regarded consultant, she is the author of Academic Integrity in the Twenty-First Century: A Teaching and Learning Imperative, and co-author of Cheating in School:What We Know and What We Can Do. She also serves on several institutional and professional committees and holds many professional affiliations.
ALUMNI VOLUNTEER Linda Hruska, B.Sc.(Agr.) ’85, is a passionate and committed University of Guelph alumna who has dedicated countless hours to her alma mater. Driven by a desire to give back, her volunteerism has spanned decades and departments within U of G. After completing her degree, Hruska worked in a variety of animal research positions with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. She returned to Guelph and joined the first class of the master’s in agribusiness management program, graduating in 1988. She began working as a teaching associate at the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) and later joined the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair as director of education. Hruska has been an active volunteer with the OAC Alumni Foundation for the past 13 years. She joined the board as an ex-officio member in 1999 and became a director in 2002, serving until 2008, when she became vice-chair. She is currently serving as president of the foundation. Hruska has also been involved with the OAC Alumni Association for more than 20 years, serving as secretary/treasurer and president. She was a member of the committee to review the UGAA honours and awards program, was later appointed chair of the UGAA Honours and Awards Committee, and served as UGAA president from 2008 to 2010.
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PHOTOS COURTESY ALUMNI AFFAIRS AND DEVELOPMENT
Margaret Dickenson completed a four-year food and nutrition degree in three years at Macdonald Institute. After marrying Larry Dickenson, B.Sc.(Agr.) ’68, she accompanied him on his diplomatic career, which took them to eight countries in 28 years. Margaret entertained tens of thousands of guests and established an international reputation for her unique recipes. Her 1998 cookbook, From the Ambassador’s Table: Blueprints for Creative Entertaining, was named best cookbook on entertaining at the World Cookbook Fair in Perigueux, France. It was the first Canadian cookbook to receive this prestigious award. Her second cookbook, Margaret’s Table – Easy Cooking & Inspiring Entertaining, won four major international awards. In 2009, she was named Culinarian of the Year by the Cordon d’Or International Culinary Awards, and Ottawa Life Magazine named her among its “Top 50 People in the Capital” in 2010. She has created and hosted two cooking and lifestyle television shows – Margaret’s Sense of Occasion and Margaret’s Table – and writes for Diplomat and International Canada, Capital Style and Wedding Dreams magazines. She supports a variety of charities and volunteers for U of G’s Ottawa alumni chapter.
ALUMNI MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT