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community is paying tribute to chancellor Lincoln Alexander on his 80th birthday, while the U of G Alumni Association celebrates the launch of two new alumni services. An online community will make career networking easier, and a new credit card program offers greater benefits for U of G card holders.

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have earned many kudos in recent months, including prestigious research awards for physicist Carl Svensson and environmental biologist Peter Kevan. Six professors received teaching awards from the U of G Faculty Association, two were named to Canada Research Chairs, and three received grants from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

RESEARCH IT'S IN THE ATOMS Producing metals and preventing corrosion are industrial processes that share a common scientific basis. Both are better understood because of pure research conducted in aU of G chemistry lab that studies the effect of voltage on chemical reactions.

on the Cover Prof. Jacek Lipkowski says electrochemistry is an enabling science.

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UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE? Some high school graduates want both an honours university degree and an applied college diploma . U of G makes it easier by launching a new partnership with Humber College.

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WO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE.Atthe researchers from several science disciplines at Guelph University of Gue lph , we take this old saying to and the University of Waterloo. Together, they earned support from Canadian and Ontario infrastructure proheart through our emphasis on collaboration with likeminded partners. It's been part of our strategy for sucgrams, with matching contributions from about a dozen industrial manufacturers of scientific equipment. cess since the earliest days of our founding colleges. And it's more important than ever in our 21st-century world. Such links within the sciences and among the sciWhen you look back to the beginning of this instiences, social sciences and humanities will lead us to tution, you see an agricultural college improvements in the quality of life. and model farm that distributed the Our vision is global, but it begins at seeds of its crop research at the beginhome with collaborative efforts such as ning of each new year and gathered the Centre for Families, Work and Wellyield data from farmers in the fall. By Being, which involves more than 50 fac1890, this relationship among faculty, ulty and staff. Only three years old, the farmers, students and alumni was leadcentre is already having a national impact by working with public- and priing the largest system of co-operative experimentation in the world. vate-sector organizations on issues such The University's commitment to as child care and family-friendly workworking with other groups and indiplaces. Guelph scholars also draw on the viduals has grown substantially since knowledge and advice of individual then, deepening over the years to the Canadians like those who support our point where "collaboration" is Scottish studies program. an official part of our strategic We've built strong relationLINKS AMONG THE plan. It's one of the ways we ships with the business comSCIENCES, SOCIAL SCIENCES capitalize on our historical munity, government, alumni strengths. It's a way to stretch and other educational instituAND HUMANITIES WILL LEAD limited resources when worktions, and our students benefit US TO IMPROVEMENTS IN in numerous ways. They learn ing together means being able about teamwork and the to accomplish more. Through THE QUALITY OF LIFE collaboration, we become more importance of a broad percompetitive when attracting spective. The experience they faculty, staff and students. Equally important are the intelgain creating knowledge and working with cutting-edge lectual and technological advances we're making because technology is a tremendous asset later in the workplace. of the synergy created by shared ideas and knowledge. Another story in this magazine describes a new partA bird's-eye view of the Guelph campus reveals just nership with Toronto's Humber College that will allow how far we have come from the days of the model farm . students to earn both an honours university degree and You can see the extent of the research and development an applied diploma in only four years of study. Students cluster that's growing in and around our campus. More and parents are very excited about the new University than 35 external partners, 25 research centres and of Guelph-Humber programs, and we're delighted that research funding that approaches $100 million annualthis new satellite campus will allow us to enrol an addily - these are the results of successful collaborations. tional 2,000 students at a time when the demand for In this issue of the Guelph Alumnus, electrochemist university education in Ontario is skyrocketing. And as always, we report on U of G's alumni partJacek Lipkowski reminds us that interdisciplinary research is made imperative by the increasing complexity nerships- among the most important in helping to of the problems we address. He holds a prestigious achieve our vision. Alumni provide a vital link to the Canada Research Cha ir funded through a partnership world outside the University. Together we can continwith the federal government, and he's part of a new Elecue Guelph's great traditions of education and service to trochemistry Technology Centre that brings together society.

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"AT THE MOST FUND AM EN TAL level, I am just trying to understand the way nature works;' says physics professor Carl Svensson. He's talking about a track record in research that has earned him a prestigious John Charles Polanyi Prize. Svensson, who joined U of G last January, received the $15,000 prize for his work in gamma-ray spectroscopy, which he uses to study the properties of the atomic nucleus. "I study how nuclei behave by looking at the high-frequency light, or gamma rays, emitted by the nucleus of the atom. By studying this light, you can learn about the properties of the nuclear forces!'

MORE CHAIRS UNFOLD AT U OF G BI OMEDICAL SCIENTIST and a his tory scholar are the lates t professors to be appointed to Canada Research Chairs at U of G. Prof. Jonathan LaMarre will pursue better ways of controlling Alzheimer's dis ease, cirrhosis and tumour growth while sitting in a junior chair in OVC's Department of Biomedical Sciences. H e will receive $100,000 annually for the next five years. A faculty member at Guelph since 1993, LaMarre will lead a laboratory inquiry on the regulation of individual genes, tissues and species and the role th ey play in disease. The work 1s expected to increase scientific knowledge in many health areas, including the diagnosis, pathogenesis and potential therapies for both animal and human illnesses.

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Prof. Douglas McCalla will receive $200,000 a year for seven years to hold a senior cha ir in Canadian rural history. H e comes to Guelph from Trent Un ivers ity, where his research resulted in an award-w inning econom ic hi story of early Ontario. He plans to pursue systematic research on Canadian economic history between 1600 and 1939, basing it on the experiences of ord inary farm an d artisan families. U of G expects to have 35 chairs funded by the federal Canada Research Cha irs program over the next few years; the total to date is seven.

CFI SUPPORTS NEW FACULTY NV IR ONMENTAL ISSUES and animal health were at the top of the list wh en the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) announced new

A native of Deep River, Ont., he earned his B.Sc. and PhD degrees from McMaster University, then worked at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California as a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council post-doctoral fellow. During Svensson's two years in Berkeley, his research provided insights into how the individual particles in the nucleus add up to produce the collective motion of the nucleus as a whole. He is the second Guelph physicist to receive the Polanyi Prize in recent years. Prof. Elisabeth Nicol received the award in 1994.

research funding in November. Three new Guelph faculty will receive a total of more th a n $550,000 to apply to research infrastructure costs. The C FI awarded grants from its New Opportunities Fund to Prof. Stephen Seah, Microbiology, for his study on effective strategies to fight chlorinated pollutants in Ontario; to Prof. Jin zhong Fu, Zoology, for his research on loss of biodiversity; and to Prof. Carolyn Kerr, Clinical Studies, for her work on the pathophysiology of lung diseases in horses and cattle. All three researchers have joined the University in the last two years. In total, the CFJ has invested some $23.5 million in U of G resea rch throu gh its various programs. Through matching funds from the provincial government and the private sector, the amount has increased to more than $61 million.

U OF G STANDS OUT AS RESEARCH INSTITUTION H E UN IV ERS ITY of Guelph is ranked 11th among Canada's best- funded resea rch centres by Research lnfosource Inc. Guelph was the only university in the top IS that does not have a medical school. The company looked at research dollars garnered by Canada's top 50 universities in 2000. Guelph received $96.7 million in 2000, up from $88.5 million in 1999. Research funding rose again in 2001 to almost $ 100 million. On a " resea rch inten sity" ranking, which me as ures the

numb er of research dollars per â&#x20AC;˘ - - - - - - . . ; full-time faculty member, Guelph came in fourth, receiving $150,100 per capita. The rankin gs are ava ilable online at www.researchinfosource.com.

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GUElPH RECEIVES HP/INTEL GRANT

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G IS ONE offourCanadian universities and one of 40 universities worldwide selected to receive part of a $2.5-million grant from Hewlett-Packard Company and Intel Corporation. U of G will receive two HP/Intel Itanium Processor Family (IPF) workstation products, which will allow the University to enhance its existing computing systems. "It includes 64-bit architecture that will allow sc ien tists to run more complex computations;' says Prof. Deborah Stacey, assistant vice-president ( research infrastructure programs). Stacey, a fa cu lty member in the Department of Computing and Information Science, applied for the grant and will oversee the integration of the new workstation into the SHARC-Net project, a high -performance computing consortium involving the universities of Guelph, McMaster, Western, Wilfrid Laurier and Windsor, as well as Fanshawe and Sheridan colleges. Stacey says biodiversity research is one examp le of a SHARC-Net project that will benefit from the new workstations. The HP/lntel grant builds on a long-standing relationship with the computer company, which began in 1980 when the University acquired a cent rali zed HP computer system . HP Canada also provided the vast majority of the $4.7 million in matching funding for the addi tion to the Thornbrough Building.

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and one librarian were honoured when the U of G Faculty Association presented its annual awards for excellence last fall. Recipients of the Distin guished Professorial Teaching Awards were Profs. Peter Goddard, History; Pat Wright, Zoology; John Holbrook, Mathematics and Statistics; and Rick Up fold, Plant Agriculture. Special Merit Awards for innovative teaching went to Profs. Bill Smith, Mathematics and Statistics, and Jim Mottin, Psychology. The Aca-

Front row, from left: John Holbrook, Peter Goddard, Pat Wright and Jim Mottin. At back are David Hull and Bill Smith.

demic Librarianship Award was presented to David Hull,

who works in the OVC Learning Commons.

Insect pollinators vital to economy

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as pollinators of agricultural and horticultural crops has been greatly underestimated, says environmenta l biologist Peter Kevan. Kevan has been collaborating with beekeepers and fruit and vegetable growers in Ontario for years to show that the economic value of hon eybees goes way beyond honey and beeswax. That collaboration has been recognized by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Conference Board

of Canada through a $25,000 Synergy Award. Kevan says the research grant will help him laun ch an international research reso urce centre. He says apple growers

who follow agricultural practices that allow for pollination receive a 700-per-cent return on their investment, but adds that profitability shouldn't be the only concern for growers and agricultural policymakers. Kevan warns that agricultural practices that disrupt natural pollination processes are putting Canada and the world's food diversity and ecosystems at risk. He hopes to build pollinator sustainability by providing reliable scientific information about pollination .

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SHORT STORY written by library staff member Mary Swa n received first pri ze in the 2001 0. Henry Awards. It's the highest honour she's received in the

HE jENKINSON FAMILY has claimed 14 Guelph degrees and diplomas, including the master's degree awarded to jonathan, B.Sc. '95, during October convocation ceremonies. Jonathan's wife, Alison Wylde, M .Sc. '00, is al so a

course of publishing a dozen stories in literary magazines over the last 20 years. The 0. Henry Awards are

Guelph graduate, as are h is brother, Robert, ADA '95; sister, Carol Anne, B.Comm. '97; and parents, Robert, ADA '64, B.Sc.(Agr.) '69 and M.Sc. '74, and Janet, BA '68. Robert launched the family tradition more than 40 years ago along with his brother, Michael, B.Sc. (Agr. ) '63 and M.Sc. '67, and Michael's wife, Joan, DHE '66. Jonathan received one of 550 degrees and diplomas awarded in October, including honorary degrees to Donald Woods, a chemical

among the top prizes for literature in North America. They are given each year to the best short fiction by Canadian and American authors published in Canadian and American maga zines. Past winners include Alice Munro, joyce Carol Oates and John Updike. All of the 3,000 or so stories publi shed over the course of a year are reviewed and whittled down to about two dozen that make up the

Prize Stories: Th e 0. Henry Awards collection. "It's very flattering and gratifying to have my work appear in a volume with writers I've been reading for years," says Swa n, who has worked for the University u.J

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engineering professor at McMaster University, and Michel Laroche, a marketing professor at Concordia University. Pictured are: Jonathan , centre front , and , clockwise, Alison, joan, Michael, Robert and Janet.

Maclean's ranks U of G third OF G WA S RANKED th e third - bes t comprehen sive university in Ca nada, compared w ith seco nd last ye ar, in M aclean 's m aga zine's a nnual ranking issue published Nov. 12. T he magazin e gave Gu elph first-place ra nkin gs in four key indica to rs o f student qualit y, a nd th e University rose nati o nall y to pl ace second a mon g comprehensive universities and six th overall in th e reputation a! portion of th e rankin g. T he Uni ve rsity of Wate rl oo placed first overall in th e com pre hen sive ca tegory, whi c h includes U o f G a nd 11 o th e r

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Can adia n unive rsities. Mnclen11's class ifi es co m p re he n sive u ni versities as th ose w ith a sig nifi ca nt a m o unt of research activity and a wide range of programs at the gradu ate a nd un dergraduate levels. T he two o th er classifica ti o ns a re m edical/doctoral ( uni ve rsit ies w ith a b road ra n ge of Ph D p rog ra m s a n d researc h a nd m edi ca l schools) and prima ril y und erg radu ate. Am o ng comprehensive uni versities, U of G rose na ti ona lly fro m third to second place in th e " hi ghest q uality" sec ti o n of th e repu tat io nal ca tego ry. T hi s is b ase d o n sur veys of mo re

t h a n 7,200 hig h sc hoo l g uid · ance counse llors, academ ic administra tors, CEOs of major Canadian corporations a nd members of the pub li c sector. Res po n de nts ra te uni ve rsiti es in t hree ca tegor ies: hi g hest q ua li ty, most in novative and leaders of tomorrow. Best overa ll rep resents the su m of th e sco res. U of G was ra nked seco n d among co mpre hens ive u nivers it ies in a ll categor ies, includi ng best ove rall. Amo ng all th ree classificatio ns of un ive rs it ies, U of G m oved u p fro m I Oth to sixth p lace in the na ti o nal rep uta t io n su rvey.

Students launched the U of G's annual United Way campaign by selling Tootsie Pops during Orientation Week in September. The one-day Lollypalooza event raised $6,500. In total, the campus community donated more than $250,000 to the Guelph and Wellington United Way.

Guelph awarded Monnet Chair HE EuROPEAN Commission has awarded a Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration Studies to U of G. Consumer studies professor John Pratschke, coordinator of the European studies program, will hold the appointment. "U of G's European studies program has now come of age and can look forward to wider national and international recognition," he says. "We will be linked with the international network of Monnet chairs, which will be very helpful for teaching and research in the future."

The Monnet Chair will enable Pratschke to devote himself full time to European studies for the next five years. He will develop new undergraduate and graduate courses, design distance education/open learning formats for existing courses, and continue the development of an open learning certificate in European studies. Biennial conferences for students will focus in alternate years on European culture and civilization and European business. The European studies program is designed for students who seek a career in interna-

tiona! relations, particularly 111 international business and administration, between Canada and Europe. It offers courses in languages and European culture, history and literatures, and is enriched by a study and work year abroad. The program offers 87 European studies majors, up from 66 in 1997. Named for Jean Monnet, who is generally recognized as a father of European integration, the Monnet Chair at Guelph is one of three in Canada; the others are at the universities of Montreal and Victoria.

Finding new uses for soybeans . S c . STUDENT Amy Proulx and her adviser, Prof. Yukio Kakuda, are examining soy for future development into soy-derived iron supplements. The supplements provide a vegetarian source of heme iron (the form of iron that is easily absorbed). This makes it a potential solution to iron deficiency in North America and has applications for developing countries.

Proulx began the research as an entry in U of G's Project SOY (Soybean Opportunities for Youth), and is continuing the project with funding from

the Hannam Soybean Utilization Fund (HSUF); both were initiatives of First Line Seeds president Peter Hannam, BSA '62. Designed to catalyze new uses for soybeans, HSUF has also supported research to develop better aquaculture feed, create a biodegradable alternative to polystyrene packaging, use soy products to treat kidney disease and improve the flavour of soy milk.

BETTER BEGINNINGS WILL CONTINUE COMMUNITY-BASED long-term research 1111tiative that provides valuable information about Canadian children's health is receiving more than $4 million to continue the research for the next four years. Better Beginnings, Better Futures- a collaborative crossdisciplined project primarily involving the universities of Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier, Queen's, Ottawa, Windsor and Ryerson- received the research funding from the Ontario ministries of Health and Long-Term Care, Community and Social Services and Education. The project is now in its lOth year of providing community-based programs in low-income neighbourhoods of Guelph, Kingston, Sudbury, Toronto, Walpole Island, Ottawa, Cornwall and Etobicoke. The research component of the project is intended to collect information on the factors that influence child health and the impact of community programs. At U of G, Profs. Susan Evers and Kathleen Brophy, Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, are responsible for the nutritional and child-care components of the research.

Staff association joins United Steelworkers HE U oF G Staff Association - an independent union since 1974 - has voted overwhelmingly in support of joining the United Steelworkers of America. Almost 95 per cent of the

nearly 500 staff members taking part in th e Nov. 22 vote approved the merger The staff association, which has about 800 members, represents clerical , secretarial and technical employees on the

main U of G campus. UGSA president Marg Carter says she hopes the vote will strengthen the unit's relationship with the University adm-inistration because staff will now feel more empowered.

Brendan Soye, U of G's manager of employee relations, says the University has had a long and positive relationship with USGA and he expects this positive relationship to continue with the Steelworkers.

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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY â&#x20AC;˘ SCHOLARSHIP â&#x20AC;˘ SOCIAL DEVELOPM ENTS PHYSICISTS ANSWER THE BIG QUESTION U OF G PHYSICISTS, with help from their colleagues across Canada, have solved a 30-year-old mystery. Through their work at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO), the researchers have answered the question of the missing solar neutrinos. This puzzle has baffled scientists since the early 1970s when experiments first detected these tiny particles of matter produced by the sun, but only a fraction of the amount that should be arriving on Earth.

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6 That tneant there was somez if. thin g wrong either with theo;;;: ries of the sun or with the 0 ~ understanding of neutrinos. ~ A feature story in the fall 1999 issue of the Guelph Alum~ nus addressed this question and I e- the role of Guelph scientists at ~ the SNO research facility. Data g: collected since then show that z the electron neutrinos generat<( w 0 ed by the sun change into oth> ~ er types of neutrinos as they ~ travel to Earth. I 0.. "We were pretty excited

about that;' says physics professor john Simpson, who worked on the project with Guelph colleagues Jimmy Law and Robin O llerhead as well as graduate students and post-docs. The data supplied by SNO have deep implications for physics theory beyond confirming models of sun energy production, says Simpson. The fact that neutrinos are capable of transformation indicates they have mass, albeit very little. That information throws a wrench in the Standard Model of Elementary Particles, which predicted the existence of neutrinos but assumed they had no mass, he says. Estimates of the amount of mass 111 neutrinos provide another clue about the fate of the universe. If the universe collapses someday (known as the Big Crunch theory), it won't be neutrinos that cause it. They weigh too little to exert that much pressure. "The best guess is that the universe is going to expand forever and at a faster rate," Simpson says.

FEMALE MUSICIANS OVERLOOKED U OF G MUSIC PROFESSOR Mary Cyr says women have been involved with music since man - and woman - first began banging sticks on stones. Unfortunate ly, while men's musical achievements have been documented in minute detail, the historical record on

women's advancement of music remains somewhat sketchy. Cyr hopes to help change that with new research she is undertaking with support from the Social Sciences and Human-

the means to be educated to become composers:' Cyr plans to study Jacquet de Ia Guerre's sonatas, cantatas and other vocal music and publish them in a new scholarly edition. She also hopes to eventua lly stage some of the works, in collaboration with colleagues from the Un iversity of Western Ontario.

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ities Research Council. She will be studying the work of Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de Ia Guerre, an early baroque French composer. "Music history tends to be the story of men's accomplishments;' says Cyr, director of the School of Fine Art and Music. "Women have certainly contributed to the field, but through performance rather than composition. As a resu lt, this contribution has either been ignored or simply lost to future generations because it could not be preserved." The first woman in France to write an opera, Jacquet de Ia Guerre first appeared at the court of Louis XIV at Versailles at the age of five. When she got older, she became a composer. "In her day, women were not expected to compose music," says Cyr. "They could perform it, but usually lacked

AN EXTENSIVE two-year research project by U of G and American scientists may put an end to the ongoing debate on whether genetically modified (GM) corn is harmful to the monarch butterfly. A series of studies headed by Guelph environmental biology professor Mark Sears and scientists at a number of U.S. institutions- published in the Proceedings of the Nationa l Academy of Science - found that the risk posed to the monarch butterfly by GM corn pollen is negligible. The studies were conducted at various locations across Ontario and North Amer ica's corn belt in fields and laboratories and examined a range of issues associated with GM corn, including toxicity and exposure rates. The researchers found that the levels of pollen on milkweed (the monarch's food source) in and around cornfields had no effect on monarch caterpillars. "The risk is so small that it

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plant cells. It does not affect humans or other animals, but inhibits a crop-damaging caterpillar called the European corn borer by producing a toxic protein in the green tissues of the corn plant. Sears's studies found that only a small portion of the monarch population comes into contact with pollen from any type of corn, let alone pollen from Bt corn.

the human-equine bond. They hope to discover whether "getting back in the saddle" affects the emotional and psychological recovery of riders experiencing post-traumatic stress. Adams and Yorke are interviewing 50 female riders who say horseback riding influenced their recovery from traumatic

ANIMAL BOND OVERCOMES FEAR THE BOND BETWEEN female horseback riders and their animals may be strong enough to help the women recover from extreme fear and anxiety, new research by OVC professor Cindy Adams shows. Adams, a faculty member in the Department of Population Medicine, is working with graduate student janet Yorke to examine the "therapeutic alliance" of

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situations such as car accidents, illness or physical or sexual abuse. The researchers will look at what experiences interviewees identify as traumatic and how their relationship with a horse

helped or didn't help them cope. "We know that fear and anxiety can be transferred to other aspects of a person's life, such as riding," says Yorke. "I think people. could really be reached through the use of horses in therapy." The researchers decided to focus on women after a recent finding by the Canadian Equestrian Foundation that women make up the fastest-growing segment of the companion horse owner population. In fact, 75 per cent of new horse owners are women, most of them baby boomers, Yorke says.

BIKING SAFE AS HIKING MouNTAIN BIKES are no more harmful to the environment than hiking is, according to a new study by botany professor Richard Reader and graduate student Eden Thurston. Their study of trail use found

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that with average amounts of activity, cycling and hiking have similar effects on the great outdoors. The study is one of only a few ever conducted on trail use in North America. "We've found that hikers have the same effect as bikers do, regardless of the number of trips along the path;' says Reader. Environmental damage to areas along recreational trails from everyday use is a common problem faced by managers of natural areas. When trails start showing signs of stress and degradation, sharing the trail

puts some hikers and mountain bikers at odds, says Reader. For the study, cyclists and hikers were asked to walk or ride down a four-metre-long track with no existing trail m Ontario's Boyne Valley Provincial Park. The impact on vegetation cover and soil exposure was measured at five different intensities of bike and foot traffic: zero, 25, 75, 200 and 500 passes (trips along a specific trail). According to the data, the first 25 passes were the mostand equally- damaging for both hiking and cycling, greatly reducing vegetation cover and exposing the soil. Despite the damage done by the 500-pass trials, the recovery rate one year later was almost l 00 per cent. Reader says this means damage caused by both hikers and bikers is reversible if management decisions are made to allow the trails to rest and recover.

CHILD TEMPERAMENT AFFECTS PARENTAL STRESS U 0 F G R ESE ARC H E R S are studying the potential link between the temperament of children with developmental disorders and levels of parental stress. Psychology professor Mary Konstantareas says the work she is doing with graduate students Susan MacKay and Jennifer Janes could have important implications for professionals in the field, as well as for the children and their families. They are working to determine which characteristics of autistic children predict high stress levels in parents and how they affect parents' coping strategies. "If we can identify specific traits of autistic children that are especially difficult for parents to handle, we can help them cope;' says Konstantareas. "People can learn appropriate

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natural phenomenon is attacking the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in St. Petersburg, Fla., and it's adding $6 million to the cost of converting a historical Ottawa building into a national Sports Hall of Fame. Last year, the same plague caused 800 cubic metres of deadly hydrogen sulphide gas to spew into the environment near Grand Prairie, Alta. It can crumble a sheet of steel and threatens every nuclear reac-

tor in the world, all military and commercial aircraft and your home. Even Holly Hunter's Oscar is a victim. Corrosion - in all its many forms from rusty bus axles to pitted gas pipes and fatigued concrete bridges- is arguably the most unyielding and expensive natural phenomenon our society has to deal with. Industrialized countries measure the cost of repairs due to corrosion in terms of gross national product, ranging from three to five per cent. In the car capital of the world, it's approaching $500 billion US in direct costs every year. For scientists like U of G electrochemist Jacek Lipkowski, the corrosion of metals presents "one of our most important economic and technological challenges!' Much of his research over the last 20 years has looked at variables that can slow down the corrosion of metal surfaces - air, water, other metals and organic materials. Not just for the sake of your rusty car, but also to gain a more fundamental understanding of how metals interact with molecules and ions from the environment around them .

Looking even closer at metal surfaces, Lipkowski wants to understand how the geometrical arrangement of atoms affects the rate of metal dissolution (corrosion) or deposition (electroplating) of the metal. Electrochemistry is the science that deals with the interrelationship of electrical currents and chemical reactions, providing knowledge through pure research that has broad practical applications in a range of industries, energy and environmental concerns and even medicine. The production and protection of metals is one industry where the contributions of electrochemistry are easily understood. It takes energy to turn ore into metal. In electrometallurgy, an electric current provides the energy to produce metals like aluminum, magnesium and sodium ; to refine lead, tin, copper, nickel, gold and silver; or to apply protective and decorative coatings through electroplating.

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Industrial research

Canada alone makes more than $5 billion worth of electrolytically produced metals each year. We use them constantly in our daily lives: stainless-steel products, rechargeable batteries, computers, automobile parts, TVs, telephones and powered wheelchairs -the list goes on. Problems arise when energy deposited in the metal during its production is spon-

That knowledge helped Lipkowski and his laboratory partners develop the formula for an inhibitor that slows the corrosion of steel cooling pipes inside a nuclear reactor. Lipkowski's team received support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) to work with scientists at Ontario Power Generation (OPG) (formerly

"Most of our research is fundamental work that is a blend of electrochemistry, materials science, surface analysis and surface spectroscopy;' he says. " It's good for students to see the relevance of that work by applying it to an industrial problem." "There is a synergy between basic and applied research;' adds Prof. Peter Tremaine, dean of the College of Physical and Engi-

taneously released later on (e.g. your car starts to self-destruct). Corrosion is a natural process, a reverse chemical reaction that happens when the surface atoms in metal react with environmental agents to return to a more stable compound. Rust is really iron oxide, which has the same general form as the original mined ore. The electrolytic production of metal and corrosion protection have a common scientific basis. Knowledge of how organic molecules affect the rate of removal or incorporation of an atom from or to a metal may be used to control the chemical reaction that takes place when steel pipes corrode or to ensure the shiny appearance of a nickel-plated bumper on a car.

Ontario Hydro) and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL). The seven-year project solved a major industrial problem and set an example for effective industry/university partnerships. OPG and AECL later nominated Lipkowski for a Conference Board of Canada University/Industry Synergy Award. Lipkowski 's research program also gained $100,000 worth of equipment used on the project. More important, he says, five graduate students found employment in the Canadian nuclear industry: james Noel, B.Sc. '87 and M.Sc. '90; Lorne Stolberg, PhD '91; David Mancey, PhD '90; jocelyn Richer, M.Sc. '86 and PhD '90; and Dongfang Yang, PhD '95.

neering Science (CPES), who is also a chemist with considerable industry experience. "Industrial contracts are evidence that the pure research we are doing does have value for society. And through contract research, you can identify problems that need to be addressed in more fundamental studies." Those fundamental studies can solve problems in many different industries. Research associate Grzegorz Szymanski points to a recent project for !nco Limited that investigated the use of organic additives to produce nickel and copper with a smoother, shinier surface. Looking at the metal surface through an atomic force microscope, you want to see

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brick-shaped crystals instead of cauliflowershaped deposits, says Szymanski. A smoother surface means a metal product that is purer, more uniform and a better conductor. That's important when you're selling nickel to manufacture auto parts and copper that will be used to make printed circuit boards for microelectronic devices. Former student Bruce Love, B.Sc. '86 and

in research that is supported by a strategic NSERC grant and involves collaboration with NRC and Energy Venture Inc., a hightech company in Ottawa. Li is now employed by Energy Venture. The Guelph team will be joined by a PhD student this month, with

The current members of Prof. Jacek Lipkowski's electrochemistry research team enjoy the science and the camaraderie of the U of G lab environment. Standing, from left, are Andreas Lachenwitzer, Vlad Zamlynny, Dimitri Malevich,

electrode surfaces. The Canadian section of the Electrochemical Society awarded its Gold Medal to Lipkowski in 1999 to recognize his contributions to the advancement of electrochemistry. The accumulation of past achievements and future potential resulted in Lipkowski being named to a Canada Research Chair (CRC) last year. It's the first of three chairs that will be situated in CPES. The federal program helps universities retain senior researchers by providing funds that enable them to spend more time on research. "We need that kind of base funding so we can compete with the United States and Europe in the recruitment and retention of established scientists," says Tremaine. "Prof. Lipkowski's work is making important contributions to technology development and the economic forecast of industries that use electrochemistry."

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The CRC application was supported by other developments in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, including th e 1999 formation of an Electrochemical Technology Centre (ETC). Ten researchers at U of G, two chemical engineers at the University of Waterloo and 18 graduate students launched the centre and applied successfully to Canadian and Ontario infrastructure programs for equipment funding. A grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) leveraged matching funds from the Ontario Innovation Trust and made the centre an attract ive partner for industrial manufacturers of scientific equipment. About a dozen companies provided "deep discounts," says Prof. Nigel Bunce, who drafted the original application. The result was the purchase of $3.2 million worth of highly sophisticated equipment that will allow ETC members to push their research into new frontiers of electrochem istry. The ripple effect continues as students train with this equipment and take that expertise out into the workforce, says Bunce. ETC already includes two physicists, but the availability of better instrumentation will interest others on campus, increasing opportunities for interdisciplinary research, he says. Strategically focused to help industry solve its most pressing problems, ETC

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M.Sc. '89, was the primary contact on the project. To scale up the research results for use in an industrial setting, Inco will duplicate U of G procedures in a small-scale process on site before implementing them in the refinery. In addition to electrometallurgy, Lip kowski's research team is working on the development of more efficient fuel cells. The National Research Council (NRC) of Canada co-ordinates a national fuel cell program to develop alternatives to the internal combustion engine as well as technologies for the manufacture of miniature but powerful fuel cells that will power electronic devices such as cell phones. Post-doctoral fellows Dimitri Malevich and Hong-Qiang Li, PhD '0 I, are involved

everyone focused on the development of a better anode for direct methanol fuel cells. The success of these research initiatives has not gone unnoticed. In 1995, Lipkowski was honoured by Germany's Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The organization awards research grants to internationally recognized scholars and invites them to carry out research in Germany in co-operation with scientists there. In 1996, the International Society of Electrochemistry recognized him for developing a new electrochemical technique that measures and analyses adsorption of organic species on

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research exper tise lies in electrometall urgy, electrocatalysis, nanotechnology, waste treatme n t, thin films and the development of sensors and biosensors for industrial and environmental applications. Tremaine says the coll aborat ion has become a magnet for new industrial partners, both companies that supply equipment and those that may want to use it through contract research. "Any time we bring high-profile business peop le in the door of the college, it gives us a chance to show them what goes on here;' he says. That could pay off when U of G seeks ind ustry support to equip a new science complex that includes renovat ion plans for some chemistry facilities and labs used by ETC, he adds. Both Bunce and Tremaine predict that the synergy created within ETC will generate a profound body of research over the next 10 years. "CFl awards should n ucleate someth ing of high quality that will con tinue to grow in the future;' says Tremaine. He's looking for the centre to contin ue to expand its facilities and equipment. And the reputation he envisions wil l enable ETC to att ract top faculty and graduate researchers. "It should be a source of external support to bring in experts from other parts of the wo rld and provide scholarships for students. Such features are tied to longterm stability in research." It's hard to imagine a research environment more stable than the labs managed by Lipkowski. He came to U of Gin 1983 after completing graduate work and beginning his academic career at the University of Warsaw in Poland. He calls himself a man of the trenches. "!like to be in the lab. l like science and working with students, problem solving." He has supervised about 30 graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Twenty have graduated, and all are employed as electrochemists. "''m proud of the lOO-percent employability of my students," he says. Their photographs decorate his office wall, and several have continued to work with him on industrial projects contracted by the companies they now work for. If he keeps one foot in the trench, the other is travelling all over tJ;e .)No rld in search of expertise and instrumentation that will help answer his queries. Lipkowski takes a problem related to fuel cells to Alicante, Spain, to

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the world centre for research on single crystal electrodes. He uses high-end atomic force microscopy equipment in Germany. For neutron reflectivity studies, he takes his students to the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico or the National Institute of

Electrochemistry is an enabling science. We know well how to use electrochemical methods to manipulate ions and molecules

Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Other questions are answered by working with colleagues in Berlin, Israel, Portugal and the United Kingdom. "Each of us has limited intellectual capacity, limited time and limited instrumental resources," he says. "The complexities of the problems we investigate are immense. We have to share our experience, our uniqueness. We learn from each other." That's a philosophy students appreciate, says Szymanski, who was a student himself when he first met Lipkowski in Warsaw. In I 992, Szymanski came to Guelph to join Lipkowski's lab as a post-doctoral fellow. Now as a research associate, he helps make the connections among two post-docs, seven grad students and one undergraduate student. One of h is newest responsibilities is being the troub le-shooter and trainer for the new ETC instrumentation room.

Frontiers of research By its very nature, electrochemistry draws heavily on the disciplines of physics and mathematics and shares its tools with engineers, biochemists and molecular biologists. Today more than ever, the exciting frontiers of electrochemistry are found in interdisciplinary research, says Tremaine. "Even theoretical chemistry has grown to the point where many of its fundamental principles can be used by other scientists for practical applications in advanced material science and for medical and biological science." Those are important new directions for research among ETC members, who make up one of the largest groups of electrochemical researchers in North America. Their expertise also offers tremendous possibilities for Guelph efforts in the life sciences, Tremaine says. There is a buzz on campus about bioelectrochemistry, the science that deals with the way electrical currents control or respond to chemical changes in living organisms. Our bodies are essentially living electrochemical cells, says Lipkowski. Many biological processes- such as respiration -depend on the charge transfer processes in the body. This is another area of research that will receive emphasis in Lipkowski's lab because of the CRC funding. "Electrochemistry is an enabling science," he says. "We know well how to use electrochemical methods to manipulate ions and molecules. We can use this knowledge to investigate more complex biological molecules on membrane surfaces." The ultimate app lication won't be corrosion protection, but perhaps biosensors that will monitor environmental pollutants. Lipkowski predicts that electrochemistry can be used to determine the voltage required to open and close ion channels that regulate biological processes in the body. He says even DNA molecules, which have a negative charge, can be manipulated using the electric field of an electrode. He makes an analogy to the magnetic field created by placing a magnet under a piece of glass and using it to move iron filings on top. "These are interesting intellectual challenges to which electrochemistry is well suited," he says. "It is my opinion that in the near future, surface electrochemistry will play a significant role in biological research." ga

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Meet two women who chose U of G first, then Toronto's Humber College. They're big fans of a new partnership between Guelph and Humber that aims to give students new skills for a changing labour market. Lee-Anne Hirst realized early in life that she would go to university- at age I 0, to be exact. "I knew in Grade 5, really. I come from the kind of family where a university education was the bare minimum that was expected of me." So when she graduated from Nelson High School in Burlington, Ont., in 1994, Hirst came to the University of Guelph to study sociology and French. When she left Guelph three years later with a general bachelor of arts degree, she had trouble finding

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the kind of job she really wanted. Hirst put her "dream job" on hold and signed on with a Canadian airline, where she spent a couple of years passing out trays of spongy chicken and dispensing soda pop in plastic cups. "I hated it the whole time;' she recalls. Trips to Athens and Paris were nice diversions, but overall, Hirst believed she was wasting her university education. By 1999, she was more than ready to give up the skies. A friend told her about a oneyear Humber College program in public rela-

tions that is geared specifically to university graduates. The idea clicked with Hirst. "By then, I knew I had strengths in writing and in dealing with people, so I applied." At the Humber campus in Toronto, Hirst studied with a couple of other University of Guelph graduates who had similar experiences. One of them was Toronto native Sarah Dolbey. Dalbey's parents, too, had advocated a university education, and she earned a bachelor of commerce degree at Guelph with a focus

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in marketing."[ had really good summer jobs in my field;' she says. "Despite that, l didn't find the full-time job l wanted, partly because I was determined to stay in the Guelph area." After short-term postings with a bank and a Waterloo firm that had her juggling numbers instead of interacting with people, Dolbey also enrolled in Humber's postgraduate public relations program. Today, Hirst manages special events for a not-for-profit Toronto arts foundation that has her rubbing shoulders with the likes of Karen Kain and Albert Schultz of the Soul pepper Theatre Company. Dol bey is an account representative with a public relations and marketing firm in downtown Guelph, where she helps develop strategic communication plans, writes news releases, advises on media relations, and produces posters and brochures. Both Hirst and Dol bey say the combination of university and college studies

helped them land such good jobs. "My employer specifically interviewed me because of my Humber certificate and Guelph degree," Dol bey says, adding that she wishes she could have earned both credentials much earlier. Students graduating from high school this spring can do just that ... at the University of Guelph-Humber. A new collaboration and a new educa-

HUMBER tiona! institution, Guelph-Humber is the first in Ontario to offer a developed-fromscratch, fully integrated academic and applied curriculum. Graduates will earn both an honours university degree and an applied college diploma - in just four

Opposite: Lee路Anne Hirst at the University of Guelph, top photo, and at Humber College. Above: Sarah Dalbey at her Humber convocation.

years. Those credentials will enable GuelphHumber graduates to enrol in graduate programs and professional schools or to enter the job market with a unique skill set. "! really believe this new program will leave students ready to start working right away," says Dolbey. "! think it will be very valuable and very positive for its graduates." Thirteen per cent of all high school students in Canada follow a path similar lo that of Dolbey and Hirst- pursuing education at both university and college. Respondents to a 1995 survey by Statistics Canada and Human Resources Development Canada said one of the reasons was that they believed they would be more employable in a competitive labour market.

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Guelph's track record in college collaboration

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OTH DEGREE AND DIPLOMA prOgrams have been offered by the Ontario Agricultu ral College since 1888. The successful co mbination of applied training and academic studies on this campus has given Guelph's agriculture students more options and set an early example for articulation agreements with community colleges across the country. Most collaborati ons give college graduates some credit for their college education when entering a U of G degree program; others are more integrated. Here's a sampling:

MANY OF OAC's two-yeardiplomagraduates apply for advanced standing in the four-year bachelor of commerce in agricultural business or bachelor of science in agriculture programs. The same privilege is extended to diploma graduates from the agricultural colleges in Ridgetown, Kemptville and Alfred, Ont., which joined the U of G family in 1997. Kathleen Hyland, academic advisor for OAC's associate diploma programs, says about 20 college students a year take advantage of the offer for advanced standing. "The most popular program over the years has been agricultural business;' she says. When these students grad uate, they are quickly snapped up by employers, often receiving four or five job offers. "Students with diplomas and degrees have a reputation for being hard-working," Hyland says. "Many come from farms and they 'speak the language' of

A second survey by the same agencies in 1997 found that 65 per cent of Ontario university graduates in 1990 went on to pursue further post-secondary study by 1995 and that 41 per cent received an additional certificate, diploma or degree within five years of graduation. Prof. Fred Evers, director of Guelph's Centre for Educational Research and Assessment, believes those figures are probably higher today and for the same basic reason given by those students in 1995- a perceived need to move beyond the theoretical foundation provided by a university edu cation toward an applied specialization that will all but guarantee them a job. In response to student concerns about employability, Evers now offers a course that deals specifically with the transition from school to work. It's not a required course,

but one that helps stem the panic in those sociology students who aren't sure what they can do with their degrees. " The course teaches them what they have to offer," says Evers. Hirst finished her Guelph studies one semester too soon to take advantage of Evers's transition course, but her experience helps explain why demand is growing for it and why many students want to add more practical experience to their university education. "The number of students with both degrees and diplomas is increasing quite dramatically because students have come to reali ze that in some instances, they need a general education and app lied skills to find work," says Evers. "You only have to look at community college calendars to see that programs requiring a university degree first have become widespread. That demand is

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agriculture. They have the applied skills from their diploma studies and gain breadth in problem solving, teamwork and communications skills from their degree studies."

Technology IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Seneca College in Toronto, the College of Physical and Engineering Science has offered a bachelor of science in technology since 1999. Students spend study time at both institutions and complete four co-op work semesters while majoring in either applied pharmaceutical chemistry or physics and technology. "The B.Sc.(Tech.) gives students a solid science background, as well as training in business and communications skills," says Lori Jones, the program's academic counsellor. "With this degree, they are well prepared for a rewarding career in the high-tech sector." Co-op work semesters are scheduled

definitely being driven by students' needs." Humber College, for example, offers 41 post-degree and diploma programs. It's not just colleges that have jumped on board this trend. Universities, too, have long realized they could help more students by forming alliances with community colleges. Over the past decade, universities have made it easier for college students to enter the university system, chiefly through articulation agreements. In other cases, students can earn combined degrees and diplomas, but this usually means having university students attend a semester or two at a community college as part of their university studies rather than delivering fully integrated or joint programming. Governments, meanwhile, have also bought into the notion of co-operative university/college program s. In 2000, Ontario

between full-time study semesters to give students the opportunity to apply what they have learned in the classroom to real life professional situations.

Sports injury management THE DEPARTMENT OF Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences in the College of Biological Science began a joint program with Oakville's Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology in 1996. Graduates of this five-year program earn a Guelph bachelor of science degree in human kinetics and a Sheridan diploma in sports injury management. Prof. Brian Wilson, the human kinetics program co-ordinator, says the joint venture can accommodate only 18 students a year, and most years, demand exceeds availability. "I probably receive three e-mails a week from high school students and from students seeking transfer from other universities," he says. "I also hear from high school

allocated $145 million from its SuperBui ld fund to nine projects aimed at promoting more collaborative programming, innovative partnerships and easier movement between colleges and universities. One of these was the new University of GuelphHumber, which received $28.6 million toward the estimated $44.9-million cost of a new building located on Humber's north campus in Toronto. Among its features wi ll be innovative lecture theatres and classrooms, full electronic capabilities and an art gallery. Although the building won't open until fall2003, the first Guelph-Humber students have already applied and wi ll begin classes in September in temporary facilities at Humber. They'll study business, computing or media studies. These fully integrated programs are the first offered by GuelphHumber, but new programs in applied

guidance counsellors and parents wanting to know more about our program." Wilson says graduates find employment ranging from posts in general rehabilitation centres to jobs at elite athletic training facilities. They have also been successful in gaining acceptance into competitive paramedic, chiropractic or physiotherapy programs.

Environmental science IN 2000, Sir Sandford Fleming College in Peterborough, Ont., and U of G signed an articulation agreement that grants advanced university standing to qualified graduates of Fleming's School of Natural and Environmental Resource Sciences. Careers in the environmental field "are one of the fastest-growing areas in Canada, and students who combine our two programs will have a distinctive blend of skills, knowledge and theory, allowing them to make a unique impact on the growing field

gerontology, early childhood services, family and community social services and justice studies are already in development. Guelph-Humber tuition costs will be comparable with those of other university programs in the Toronto area. "All the courses will be university-level quality, incorporating Guelph's respected learning goals and the employability skills for which Humber College is known," says Prof. Michael Nightingale, Guelph-Humber's vice-provost, academic. "The courses will also integrate theory and practice, classroom instruction, electronic learning and an experiential component to prepare students for the workplace or for graduate work." Developed after consultation with industry leaders, the Guelph-Humber curriculum is designed to meet the emerging demands of employers for strategic skills, including

of environmental management;' says Prof. Michael Moss, associate dean of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences. More recently, the faculty signed another articulation agreement with Seneca College and is awaiting final approval on a similar agreement with Fanshawe College. These two new agreements will bring students into other majors at the faculty, particularly environmental monitoring and analysis, environmental protection, and earth and atmospheric sciences.

Hospitality THE ScHOOL OF HotelandFoodAdministration has numerous articulation agreements with colleges across the country. The partnering colleges include Algonquin, Canadore, Centennial, Georgian, Humber, La Salle, Niagara, Seneca and St. LaWTence. Most frequently, their graduates receive advanced standing in Guelph's bachelor of commerce

critical thinking, communications, computer expertise and leadership, says Nightingale. David Trick, Guelph - Humber's viceprovost, administration, and a former assistant deputy minister in the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, believes that although various colleges and universities are making efforts to offer joint programming, this initiative is the most innovative to date and, as such, will succeed . He says the two partners have resolved some of the issues that foiled others in the past, such as differing admissions policies (colleges accept students with Grade 12 whereas universities accept only those with Grade 13 ) and concerns by university facul ty that partnering with colleges would "water down" academic standards and instruction . "From my vantage point, this project between Guelph and Humber is the one that

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has had the most momentum, energy and willingness by faculty and administrators to work together," says Trick. "Faculty from both institutions have designed the curriculum, faculty from both will teach the students, and each of the institutions' governing bodies have approved the concept and programs. To my mind, that almost guarantees its success." On the issue of academic standards, Nightingale notes that students admitted to Guelph-Humber will have to produce the

son Secondary School in Burlington, Ont. "With this program, students can really get th e best of both worlds - a university degree and a college diploma," he says. "When you consider the rising cost of postsecondary education, if students can do in just four years what normally would have taken them five or six years, they can save themselves thousands of dol lars." In addition to time and money, the Gue lph-Humber initiative will benefit stu-

tural, economic and business centre. For others, it means being able to lower university

same marks now required by the University of Guelph- in the 70s and 80s. Happily, that requirement has not deterred

dents in two other significant ways. Because of it, the University will be able to admit an extra 2,000 students at the time of the "dou ble cohort"- the expected influx of thou sands of additional students into the Ontario university system in 2003. That would raise Guelph's intake of new students to 5,000 overall. "This is really a way for the University of Guelph to fulfi ll a number of objectives,

colleges rushing out to become partners in the same way. "By far, the large majority of students go either to university or to college but not to

prospective students. Since last summer, Guelph-Humber recruitment staff have handed o ut more than 20,000 admissions brochures and answered hundreds of telephone calls and other inquiries. Meanwhile, the GuelphHumber.ca Web site launched in September is averag-

costs by living at home while completing a Guelph-Humber program. "It's a win-win situation for the students, for U of G because it takes the University into that Toronto market, and indeed for the Province of Ontario," says Nightingale. Both he and Trick agree that GuelphHumber is an exciting undertaking, but they don't foresee many other universities and

Prospective students got their first look at the University of Guelph-Humber last September when administrators and recruitment staff from both institutions opened a display at the Ontario Universities Fair in Toronto.

"This is an outstanding opportunity for the University of Guelph to increase its enrolment and assist in accommodating the double cohort without undermining the quality of its education." ing more than 3,000 hits a week. "We are absolutely delighted- and a bit overwhelmed- by the interest;' Prof. Alastair Summerlee, U of G's provost and vicepresident (academic), told a University Board of Governors meeting in October. "People are really enamoured with this concept of being able to combine a degree and a dip loma." The idea is attractive to many high school students, says Robb McQueen, B.Sc.(H.K.) '83, a guidance counsellor at M.M. Robin-

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not the least of which is to improve access to a U of G education in the Toronto area," Board of Governors chair Simon Cooper said at the October board meeting. "This is also an outstanding opportunity for U of G to increase its enrolment and assist in accommodating the double cohort without undermining the quality of its education." Many students will benefit from the opportun ity to study in Toronto. For some, that holds the allure of being in Canada's cui-

both, and these students are well served by our current system of post-secondary education;' says Trick. "Although the choices we have right now are good and right for most students, for others, these choices just don't fit their needs. l have believed for a long time that students should have more options when it comes to their post-secondary education. Giving these students more choice in these matters is definitely an idea whose tim e has come." ga

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

PROFILE THIS 1922 LINCOLN IS A CLASSIC

H E CONVOCATION CROWD always reaches out to shake hands with U of G chancellor Lincoln Alexander as he leads the procession into War Memorial Hall. "Hello, how are you?" he says. "Thanks for coming out." As the graduands line up and, one by one, walk up to be congratulated, he invariably holds both of their hands. "I clasp their hands and thank them for working so hard," he explains. "I try to make the event as personal as possible for them." Chancellor since 1991, Alexander has individually congratulated more than 20,000 graduates over the past decade. He has also met thousands of others, including alumni, high school students, faculty, renowned scholars from around the world and members of the general public. That, he says, is one of the most enjoyable aspects of the chancellor's job. "I am very social. I like being with people. In fact, I like to be called Line and to 'work the room,' as I call it." Alexander has been 'working the room' to great success - for nearly four decades. A former lieutenant-governor of Ontario, he has also been a member of Parliament, federal minister of labour, a United Nations observer and chair of the Workers' Compensation Board of Ontario. Born in Toronto in 1922 to West Indian working-class parents, Alexander grew up in Toronto and New York City. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War, then settled in Hamilton, married and attended McMaster University. He went on to Osgoode Hall Law ::;; School and was called to the bar in 1953. ::;; >-"My mother was the one who encour~ aged me to go to school,'' he says. "She was in right, of course. My education has always 0 >-- been my empowerment." 0 :r: Alexander is a Companion of the Order "-

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of Canada and an Officer of the Order of Ontario and has had three schools named in his honour, as well as a road in Hamilton. He says he was excited and delighted to accept his appointment as U of G chancellor. "I knew about Guelph before it knew about me because a lot of West Indian students had been coming here for decades to attend the vet school and the agricultural school. We are a wonderful university, with a great reputation for excellence and professionalism, and whenever I can, !let everybody know it." President Mordechai Rozanski notes that the U of G community has always returned the chancellor's affection. Alexander is the only chancellor in the history of the University to be re-elected for four terms. "He has been a tireless advocate, always embodying the values and ideals of this university at its best," says Rozanski.

When a group of Toronto business and community leaders proposed a gala dinner in celebration of Alexander's 80th birthday Jan. 21, the chancellor asked that the party be a fund-raiser for two new U of G scholarships. The Lincoln Alexander Chancellor's Scholarships will recognize the achievements of entering students of academic excellence who are aboriginal, a member of a visible minority or disabled. "These scholarships are very important to me because they represent my lifelong and heartfelt belief in the power of education and the importance of focusing assistance on those who are sometimes overlooked,'' Alexander says. The U of G campus community will hold a birthday celebration Jan. 23, and plans are under way to create a tribute book as a lasting memento (see page 29).

atters HIGHLIGHTS • GRAD NEWS • OBITUARIES • CALENDAR

UGAA HELPS GRADS CONNECT ONLINE

AvE YOu EvER wondered what your former roommate is doing now? Have yo u recently ma r ried or changed jobs and want to share your news with fellow alumni? Are you looking for career advice or help wi t h a job search? If you answered yes to any of these questions, the new U of G alumni online commun ity is for you! "The on line community is free, confidential and available to all alumni 24 hours a day, regardless of where you live;' says University of Guelph Alumn i Association president Jim Weeden, B.Sc.(Eng.) '71 and M.Sc. '86. "The UGAA is pleased to offer this new service in response to requests for career assistance from alumni." Weeden says the UGAA spent months researching various commercial vendors of portals and online communities before signing on as a member of the On-Line Community (OLC) Network™ developed by the University of Victoria in British Columbia. "We are the ninth Canadian institution to sign with UVic and, as such, have access to an established network of career mentors who are willing to share their knowledge with Guelph alumni and students;' says Weeden. Access to a customized Gue lph site is available only to U of G alumni and students, but registration on the Guelph site also gives you access to the complete OLC database for certain features such as job mentoring, a business directory and travel information. • Interactive career mentoring This is one of OLC's most exciting features, says Weeden. Mentors willing to share their career experiences are asked to fill out an anonymous profile where they answer questions related to their occupation. Once submitted, the profile is added to a searchable database availab le to all members of the OLC network. Mentors are contacted by e-mail if a user

has questions related to the profile. Anonymity is preserved until the mentor responds to the e-mail request. • Searchable business cards In this OLC section, users can post their own business cards - including logo, e-mail address and Web links- for others to view.

• Travel advice Network schools benefit from a directory of users willing to give travel and relocation advice. The directory includes alumni from all nine member institutions, living in countries around the world. • Guelph's unique OLC There are a number of additional features in the customized U of G online community that are unique and available only to Guelph alumni, says Weeden. More than 20 U of G bulletin boards are up and running. You can post messages to the boards to promote events, ask questions or just reconnect with other alumni with similar interests. Additional bulletin boards will be added at the request of users. The Guelph site also provides a searchable alumni directory of registered OLC members. You have complete control over your directory profile and can include as much or as little information as you wish. A section called "Keeping in Touch" allows you to post news items for other Guelph alumni to read. Both of these sections will grow as more alumni participate in the online community. Registering for the U of G alumni online community takes four easy steps: l. Visit www.olcnetwork.net/uoguelph. 2. Go to "New members click here to join." 3. You will need your U of G student number or birth date for entry. 4. Complete your anonymous profile. The UGAA welcomes your input on this new alumni service. If you wish to comment or need more information, contact UGAA through Alumni Programs staff at 519-8244120, Ext. 6544, or alumni@uoguelph.ca.

HOT CHill, COOL GRYPHONS AT HOMECOMING

HE CHILI WAS HOTTER THAN

the football Gryphons at the Homecoming game Sept. 29. A chilifest luncheon at Alumni House set the tone for a sunny day, but the Gryphons were defeated 36 to 27 by the Windsor Lancers.

Hall of Fame inductees: from left, Dave Copp; Mitch Mason, BA '85, wrestling; Vilis Ozols, B.Sc. '85, volleyball; and Michele (Timar) Jovanovich, B.Sc.(H.K.) '91, soccer. Absent: Eric Hammond, BA '91, basketball.

Weekend activities also included the traditional alumni swim meet and football Glory Bowl and the Gryphon Club dinner. Four athletes and the 1981 wrestling team were inducted into the Hall of Fame with builder Dave Copp, who served as director of athletics from 1983 to 2000. His contributions were further honoured by the unveiling of the Dave Copp courtyard and sitting wall in the front of theW. F Mitchell Athletics Centre. The late Prof. John Powell, Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences, received the Award of Merit.

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LAUNCHES NEW CRED I T CARD PROG RAM

AST FALL, THE UGAA launched a new alumni MasterCard program with MBNA Canada Bank. You may have noticed a letter in your mailbox announcing the new credit card program, says UGAA president Jim Weeden, B.Sc.(Eng.)'71 and M.Sc. '86. If you already hold a U of G MasterCard, you will have received a note in a recent billing stating that the University ended its former credit card relationship with the Bank of Montreal effective March 2001. "We are grateful to existing Bank of Montreal cardholders for their past support, and we are confident that the application process will be easy and convenient for anyone who'd like to carry the new U of G card," says Weeden. He adds that the UGAA selected MBNA Canada Bank after months of review because of its commitment to customer service.

GETTING TOGETHER IS EASY

PHONE CALL OR E-MAIL isallyou need to add your class to the reunion list for Alumni Weekend June 21 to 23. Bring friends and family together to reminisce and visit your alma mater. These classes are already planning special reunions: Mac '52, Mac '52D, Mac '57 and '57D, Mac '62, Mac '67, FACS '72, FACS '77, HAFA '92, OAC '33, OAC '37, OAC '42, OAC '47, OAC '49, OAC '52 and '52A, OAC '57, OAC '67, OAC '67A, OVC '47, OVC '52, OVC '57, Bio Sci '82, the Ontarian and French House. You can join them by calling your class reunion organizer or Jennifer Brett at Alumni House, 519-824-4120, Ext. 3540. E-mail her at jbrett@alumni.uo guelph.ca. Alumni Weekend events include: the U of G president's lunch, silver and go lden anniversary dinners, horse-drawn trolley tours, a dean's tea in the Macdonald Institute building, UGAA and alumni association annual meetings and a farewell break-

"The UGAA endorses affinity programs that provide the very best products and services available for Guelph alumni. In turn, our affinity programs support alumni activities at the University of Guelph, including Homecoming, Alumni Weekend and student career nights." The MBNA MasterCard offers alumni an annual no-fee preferred or platinum card with low regular interest rates and high initial credit limits (up to $100,000) in the affinity credit card market, says Weeden. MBNA operators are available 24 hours a day 365 days a year to handle inquiries. To apply for the new University of Guelph MasterCard, call 1-800-416-6345 (please quote priority code AQRW) to contact an M BNA representative. Alternatively, you can call Alumni Programs at 519-824-4120, Ext. 6934, to request an application form.

fast. The list of events is updated regularly at www.uoguelph.ca/alumni, and a brochure of all the events will be available in late April.

ming, square dancing and live animal surgery. Admission is free. For more information, call Levison at 519-824-4120, Ext. 8366.

JOIN A TRIBUTE TO THE CHANCELLOR

HE UNIVERSITY OF GuELPH community is producing a "tribute book" to celebrate the 80th birthday of our chancellor, Lincoln Alexander. Tributes from friends, loved ones and admirers will recognize his Jan. 21 birthday and honour his many contributions to Canadian society. You can add your personal tribute to help create a lasting memento. The book will be presented to the chancellor this spring. The cost ranges from $100 per line to $2,000 for a half page in the tribute book. The deadline for submitting a tribute is Feb. 28. A tax receipt will be issued for the maximum allowable contribution. Request a form to order your tribute by calling 519-824-4120, Ext. 6142, or sending e-mail to sharrop@alumni.uoguelph.ca.

Winter life at U of G

MEET IN WASHINGTON

ERT M ITCHELL, BSA '60 and DVM '64, invites Guelph alumni who live near Washington, D.C., to join the city's Canadian Club. The not-for-profit non-part isan organization is dedicated to promoting social, cultural, educational, economic and charitable activ ities. Membership information is available at www.canclubdc.org /index.html or by contacting Mitchell at gamitchelll @home.com or 301-963-6840.

TAKE IN COLLEGE ROYAL

HE ANNUAL U OF G OPEN IIOUSE will be held March 16 and 17. Publicity chair Lena Levison says the 2002 theme, "Let the Good Times Roll," will be reflected in campus-wide displays and favourite events like the cat and dog shows, chemistry magic show, MacDonald's farm, synchronized swim-

We want the best winter photo of campus for our 2002 greeting card • Amateur photographers only • Colour or 8& W • 4" x 6" prints only

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For contest rules and entry form: www.alumni.uoguelph.ca/ contests/ photocontest, gangel@alumni.uoguelph.ca or 519-824-4120, Ext. 6934.

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alumni Matters Coming Events Jan. 21 to 2 5 - OAC Career week, Good Times Banquet Friday night at the Holiday Inn. Contact: OAC Web site or Nicole Munroe at nmunroe@uoguelph.ca. Jan. 24 to 26- OVMA conference at Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, Toronto. Contact: Andrea Pavia at Ext. 4430 or apavia@ovc.uoguelph.ca. Jan. 26 -"Living Smart for a Healthy Heart" symposium hosted by Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences in the OVC Lifetime Learning Centre. Contact: Lori Quach at lquach @uoguelph.ca. Feb. 8 - Nomination deadline for UGAA Awards of Excellence. Feb. 11- OVC alumni reception at the Western Veterinary Conference, 6:30p.m., MGM Grand Conference Centre, Las Vegas. Feb. 22 - Nomination deadline for OACAA Distinguished Faculty Awards. Contact: Carla Bradshaw at Ext. 6657 or cbradsha@oac. uoguelph.ca. March 6 -Florida alumni reunion at Maple Leaf Estates, 2100 Kings Highway, Port Charlotte. Contact: Jennifer Brett at Ext. 3540 or jbrett@uoguelph.ca. March 16 and 17 - College Royal. March 16 -Texas alumni reunion in San Antonio. Contact: Jennifer Brett at Ext. 3540 or jbrett@uoguelph.ca. March 22 and 23 - OACAA annual curling bonspiel, Guelph Curling Club and Guelph Country Club. Contact: Carla Bradshaw at Ext. 6657 or cbradsha@ oac. uoguel ph. ca.

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March 23 - CSAHS Heritage Night, silent auction and dinner; reception at 5 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. Special guests at this studentdriven event include graduates of Mac, FACS, HAFA and CSAHS. Contact Debbie Bailey at Ext. 6753 or baileyd@uoguelph.ca. june 21 to 23 - Alumni Weekend; alumni association annual meetings on Saturday. Contact: U of G alumni Web site or Vikki Tremblay at Ext. 6544 or vikkit@alumni.uoguelph.ca.

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WHO WOULD YOU HONOUR?

mong Guelph's 72,000 alumni, who deserves the designation Alumnus of Honour? Thirty-three people have been named to this distinguished roll since the award was established by the University of Guelph Alumni Association in 1970. Among them are: philanthropists, business leaders, academics and librarians, en vi ron mentalists, veterinarians, entrepreneurs, an astronaut, a medical doctor and a theatrical set designer. The UGAA launched the Alumni Medal of Achievement in 1972 to recognize the accomplishments of graduates in mid-career and the Alumni Vol-

unteer Award in 1995 to honour those who have given selflessly to the University. In these categories, you'll find people who have distinguished themselves in the fields of medicine, sport, science, the arts, social work and education. Each award given recognizes individual achievement, but it also brings honour to the University of Guelph. U of G president Mordechai Rozanski has said many times that "the success of an educational institution can be measured by the achievements and reputation of its graduates." Now is the time to nominate your choice for these distinguished awards. Nominations for the Alumni Awards of Excellence must be received at Alumni House by Feb. 8. For details on the nomination process, contact Andrea Pavia at Ext. 4430 or apavia@ovc.uoguelph.ca.

REMEMBERING GUELPH-GHANA

Patience Adow, left, and Clara Opare路Obi路 saw at the Ghana Project reception in Accra.

R OF. JIM SHUTE, directorofthe Centre for International Programs, rekindled old friendships during a spring 2001 trip to Ghana. There are more than 50 Guelph alumni living in Ghana, as well as many colleagues who were part of the Guelph-Ghana Project in the

1970s. Shute was the project director. Kwadwo Opare, M.Sc. '69, organized a reception that was hosted by the Canadian High Commission in Accra. Among the guests were: Patience Adow, B.A.Sc. '74; Walter Alhassan, PhD '75; John Azu, PhD '79; Joseph Crentsil, M.Sc. '91; David Dako, a former visiting fellow at U of G; Susan Des Bordes, BA '76; Docea Fianu, M.Sc. '74; K.D. Opare, M.Sc. '69; Clara Opare-Obisaw, M.Sc. '74; Frema Osei-Opare, M.Sc. '76; James QuashieSam, PhD '79; Samuel Sefa-Dedeh, PhD '78; Nabilla Williams, M.Sc. '74; and Laetitia Hevi-Yiboe, M.Sc. '75. During the trip, Shute also shared U of G memories with Gertrude Aboagye, M.Sc. '76; Godwin Atlakpui, M.Sc. '90; Joseph Cobbina, PhD '85; Edith Francois, M.Sc. '81; Kofi Laryea, PhD '79; William Asenso-Okyere, M.Sc. '76; Sydney Williams, PhD '75; and Reg Assoku, another former visiting fellow.

GRAD NEWS

Canada's painter is a Guelph grad

Georgetown, Ont., Colleen in Lethbridge, Alta., and Kevin in Athens, Ont. They also have two grandchildren.

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• Phil Irish, BA '95, says it was an honour to represent Canada last summer at the jeux de Ia Francophonie in Ottawa. More than 50 French-speaking countries around the world were represented at these international cultural games by artists under age 35- sculptors, photographers, poets, storytellers, dancers and painters. Irish was Canada's painter. He created this new work, Reves du Nouveau Monde

(Dreams of the New World), for the competition, and it was exhibited at the National Gallery of Canada in July 2001. The oil on canvas depicts an immense ocean wave full of forceful movement and four vessels that suggest the complexity and diversity of Canadian history and the disparate origins and dreams of its people, says Irish, whose work generally explores water and marine environments. The four boats in the image are taken

from different moments in Canadian history- a tree-bark canoe, jacques Cartier's tall ship, a commercial boat that brought refugees to Vancouver's coast and a Sea-Doo. "I leave it to your imagination to explore the relationships, tensions and possible import of these frail vessels;' he says. Irish adds that his involvement with the Francophonie reflects well on his education at Guelph. "It is important for people to see how a life in the visual arts is rewarding." Irish works from a home studio in Elora, Ont., where he lives with his wife, Anna, BA '96, and oneyear-old daughter, Arden Renee. In the past year, he has exhibited in Kitchener, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City. His work often explores the beauty and danger of water, "and the frail means we use to stay afloat." He also has a series of paintings that use plants as growth metaphors. To see more of his work and a schedule of future shows, visit his Web site at www.philirish.com.

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• Margaret Whiteside, DHE '26, celebrated her lOOth birthday Nov. 17 at her home in Charlottetown, P.E.I. Born in Burks Falls, Ont., she moved to the island in 1930 with her husband, George, BSA '27, who worked for the provincial agriculture ministry. He died in 1987. They had two daughters, Mary Ran by of Leeds, England, and Susan, who hosted the birthday party. Numerous nieces and nephews were also in attendance.

• Donald MacDonald, BSA '38, is a retired farm writer and editor. He served five years in the military during the Second World War, worked in the newspaper business for 28 years and spent the last 12 years of his career in the information division of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa. He and his wife, Rachel, have two children, Malcolm and Linda, and invite friends to contact them at donray@magma.ca.

• Kenneth Lantz, BSA '45, was inducted into the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame in june for outstanding service to Ontario agriculture. He is retired from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and lives with his wife, Mary, in Mississauga, Ont.

1950 • Robert Boisclair, DVM '52, and his wife, Wendy, moved to Kingston, Ont., last March. They have four children: Maureen in Toronto, Steven in

• Ed, DVM. ' 66, and Monica Dahl, DVM '68, are easing into retirement on Vancouver Island after moving there in fall 2000 from Dawson Creek, B.C. • Ronald Darling, DVM '60, retired in 2000 from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, where he worked in meat hygiene. He lives in Guelph. • Margaret Dickenson, B.H.Sc. '68, is taking her culinary and entertaining expertise to television in a new series called Margaret's Sense of Occasion. The weekly show airs on Rogers Televtston stations throughout

Ontario Tuesdays at 10 a.m., 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. and Sundays at 6 p.m. Her entertaining talents were honed while accompanying her husband, Lawrence Dickenson, to his Canadian Foreign Service postings around the world. She has also taught gourmet cooking and is a "conseiller gastronomique" of the international gourmet club La Chaine des R6tisseurs. In 1998, she published the book Fro111 The Ambassador's Table, which was named best cookbook on entertaining at the fifth World Cookbook Fair in Perigueux, France. It was also shortlisted as one of the best five recipe books in the world at the World Food Media Awards at "Tasting Australia." • Fred Mogelin, BA '69, still

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Mary, have four children: Lynda,

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Lisa, Michael and Brian. Contact him at david.c.reilly@ctai.ca. • Ch ris Watts, B.Sc.(Eng.) '66 and M.Sc. '67, received the CSAE/SCGR Maple Leaf Award for his dedication to agricultural and biological engineering teaching, research and professional service. He is a professor of biological and mechanical engineering at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He lives in Dartmouth with his wife, Marny, and their three children: Carolyn, Stephanie and Jonathan. Contact him at chris.watts@dal.ca.

1970 • Gary Bauer, B.Sc.( H.K.) '74, teaches at Johnson Elementary School in Watson Lake, Yukon, where he lives with his wife, Shirley, and their three children: Joseph- Warn , Tara- Jean and Amber-Dawn. Contact him at sba uer@yknet.ca. • Ro n Bisaillon, ADA '78, and Ch ris Morrison, BA '80, are cofounders of a new company called Organic Expressr" Inc.

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President's Scholarship winners welcomed to Guelph

in September were two young wom e n who re prese nt the third generation of family members to attend th e University. Above: Carolin e Tucker of Fall River, N.S., right, poses on campus with her parents, John, B.Sc.(Eng.) '78, and Ann a, B.Sc.(Agr.) '79- In back is Ca rolin e's grandfath er, Pat Tu cker, B.Sc.(Agr.) '65. Below: Laura Zadro of Gloucester, Ont., second from left, is con gratulated by her grandm other, Frances Zadro , BA '71, left, her moth er, Ann, and her brother, Matth ew, a third-year stud ent in manageme nt economics at Guelph . Laura's fat her, Ri chard , BA ' 70, was un able to attend the awards ceremony. A third Presid ent's Scholar, Lisa Werd en of Port Dover, Ont., also boasts a U of G alumni family. Her parents are both 1975 gradu ates, Don with a B.Sc.(Agr.) and Marga ret with a B.A.Sc. operates Cascott Property Management Services in Owen Sound, Ont., b u t says he is semi-retired and spends part of his time driving a school bus in Georgian Blu ffs. Contact h im at mogeli n@bm ts.co m .

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• David Reilly, B.Sc.(Agr.) '67, has re located to Toronto as senior vice-president of Confectionery Americas after spending three years in England at the head office of Cadbury Schweppes. He and h is wife,

The company is introducing new tech nology that allows pneumat ic conveying of landscape materials as well as erosion and silta tion control. The new technology is aimed at areas of environmental sensitivity and high human impact and areas where access is limited. Morrison lives near Fergus, Ont., with his wife, Nancy jane, and their five children: Allison, Will, Jim, Mallory and Leanne. He can be reached by e-mail at Morr isonChrs@ aol.com. Bisaillon also runs Brantford Landscape and Sodding and lives near Paris with his wife, Wendy, and their daughters, M ichelle and Danielle. • Geoff Carpentier, B.Sc. '73, is district manager at the Hamilton office of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. He lives in Ajax and has three children: Tammy

at Sir Sandford Fleming College, Scott at Sheridan College and Tim in high school. • Gerald Channer, M.Sc. '78, and his wife, Sharon, have had great success ~ith their herb garden since it started in 1993. The Channers organically grow about 250 varieties in the 0.8-hectare garden, part of the farm they own near Ottawa. Write them online at herbgarden@ icons.net. • Rob Clement, BA '78, travelled the world for about 20 years and taught in five countries before returning to Canada in july 2000. He is now principal of Tukisiniarvik School with the Kativik School Board in Montreal. Contact him at rob@ca noemail.com . • Bruce Forster, BA '70, spent more than 13 years 111 Wyoming, including nine years as dean of the College of Business at the University of Wyoming. In the summer of 2000, he relocated to Arizona, where he is dean of the School of Management at Arizona State University West tn Phoenix. He has three children: Kelli in Vancouver, jeremy at the University of Wyoming and jessica in high school. • Harry Huffman, B.Sc.(Eng.) '71, received the CSAE/SCGR John Turnbull Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the design of ventilation systems for livestock and poultry barns. He has spent 30 years doing extension work for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. He and his wife, Mary, have three children: Greg, )an1es and Heather. Contact him at huffman@omafra.gov.on.ca. • Harihar Joshi, PhD '7 1, lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Vaijayanthi, and is the owner and president of Omega Med ical Laboratories Inc. He came to Guelph after earning a veterinary degree in India and a mas-

ter's at the University of Hawaii. He taught at OVC for five years and headed a Cambridge medical unit dealing with drug and hormone testing before launching his own company. • Alvin Rebik, ADA '76, has opened a new restaurant called Bistro Six and a catering company in Guelph and recently published a cookbook called

Bistro- Trade Secrets From n Life in Food. Contact him at alvinandglenna@sympatico.ca. • Thomas Roberts, B.Sc. '78 and M.Sc. '82, lives in Saskatoon with his daughter, Claire, 12. He practises patent and trademark law with the firm Furman & Kallio, Barristers and Solicitors, and welcomes e-mail at troberts@furman-kallio.com. • Lorraine Roy, B.Sc.(Agr.) '78, is combining her love of nature and her profession as an artist to create a series of wall hangings titled "Saving Paradise: The

Arboretum Project." It will highlight the importance of the U of G Arboretum's gene bank project, which preserves rare and endangered woody plant species of southwestern Ontario. Roy worked at the Arboretum as a student and after receiving her degree in hotticulture and is now a full-time artist living in London, Ont. "Saving Paradise" is already booked at five Ontario art galleries in 2003, and Roy is looking for other venues to showcase the Arboretum project. For more information, visit her Web site at www.Lroytextile art.com. • Adaoha Uwaegbute, M.Sc. '78, is a professor of human nutrition and director of academic planning at the University of Nigeria in Nsukka. • Barry Yeates, BA '74 and MA '78, is a former Canadian diplomat who now runs his own international training business

called Foreign Service Counselling Inc. in Ottawa. He can be reached at sdhunt@netinc.ca.

1980 • Michael Baker Pearce, BA '85, says he has printed a book of flowers in his new poetry book, Pansies and Wildflower. The collection of 53 poems was published by Micro Prose and is available for $10 by contacting the author at RR#4 Kenilworth, ON NOG 2EO; 519-848-3129 or mjsept7S@sympatico.ca. • Tim Burgess, B.Sc. '86 and BA '90, was recently appointed to institutional sales for Haywood Securities Inc., based in Toronto. • Heath er Champ, BA '86, is creative director of a Web design firm called jguru in San Francisco. She also has a personal Web site that reflects her talent as an artist: www.jezebel. com/faq.html. • Michele D u Charme, BA '81, is a photographer "who loves to

capture the quirky things in life most people don't notice." She has exhibited at several photography shows and lives in Oakville, Ont., with her husband and four children: Emilie, twins Zoe and lain and Aimee. She's also a marathon runner and welcomes e-mail at ducharmed_life@hotmail.com. • Susan (Greatrex) Fitzgerald, BA '83, recently completed a career development practitioner program at the Doon campus of Conestoga College. She and her husband, Patrick, have three children: Michelle, Tammy and Brendan. Contact her at blarney@sympatico.ca. • David Galbraith, B.Sc. '82 and M.Sc. '86, has been appointed manager of biodiversity projects at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton, Ont. He has been with the RBG's science department since 1995 and continues to work

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with botanical gardens in Canada and around the world on endangered species recovery, educational programs and institutional policy on biodiversity issues. He is also studying the population genetics of endangered plants in Ontario, holds adjunct faculty appointments at McMaster and McGi ll universities and is current ly teaching undergraduate courses in genetics and conservation biology at McMaster. Contact him at dgalbraith@rbg.ca. • Guy Gilron, B.Sc. '84 and M.Sc. '88, manages the specialty chemicals laboratory at ESG International in Guelph. He is also serving as an alumni senator at U of G for the College of Biological Science and is a guest lecturer for a course on research problems in zoology. He lives in Erin with his wife, Joanne, and their children: Meghan, Jeremy and Alice. Contact him at ggilron@ yahoo.com. • Humphrey Mbungua, OVC M.Sc. '85, is the veterinarian in charge of pathology in the Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. His department deals with veterinary diagnostics, disease outbreak investigations and transboundary disease surveillance. He lives in Nairobi. • Glenn Morison, BA '83, is minister to the Marion Harper Memorial Circle, an urban native congregation of the United Church of Canada located in Winnipeg. He encourages all former classmates to keep in touch; he can be reached at moon@morison.ca. • Sue Richards, BA '84, is the producer of an educational tool called Breast of Canada that encourages a proactive approach to breast health and the cultivation of a positive body image. Breast of Canada 2002 is a calender featuring powe rful black-and-white photography and information on breast health practices. For more information, contact her in Guelph at kculture@sentex.net. • Sandra Sabatini, BA '8 1 and MA '95, was shortlisted for the 2001 Upper Canada Brewing Company Writer's Craft Award for her collection of short stories, The One With the News. The title story about living with Alzheimer's won a writing competition sponsored by the Guelph Alumnus in 1995. Her work has

also bee n publi shed in The Malahat Review, Prism International and The New Quarterly. She lives in Guelph with her husba nd and five children a nd teaches creat ive writin g a t th e University of Wate rloo, where she received her Ph D. • JoAnne Sweeting, B.Sc.(Agr.) '86, says that after a number of yea rs in To ronto, she m oved cat and dog to a fi xer- uppe r wate rfro nt cottage near Peterb o ro ugh, O n t. Sh e is wo rki ng as a n ass ista nt coordinato r with the informati on and privacy un it of the Ministry of Na tu ra l Reso urces. In her spa re tim e, she's starting an antique resa le b usiness. "How I ended up here 15 yea rs after grad uating with a degree in agribusi ness is anybody's best guess;' she says. Contact her at antiquities.empori um@sym patico.ca.

1990 • Michael Barclay, BA '93, is the associate editor of Exclaim! magaz ine, a nati onal free mo nthly devo ted to undergro und music, and a co ntributo r to Eye weekly in Toronto. He and two friends just published a book, Have Not Been the Same: The CanRock Renaissance 1985-1995. He also does some free lance rad io work for the CBC and hosts a show on U of G's CFRU. Write to him at barclay@exclaim.ca. • Deanna Bowen, BA '97, and Paul Sudmals, B.Sc. '98, were married on Sept. 30, 200 1, in Toro nto. T hey met in first yea r when both were li ving in La mbto n Hall. She wo rks wi th children wi th special needs and is completing a master's degree in social wo rk. He is empl oyed in th e fo restry industry as operatio ns manager of O utla nd Reso urces, Austra lian Division. They will be moving to Australia in january and ca n be co ntacted at psud mals@o utland reso urces.com.au. • Jenny (Anttila) Bullough, BA '95, is working as a Web site produ cer fo r Harlequ in after fi ve yea rs as an editor for an educati o nal publisher. O n Sept. 2, 200 I, she married Brent Bullough, B.Sc. '95, in Toro nto, where they have lived for the past four years. T hey we lcome e- m ail s from old fri ends at jen ny_a nd_bre nt @hotmail.com. • Jennifer Cotton, B.Sc. '93, and Christian Krupke, B.Sc. '94, were ma rried in Londo n, Ont., july 20, 2001. T hey live in We natchee, Was h., where he is a

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researcher for Washington State University and she is a chemistry technician in a waterquality laboratory. They would love to hear from old friends at spinnyl @juno.com. • Lisa (Birse) and Kris Davis, both B.Sc. '90, have been living in Burnaby, B.C., for the past eight years, but left in August for a backpacking trip around the world. They'll be checking their e-mail and would love to hear from classmates and Lambton Hall friends at asilsirk@hotmail.com. • Denis Dyack, M.Sc. '96, is president of Silicon Knights, one of Canada's top videogame developers. He co-founded the company in 1992 while a student at Guelph and has watched it grow from a four-person operation to a company with 57 employees. It is located in St. Catharines, Ont. • Christine Gilman and Alex Therrien, both B.Sc. '93, have moved nine times since graduation, but are back in Ontario in Thornhill. They'd love to hear from friends at cgilman@canada.com or ajt@canada.com. • Kallie Honeywood, B.Sc. '97, graduated from McMaster University's MD Class of 200 I. She is currently completing a residency in anesthesiology at the University of

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British Columbia. Get in touch with her at kalliehoney@hotmail.com. • Natalie Hotrum, M.Sc. '99, is living in the Netherlands and working on a PhD in food physics at Wageningen University. • Jailani Husain, M.Sc. '94, is a lecturer in soil science in the Faculty of Agriculture at Sam Ratulangi University City in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. He spent three years doing PhD research at Germany's Technical University at Cottbus, defended his thesis in November 2001 and returned to Indonesia with his wife and three children in December. He says he hopes to pay a return visit to U of G someday. • Todd and Karen (Young) Jasie, both BA '96, recently bought their first house in Unionville, Ont. She is a human resources co-ordinator, and he works in sales. Contact them at jasiek@norbord.com. • Shawn Kitsemetry, B.Comm. '97, and Chris Adams, B.Sc. '95, have started an ebusiness consulting company called cgk Technologies Group Inc. The group's proprietary product Hot Banana is a Web site solution to help medium-sized organizations self-administer their own sites. Visit

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cgk at www.cgkgroup.com. • Amy Kwok, B.Sc.(H.K.) '94, is a sales representative in the surgical division of Smith & Nephew in Toronto. She also holds an M.Sc. degree in biomechanics from Dalhousie University. E-mail her at amywlkwok@hotmail.com. • Christy Laing, B.Sc. ' 96, went on from Guelph to earn a B.Sc. in nursing at Ryerson University and is now working at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. She lives in Oakville and says she'd love to hear from classmates and former College Royal members at christylaing@hotmail.com. • Jamie Lambert, B.Sc. '94, and his wife, Antoinette, are the proud parents of David Campbell Domenic, born April 14,2001. After leaving Guelph, Lambert went on to complete a master's of science in education at Niagara University in Lewiston, N.Y., and is now a Grade 7 teacher with the District School Board of Niagara. Friends can reach him at jamlm@aol.ca. • Jeff Latimer, DVM '92, runs the Princess Animal Hospital in Kingston, Ont., now in its sixth year of operation. He married Valerie Dunbar in 1999, and their son, Noah, was born Aug. 23, 2000. • Ann Marie (Raos) Martin, BA '93, and her husband, Ryan, had a third child, Charlotte, Feb. 27, 2001. She joins brothers Thomas and Quinn in the family home in Oakville, Ont. • Andrea Murphy, B.Sc. (Agr.) '95, is an animal nutrition consultant with Semex Alliance in China, helping to improve milk production in the Chinese dairy industry. In her spare time, she plays for a Chinese women's rugby team. She plans to marry in April 2002 and will make her permanent home in New Zealand. • Maria Barzso-Paul, B.A.Sc. '90, and Doug Paul, ADA '89, celebrated the birth of their first child, James, March 24, 2001. Maria is an elementary school teacher, and Doug runs a dairy farm near Crysler, Ont. • Danielle Perigoe, BA '97, went on to earn a master's degree in interdisciplinary humanities, then worked at U of G as an admissions liaison officer before the travel bug bit her. She has now settled in Toronto and is working in alumni affairs at the University of Toronto. • Tammy (Tipler) Priolo, B.A.Sc. '90, is working on an advanced certificate in

genealogical studies with the National Institute for Genealogical Studies in Toronto. She is also editor of the institute's newsletter, The Exchange, and has started her own research and consulting business in genealogy called Tammy and Clark's Genealogical Adventures. Find her Web site at http:/ /tpriolo. tripod.ca/gen ealogy.html. Priolo lives in North Bay, Ont., with her husband, Clark, and fouryear-old daughter, Erica. • Elizabeth (Johnston) Robinson, B.A.Sc. '94, was married in 1999 to Mark Robinson. They live in Virginia and invite friends to get in touch at beth_and_ mark @msn.com. • Brad, ADA '93 and B.Sc. (Agr.) '97, and Shelly (Nicholson) Rooney, B.Sc.(Agr.) '97, announce the birth of their first child, Ainsley Laurel, born Aug. 19,2001. The proud parents say they can't wait to bring her to campus and show her all their favourite places. • Monica Siegenthaler, B.A.Sc. '94, lives in Ottawa and is a housing supervisor for a nonprofit housing corporation. • Karen Thirlwall, BA '93, a singer/songwriter originally from Denfield, Ont., has released her third album of original pop

songs recorded in Whistler, B.C. She now works out of Calgary and can be reached at karen@kt music pro.com. • Meredith (Wilson), B.A.Sc. '97, married Mike Tuck July 31, 1999, in a ceremony at Casa

Lama in Toronto. She teaches secondary school with the Toronto District School Board and would love to hear from old friends at meredith. wilson @etel.tdsb. on.ca. Van Kampen, • Sharon B.Sc.(Agr.) '92, graduated from Brock University's Faculty of Education in June 2000 and was married the same month to Stephen Johnston. They met while both were working for Reinhart Foods in Staynor, Ont., and now live in Creemore. She works for the Simcoe County District School Board. • Ruth Ann Lockrey-Vandewalle, BA '90, went on from Guelph to earn a nursing diploma and a degree from the University of Western Ontario. She works for the Oxford County Board of Health and lives in Strathroy, Ont., with her husband, Phil, and son, Calum. Contact her at vanderwal@ julian.uwo.ca. • Karen (Singleton) Vanderley, BA '90, and her husband, Peter, had their first child, Mattias Derek Anthony, Feb. 23, 2001, in London, Ont. She has been teaching high school but plans to stay home for a while and welcomes e-mail at karenvanderley@hotmail.com. • Donald Welsh, PhD '94, and Suzanne Brett Welsh, B.Sc. '91 and M.Sc. '95, have returned to Canada and accepted positions at the University of Calgary. She is a research technician; he is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine. • Shannon Whatman, DVM '93, and her husband, Michael Krohn, live in Hemmingford, Que., with their one-year-old daughter, Bronwyn. • Jim Winterbottom, BA '91, is an optometry librarian at the University of Waterloo. He and his wife, Kim, live in Guelph and can be reached at winter-

bottoms@sympatico.ca. • Nicole Sy and Patrick Wong, both B.Comm. '95, were married Dec. 16, 2001, just a month after receiving master's degrees in information systems from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She is a knowledge management consultant in the telecom industry, and he is a retail project management consultant. • Clarence Yu, B.Sc. '97, and Lisa Wassenberg, B.Comm. '00, who met at U of G in 1995, were married in August 200 l. He is an account manager at Philips Canada, and she is a management consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers. They live in Toronto and would love to hear from friends at cyu65@hot mail.com or lwassenberg@hot mail.com.

2000 • Josette Heslop, B.A.Sc. '01, followed in family footsteps when she received her degree in child studies last June. Her parents are both two-time Guelph graduates: Lome, B.Sc.(Eng.) '70 and

M.Sc. '86, and Louise, B.H.Sc. '67 and M.Sc. '69. Louise was on faculty in the former College of Family and Consumer Studies from 1969 to 1973 and 1976 to 1983. Joset;te also has seven aunts and w1cles who are U of G graduates and two cousins currently enrolled as students. • Nicole Salmon-Seivers, BA '00, moved to Australia in 1996 to complete an education diploma at the University of Wollongong. She is now a permanent resident of Australia and a public school teacher and tutor in West Wollongong. She and her husband, Simon, have an infant son, Bailey Christopher, and can be reached by e-mail at simcole@primus.com.au. • Vanessa Ward, B.Comm. '00, has made several career moves since graduation: supply management at Brookfield LePage johnson Controls, then property services co-ordinator for the Royal Bank in Toronto and now national property services analyst for the bank.

The Way We Weren't

The fall

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photo of students digging out the basement of Massey Hall to make way for a student lounge. The work crew was incorrectly identified as an Aggie group. Most diggers in the picture are actually members of the OVC Class of 1955. The Massey Hall excavation was a co-operative student project, leading to the construction of a coffee shop enjoyed by the entire campus.

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<>BITUARIES Grant Misener, ADA '32, BSA '34 and DVM '38, died Sept. 6, 200l.A native of Illinois, he spent his career in private practice in the Chicago area and was active in the Chicago, Illinois and American veterinary medical associations. He was a volunteer with the OVC Alumni Association for over a decade and helped establish a U.S. charitable foundation called Friends of University of Guelph. Dozens of students have benefited from a bursary endowment established in the 1980s by him and his wife, Mildred, DHE '36. He was named OVC Distinguished Alumnus in 1979 and a Fellow of the University of Guelph in 1984. He is survived by his wife and sons, Ken and Robert. James Adamson, ADA '31, May 3, 2001 William Addison, DVM '52, Oct. 10,2001 Fred Anderson, OAC '34, March 20, 2001 Grant Anderson, BSA '33, June 14,2001 Michael Andrews, B.Sc.(Eng.) '71, in 1997 Catherine Armstrong, DHE '51, date unknown Clarence Bell, ADA '49, July 31,2001 Jamie Bell, BSA '37, Nov. 10,2001 Samuel Berry, BSA '37, Aug. 18,2001 Teresa Brusso, DHE '70, Aug. 16,2001 Justin Bryant, BSA '52, Aug. 25,2001 Daniel Burt, ADA '33, Aug. 3, 1999 Gwendolyn Calverley, DHE '50, june 5, 2001 Trafford Carvell, DVM '50, June 10,2001 Stan Cock, DVM '50, Sept. 7, 2001 Brenda Conn, B.A.Sc. '87, Sept. 7, 2001 Sidney Cooper, BSA '59, June 1, 2001 Wilmer Cooper, DVM '50, July 21, 2001 Robert Cusler,ADA '47, in 1994 Laura Dale, DHE '33, Sept. 13,2001 Harry Dawson, BSA '39, July 21,2001 Donald Desmond, BSA '48, Sept. 11, 200 1 Dennis Duckworth, BA '71, Sept. 4, 2000 Larry Dunlop, BSA '55, Aug. 14,2001 Eugene Epperson, DVM '33, Aug. 20, 2001 William Foott, MSA '53, May 11, 2001 Kristina Fralich, B.Sc.(Eng.) '93, Aug. 10, 2001 Marc Gaudinat, BA '76, Aug. 14, 1996 Gordon Ghent, BSA '41, Aug. 31, 2001 Bev Glover, M.Sc. '83, Sept. 12, 2001

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Chris Gosset, ADA '54, June 23, 2001 Joan Graham, DHE '37, Sept. 29, 2001 Judith Gruetzmacher, ODH '93, Feb 4, 2001 Robert Hall, BSA '58, July 27,2001 Richard Harris, BA '68, Dec. 1999 Joseph Hartley, ADA '41, July 6, 2001 lnara Hartt, BA '74, Oct. 14, 2001 Jason Hayden, B.Sc.(Agr.) '95, Nov. 8, 2001 Isabelle Henderson, DHE '32, Oct. 13,2001 Nicholas Hill, MLA '94, Aug. 21, 2001 James Holdsworth, B.Sc. '78, Sept. 1, 2001 Judy Hone, B.Sc.(Agr.) '66, Feb. 27,2001 Deodatt Jagdeo, B.Sc. '77, date unknown Norman Jerome, DVM '36, june 5, 2001 Thomas Jukes, BSA '30 and H.D.Sc. '72, Nov. 1, 1999. Ruth Kennedy, DHE '31, Aug. 28,2001 Dolores King, DHE '52, date unknown Edward Klos, BSA '50, July 3, 2001 Hedda M. (Maim) Lada, BSA '51, Aug. 16, 1989 Pierre Laforet, B.Sc. '92 and DVM '95, Oct. 5, 2001 Raymond Lane, BSA '57, Aug. 17,2001 Ralph Leach, ADA '62, date unknown Charles Leaver, BSA '40, April 20, 200 I Rosario Leduc, BA '91, Aug. 15, 2001 Marshall MacNeal, BSA '64, March 15, 2001 Jennifer Madsen, BA '95, October 2000 Hugh Mavin, BA '74, March 4, 2001 Veronica McCormick, BSA '49, Nov. 5, 2001 Shawn McFadden, MA '96, Oct. 22, 2000 Lisa McGimpsey, B.Comm. '78, in 1992 Marilyn Miezajs, DHE '51, Aug. 21,2001 Michael Millar, BSA '37, Sept. 4, 2001 Winston Moffatt, DVM '73, Jan. 21,2001 James Newitt, BSA '51, July 19,2001 Henry Noble, BSA '49, Aug. 15,2001 Thomas Noble, BSA '52, in 1988 William O'Connor, DVM '39, Oct. 13, 2001 Lawrence Ogilvie, BSA '21, 1997 Franklin Pearce, ADA '48, October 1994 Robert Phillips, BSA '47, May 15,2001 Irene Porter, DHE '58, March 2000 Peter Poruks, DVM '52, Dec. 31, 2000 Arnley Quackenbush, DVM '61, Oct. 8, 2001

Francis Redelmeier, BSA '45, Aug. 5, 2001 Beatrice Reed, DHE '35, Aug. 22, 200 I Robert Reid, BSA '52 and MSA '54, Oct. 17,2001 Kenneth Reist, ADA '54, Nov. 4, 2001 William Ricker, D.Sc. '96, Sept. 9, 2001 Danny Saint, DVM '81, Sept. 13,2001 Laura Simmons, MLA '90, Nov. 3, 2001 Gordon Smith, B.Sc.(Agr.) '65, june 2, 2001 John T. Smith, ADA '34, May 18,2001 Robert Smith, BSA '50, Aug. 21, 2001 William Smith, ADA '56, Dec. 27, 1997 Frank Stone, BSA '50, july 26, 200 I Desmond Stuckey, BSA '46, Jan . 4, 1998 John Thompson, DVM '49, July 25,2001 Margaret Tomarkin, DHE '31, Aug. 3, 1996 Margaret Tremblay, DHE '35, Dec. 21, 2000 Joanne Watt, ADA '56, June 2, 2001 Kenneth West, B.Sc.(Agr.) '69, Aug. 28, 2001 Donald Willitts, DVM '54, july 25,2001 Margaret Wood, DHE '39, Sept. 10,2001 George Yeates, BSA '51, July 13, 2001

Faculty & staff Roy Anderson, University Professor Emeritus, Department of Zoology, Aug. 27, 2001 Wilfrid Bean, retired vice-president (administration), Oct. 18, 2001 Louisa Brill, retired from the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, Oct. 10, 2001 Harvey Caldwell, BSA '51, retired from the Department of Rural Extension Studies, Nov. 14, 2001 Walter Carpenter, retired from the School of Languages and Literatures, Aug. 19, 2001 Donald Masters, University Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Nov. 14,2001 Richard Protz, University Professor Emeritus, Department of Land Resource Science, Nov. 17, 2001 Ronald E. Smith, BSA '48, retired from the Department of Microbiology, Aug. 5, 2001

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

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OF G STUDENT GROUPS co-ordinated their efforts in February 1975 to host a winter carnival. Snow sculpture competitions, broom ball and bed races on ice were some of the events. It was a bigger version of an established annual event, with Interhall Council, student clubs and college student unions working with the new Central Student Association (CSA) to involve students from across campus. Later called Snobash, the event helped raise awareness of the CSA's role as the University's official student government. The organization replaced an earlier Students' Union Council in 1973. Today, the CSA provides services for students that range

from cheap photocopying to a Campus Safe Walk program and city bus pass. The association operates the Bullring, hosts a Sunday cinema and supports more than 60 student clubs, as well as a human rights office. But it also provides student representation on U of G boards and committees and takes on an advocacy role to ensure that students' rights are recognized, both on and off campus. The current CSA board has launched a renewed effort to focus public attention on issues that concern students and revived a monthly newsletter called Propaganda to keep its members informed of the organization's evolving role. Find out more about the CSA today at www.csa.uoguelph.ca .

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