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Guide to Pictures:
1 st Annual Pumpkin Palooza
Departments across campus took part in a
“spirited” competition this past Hallowe’en
with the 1st annual Pumpkin Palooza.
Organized by the Alumni Office, the event is
certain to become a holiday favourite!
1 1st Place: “Scary Services” (Student Services)
(l-r) Shannon Johnston (with daughter
Maggie); Bill MacAvoy, Alumni Association
president; Isabella Krysa; and Keith
Hotchkiss, director, Student Services
2 The winning entry
3 The ITSS Help Desk team (Lorraine Helson,
Dan MacDonald, Shelley MacAskill and
Cheryl Newman) missed the party, but not
the Hallowe’en spirit!
Tailgate Party
4 Supporters enjoy hot dogs and beverages
on the Gorsebrook Patio before the game.
5 Dinah Grace (BComm ’91) with
granddaughter Koumbie Traore-Thomason
(centre) and friend Rosie Hattin (right)
43rd Vanier Cup
6 (l-r) Ian Peck, Signa Butler (BA ’96), and
Nadine O’Neill (BA ’01)
7 Facepaint, beads, thundersticks, paws,
clappers and more maroon & white than
you can imagine – hundreds of alumni
took over the warm-up party to show their
support for the football Huskies.
8 (l-r) Heather Fitzpatrick, director,
Development Office; Pat Crowley, director,
Alumni Office; and Krista Armstrong,
assistant, External Affairs, at the Rogers
Centre in Toronto
9 Paul Pettipas (BComm ’67) led the cheers.
10 Huskies fans waved the flag with pride.
“Touching Lives”
Friends, family and colleagues celebrated the
life of Dr. Elizabeth Chard at the inaugural
“Touching Lives” dinner this fall. More than 180
guests attended the event, with proceeds
supporting the Hutton-Chard Foundation, the
Saint Mary’s Sport Hall of Fame, the Belles of
Saint Mary’s, and the Quarter Century Club.
This year’s dinner will take place during
Homecoming Weekend on Saturday,
September 20, 2008.
11 A flag-filled view of the dinner
12 David Sykes, vice-president, TD Asset
Management Inc. and former All-Canadian
Huskies quarterback and Rhodes Scholar,
served as keynote speaker.
13 A view of one of the lovely tablescapes
featuring violets and pictures of Elizabeth
Chard.
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