Fall 2009 - Bishop's University

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Photo by Maxime Picard
Dave McBride '93
Director of University Advancement
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Principal’s Page
Canada needs more universities like Bishop’s.
Better funding is the answer.
Johnson gets a much-needed facelift
Federal and provincial governments grant
$4.457 million to renovate science labs.
Convocation 2009
Get acquainted with this year’s honorary degree
recipients, Turner Teaching Award winner and more.
Cover story: meet the Top 10 After 10
Ten accomplished graduates from the years 1988
to 1998 form the Top 10 After 10 Class of 2009.
BU Notes
Canada Games will come to Sherbrooke, good-bye
to semis in town, The Chimes of Freedom and more.
Wade Felesky ’92 and Tom Allen ’69 make news
Wade is named Top 40 Under 40 and Tom becomes
President of the Alumni Association.
Magic Time on campus
39 years later the cast and crew of the production
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern reunite.
Special Insert: 2008-09 Donor Report
Regular features
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Gaiters News
Branch Briefs
Marriages
Births
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Deaths and Tributes
Through the Years
Alumni Perspectives
Bishop’s University News is designed and edited by
Pam McPhail, pam@thewritelook.ca.
In putting this magazine together
one word kept coming to mind:
celebration. Bishop’s has certainly
had plenty to celebrate since our last issue
hit your mailbox.
Convocation weekend brought together
the graduating class, their families and
Bishop’s faculty and staff on Friday night
for a pleasant evening at the Granada
Theatre in Sherbrooke. Then, at Saturday’s
ceremonies, the Bishop’s community
marked the passage of 465 newly minted
graduates and four exceptional DCL
candidates. Five of Bishop’s esteemed
faculty were named professor emeritus.
It was my 16th Convocation and my
favourite, perhaps with the exception of
my own graduation day.
Many faculty and students received
generous research grants and scholarships.
A distinguished panel of graduates chose
the inaugural Top 10 After 10 group. Two
Gaiters football players were picked 3rd
and 4th in the CFL draft. Another graduate
was named to Canada’s Top 40 Under
40. A wildly successful spring musical
delighted sold-out audiences on campus.
We received a grant of $4.457 million from
the Federal and Provincial governments to
renovate the Johnson Science labs.
The 2008-09 Donor Report, bound to
the middle of this publication, is our way
to celebrate the impact of charitable giving
at Bishop’s. Nearly everything that happens
at Bishop’s benefits from this support,
making the success of our students
possible. Your generosity is a reminder of
the strength of the Bishop’s community,
which is our most important reason to
celebrate. Thank you.
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