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Table of Contents Editor’s Notebook Welcome to the Summer 2005 Edition of Connections . . . 2 Alumni Association, Slate of Officers 2005/2006 . . . . . . . . 2 Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Cover Story Machelle & Tony Denison - Not Just an Ordinary Couple . . . 3 Grad Profile Alumnus of Distinction Award Recipients 2005 . . . . . . . . . 5 Paul Siebel... PAC Chair & Donor of Steel Teaching Aid . . . 6 Beyond an Apprenticeship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Heard it Through the Grapevine Keeping in Touch with Our Alumni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Lost Sheep Too Baaaad We Can’t Find Ewe!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Membership Has Its Benefits - Help Us Stay Up-To-Date. . 15 PAC’s Profile Paul Kalbfleisch, PAC Chair - Advertising Program . . . . . . 16 Steel Teaching Aid Officially Dedicated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Editor: Monica Himmelman* Creative Director: Valerie Gray* Contributing Monica Himmelman* Writers: Sam Egleston* Lynne Kattenhorn* John Sawicki* Ingrid Town Violet Boutilier Jason Sonser** Tom Kalbfleisch** Jonathan Wolfe Tracey Jasmine* Mike Shipley Brenda Warner Photos Cover - Rick Kowalczykowski, icon Photography Inc. Margie Williams, Kevin Garrett, Beatriu Canet * Conestoga Alumnus or ** Conestoga Student If you are receiving this magazine for your son or daughter, please have them update their address with the Alumni Office. If you enjoy receiving Connections please let us know. Connections is published by Development & Alumni Relations Department Conestoga College 299 Doon Valley Drive, Kitchener, ON N2G 4M4 519-748-5220, ext. 3459 in conjunction with the Promotional Design and Production Department Reprinting of any article in this publication, needs to be done with express permission of the editor at 519-748-5220, ext. 3459 Campus Update Get Out the Hammers! Conestoga is Growing Again!. . . . 18 Conestoga Program Earns Prestigious Yves Landry Award . . 20 New Direction in Apprenticeship Trades . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Ground Broken for New Student Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Lauren Weber, Governor General’s Academic Medal Winner 22 Student Life Coordinator Leanne Holland Brown . . . . . . . 23 Woman to Woman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Valentine O’Donovan – A Leader in Technology & Philanthropy 1936-2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Alumni News & Views Reunions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Upcoming Reunions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Alumni Association Celebrates 15th Anniversary . . . . . . . 28 Tim Kingsbury – A Challenge to Alumni . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 First Annual Alumni Golf Tournament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Conestoga Students Inc. Looking to the Past . . . . . . . . . . 30 Alumni Survive Hurricane Katrina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Privacy of Personal Information Statement . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Materials & Operations Management Program . . . . . . . . . 32 Degree Opportunity for Accounting Grads . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Students Serve Up Pancake Breakfast at Oktoberfest . . . . 34 Susan Hilton:An Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Mission Statement “The Alumni Association of Conestoga College is a network of volunteers committed to an active partnership among the Alumni, the Community, and the College in order to create a lifelong interest in the success of the College.” Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Conestoga College 299 Doon Valley Drive Kitchener ON N2G 4M4 Before You Recycle reuse Please share this publication with a friend or neighbour. Connections - winter 2006 1
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