Profiles

We are always pleased to hear about the diverse experiences and accomplishments of our alumni and to share these stories with you.

A Campus Walkabout with Kerry Reinke

By Suzanne Robicheau | spring 2016

Here’s the story as Kerry Reinke (BComm’98) tells it. The year was 1994, or possibly 1995, and it was late afternoon or early evening.  The year doesn’t matter. The time of day doesn’t matter. What really mattered then, and still matters now, is what happened when Reinke and a group of his floor-mates from Rice (residence) walked into the Gorsebrook Pub. “I can’t remember what was playing…

Graduates Leave a Legacy of Well-Being

By Renée Hartleib | spring 2016

When looking for a way to give back to the Saint Mary’s community, the graduating class of 2016 decided to do things a little differently. They took the money they had raised for the Annual Fund and applied it, not to a bench or a tree, but to a popular and innovative student service. 

This year’s donation, likely to come in at over $4,000, is going straight to a new campus initiative…

A World of Opportunity

By Suzanne Robicheau | spring 2016

Retirement isn’t exactly what Wendell Sanford imagined. “I would never have thought my days would be this full,” says Sanford, who retired in 2013 from Foreign Affairs Trade and Development Canada, shortly after his return from a posting as High Commissioner of Canada to Brunei.

In addition to regular workouts at his neighbourhood gym, occasional skates on the Rideau Canal, and community…