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Letter from the President of the Alumni Association
Welcome to the Fall issue of your alumni magazine. It’s been a busy time since our last issue with lots of planning for summer activities like our annual Golf Tournament and Homecoming weekend in the fall.
We also had our Annual General Meeting in September and I am once again your President for the upcoming year. I am honoured to serve our more than 51,000 alumni around the world. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our outgoing Council volunteers for their service and welcome our newest members.
In this issue of our magazine, you’ll hear more about our newly opened arena, the Dauphinee Centre. Our Homecoming this year was an opportunity to welcome back over 250 hockey Huskies from both the men’s and women’s teams. We also celebrated our very first women’s hockey coach Lisa Haley and the men’s AUS Championship team from 2001–02, along with football player Noah Cantor BA’94 with their induction into Sport Hall of Fame. I encourage everyone to get themselves to a hockey game back on campus in the new rink. It’s a beautiful space for our varsity and club teams to enjoy along with members of the community.
You’ll also learn about faculty members winning awards in writing, you’ll find out what’s happening at the university’s Entrepreneurship Centre, and discover great programs from all over campus for our students and alumni. We were fortunate to have MasterChef Canada winner and Atlantic Canada Studies alum Jennifer Crawford back on campus for a visit after their big win. You can read about their experience in this issue as well.
I hope you enjoy reading up on the activities and stories of our alumni. If you have a story to tell, please let us know and don’t forget to follow us on social media.
Letter from the President of Saint Mary’s University
One of the best parts of my role as President is welcoming alumni to Homecoming each year and seeing how Santamarian values have shaped lives and careers. Homecoming 2019 was very successful: over 1,200 alumni attended 25 events over five days on campus, from BBQs to game-day openers and skating parties. In this issue of Maroon & White you will meet some of the individuals and classes who came back to campus and shared their stories with us.
One highlight was watching members of former men’s and women’s hockey teams tour the new Dauphinee Centre where the ice is freshly set and the paint barely dry. It is very fitting that some of the first people to walk through the dressing rooms in the new Centre were the athletes who played such noteworthy roles in varsity sports years and decades ago. I invite you to read their stories, and also to learn about the Dauphinee Centre and the people behind it, people whose personal commitment to this university is changing lives and helping shape future generations.
While Homecoming is about looking back and remembering, there is also a strong sense of forward momentum at Saint Mary’s. Indeed, the future is here! The university is creating the next generation of leaders and innovators and nowhere is that more evident than in the Saint Mary’s Entrepreneurship Centre. At Saint Mary’s, entrepreneurship is for everyone, and we are making sure our rich internship and experiential learning opportunities are attracting students from all disciplines. See how our Entrepreneur in Residence, Gregg Curwin BComm’90, inspires and coaches our students.
Along with faculty and staff, I will be visiting alumni at forthcoming events in Toronto, Ottawa and beyond so please watch the Alumni e-newsletter and website to track where we will be next. It's so interesting to meet alumni from across the country who are doing amazing things. I learn so much from meeting you and hearing how Saint Mary’s shaped your careers and inspired you to contribute to the community, the region, and the world.
Saint Mary’s University is in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the original Mi’kmaq People. We are all treaty people