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Dr. Aaron Devor has been reappointed for a second five-year term as dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, effective July 1. Devor joined UVic in 1989 to teach in the Department of Sociology and received his doctorate from the University of Washington shortly thereafter. He served as associate dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences from 2000-02 and as dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies from 2002-07. His scholarship has been recognized by his election as a Fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, and his teaching has been honoured by his selection as a 3M Fellow of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
Wendy Gedney (education ’83) was honoured at a Faculty of Education recognition reception March 16 as the recipient of the 2006 Distinguished Education Alumni Award. Her contributions to the field of elementary teaching and learning are legendary. She has found a way to integrate music, sports, environmental awareness, global arts, the importance of poetry, living in a multi-cultural society, gardening, global citizenship, being hip and having fun into her classrooms at Doncaster Elementary, James Bay Community School, Lampson Street School, McKenzie Elementary and Gordon Head Elementary. She is the founding chair of the Faculty of Education Alumni Chapter and has volunteered for the Royal Jubilee Hospital, the Labatt’s Briar, Commonwealth Games, B.C. Festival of the Arts, Babe Ruth Baseball Tournaments and B.C. Summer Games. Other honorands included recipients of the faculty’s Award of Teaching Excellence: Drs. John Durkin and Brian Harvey (educational psychology and leadership studies).
Multimedia artist Luanne Martineau (visual arts) has been honoured with a $12,000 VIVA award from the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation for the Visual Arts. They are given annually to two mid-career artists who have demonstrated strong creative potential and a long-term commitment to their craft.
Akshay Rathore (electrical and computer engineering) has been selected to be listed in Marquis’ 25th silver anniversary edition of Who’s Who in the World and the 2008 edition of Who’s Who in America. Both publications will be released this fall. Rathore is included in these print directories on the basis of the reference values of his achievements and research contributions. Last year he was listed in the 2006 edition of Marquis’ Who’s Who in Science and Engineering. He is currently pursuing a PhD in the area of power electronics with fuel-cell applications. Marquis’ publications chronicle the world’s foremost inventors, award-winners, industry executives, educators, writers and philosophers whose efforts are advancing human knowledge.
It’s that time of year again and with it comes the wind up of the 2006/07 athletic season for the University of Victoria Vikes. The men’s basketball team finished their Canada West regular season with a 20–3 record, ending their outstanding season with 11 home court wins, earning them a spot in the CW Final Four in McKinnon Gym. With a season riddled with injuries, the women’s basketball team battled hard through their regular season and threatened to topple the top-ranked SFU Clan in the Pacific Division finals before losing the series 2–1. In track, the UVic men’s 2 x 800 relay team took their second consecutive CIS gold medal. Mark Chenery also claimed silver in the pentathlon. In the pool, Mackenzie Downing swam her way to four silver medals at the CIS Championships while rookie Matt Pariselli claimed silver in the 1500-metre event. Wrapping up the season, the men’s golf team continued their success with rookie Steven Lane claiming two individual titles along with the team’s overall win in the Warrior Invite earlier this month. The UVic men’s hockey team finished their inaugural season with a first-place finish in the newly established British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League.
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