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Craig Beaucamp, UVic Vikes men’s basketball head coach, has been named assistant coach to the national junior men’s basketball team, which will be competing in the 2007 FIBA (Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur) Under-19 World Championships July 12 to 22 in Serbia. The championships are held every two years and are considered the world’s most prestigious basketball youth championship. Canada will be among 16 teams competing.
Karin Borzel, a doctoral student in the School of Child and Youth Care, has been awarded a $10,000 Canada-China exchange scholarship and will begin her studies in September at the China Youth University in Political Science in Beijing. Borzel is breaking new ground by being granted permission from the Chinese government to conduct research on the problems faced by street children in China. With senior scholar status she will have access to information related to her research and an opportunity to spend time with the children, which are estimated in the millions.
Dr. Laurence Coogan (earth and ocean sciences) has won the Young Scientist Award from the Mineralogical Association of Canada. The award goes to a young scientist who has made a significant international research contribution in a promising start to a scientific career. Coogan’s research concentrates on the formation and cooling of the Earth’s crust under the oceans.
Dr. Rebecca Grant (business) and UVic BCom alumnus Mike Tan have been named to the TELUS Victoria Community Board to assist with handing out $250,000 a year in charitable funding. Grant and Tan sit on a 13-member board who will seek out worthy causes and community organizations that could use a little seed money. Selected organizations will also receive training and advice on how to run a charitable organization. The community board program is part of the Telus philanthropy program and makes up to $20,000 in one-time funding available for projects in the areas of health and well-being, education and sports, and arts and culture. The criteria for funding can be found at www.telus.com/community.
Patty Pitts, manager of media relations with UVic Communications, shared an Award of Excellence at the 2007 Best of the Northwest Video Awards with Shaw TV’s Daphne Goode. The pair collaborated on a tribute to the late Michael Williams which was broadcast last fall in conjunction with the unveiling of a statue of Williams in Old Town and the announcement of a new UVic dowtown gallery to house the art collection Williams left the university when he died in 2000.
The award was in the informational feature category and was chosen from entries from Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The feature recounted Williams’ life, showcased some of the art from his collection and recounted his determination to restore many buildings in Victoria’s Old Town which he also left to the university.
A paper written by Dr. Steve Tax (business) and published in 1998, was recently ranked in the top 20 most influential papers in service marketing literature. The paper, entitled “Customer Evaluations of Service Complaint Experiences: Implications for Relationship Marketing”, was published in the 1998 Journal of Marketing.
Dr. Amy Verdun (political science) has been recognized as a success story by the European Commission for her accomplishments as UVic’s Jean Monnet Chair. Verdun is featured in their celebratory brochure as one of 20 stories selected from Jean Monnet programs throughout Europe and the world. Verdun is the founding director of UVic’s Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and has held the Jean Monnet Chair position since 2001. The centre provides a variety of services including conferences, a PhD lecture series, roundtables, funding for student trips to European Union institutions and community outreach. For more information, visit http://web.uvic.ca/europe/jmce.html.
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