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Don Bailey, coordinator of UVic’s Humanities, Fine Arts and Professional Writing Co-op, recently launched his new book The Good Lie, a literary psychological thriller that opens with a kayaking misadventure in the winter ocean off Vancouver Island. Bailey’s website www.thegoodlie.com features detailed information about the book, commentary about the writing of the novel and other related material. The site has been praised on a blog page by Canadian Book News and review magazine Quill and Quire as “the very model of a modern author website.” Bailey’s third novel, The Good Lie is published by Turnstone Press.
UVic business professor Dr. Rebecca Grant has received the 2007 Decision Sciences International Case Study Award for her teaching case “iStockphoto.com: Turning Community into Commerce.” Grant’s case focuses on building a profitable online business with lessons from iStockphoto.com. iStockphoto revolutionized the stock photo industry by transforming an online community of photo-hobbyists into a profitable commercial venture. The Decision Sciences Institute is the premier professional organization dedicated to the science, practice and teaching of business decision-making.
Alison Sydor (BSc ’89, biochemistry) and Gareth Rees (BA ’91, history) will be inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2008 in May. Sydor is known for her prowess as a mountain biker, having claimed numerous victories including three world titles as well as a silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. Rugby star Rees holds enough trophies, titles and accolades to fill a hall of fame of his own. He holds a Canadian Test record and has been captain of Team Canada, including during two of his four World Cup appearances. Rees is also a charter member of UVic’s Sports Hall of Fame (2002). Former UVic Vikes soccer coach Bruce Twamley will join the pair as a fellow inductee in the Class of 2008.
To mark the 25th anniversary of Dr. Peter Vizsolyi as head coach of the Vikes’ swim team, the University of Victoria and the UVic Vikes Swimming Alumni Chapter have launched the Swimming Circle of Excellence. Inductees at the platinum, gold and blue levels will have their names on banners, which will be displayed on the walls of McKinnon Pool. Platinum swimmers are those who represented Canada at the Olympics and/or World Championships. Gold swimmers are those who were on Canadian Commonwealth Games, Pan-American Games, and FISU Universiade teams or were Swimming Canada gold medalists. Blue represents swimmers who have won a Swimming Canada silver or bronze medal or CIS medal.
The best brains in the profession are looking after ours: over the past decade, graduates of UVic’s clinical psychology doctoral program have scored the highest average marks of all graduates taking the standard examination required for registration as a psychologist in North America. Between 1997 and 2006, 27 UVic graduates have taken the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP). Data from the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards—reporting on all EPPP writers over the past decade who graduated from 163 different North American universities—indicate UVic grads have consistently come out on top. “I attribute this amazing accomplishment to the exceptional students we attract to our program,” says Dr. Marion Ehrenberg, associate professor and UVic’s director of clinical training, “and to the comprehensive training we provide.”
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