The Anniversary Awards: Celebrating 50 years of excellence
Do you know a UVic graduate who has made a significant impact on the world? The 50th Anniversary Awards will honour five alumni who have made such an impact, and represent the diversity that is UVic and our 50-year history. And the time to submit your nomination is now.
Save the date: Sept. 28–30, 2012
The university is currently planning its 50th Anniversary Festival to help celebrate this momentous milestone by opening its doors and welcoming the local community onto campus on the last weekend in September.
Supporting teaching excellence for a third of a century
Dr. Neil Gold picks his words carefully. Not only because he is a law professor, but because he is addressing an issue some academics struggle to balance in their careers. Gold is at UVic to give a talk about the scholarship of teaching and learning, marking the 33rd anniversary of the Learning and Teaching Centre (LTC).
Distinguished Alumni Awarded
As part of UVic’s Alumni Week (Feb. 6–12) celebrations, 12 UVic grads were honoured with Distinguished Alumni Awards Feb. 8 at the University Club.
National championships for two Vikes squads
The Vikes men's soccer team won its fifth national title in team history on Nov. 13 with a 3-1 win over the Saint Mary's Huskies from Halifax at Centennial Stadium, wrapping up a strong season for the squad in the finale of the 2011 CIS men's soccer national championship. The Vikes host the 2012 CIS women's soccer national championship Nov. 8-11, 2012, and will also host the 2012 Golf Canada university and college national championship at the end of May at the Cordova Bay Golf Course. UVic's women's rowing team also won another national title—their 10th in team history—in a dramatic conclusion to the 2011 Canadian University Rowing Championship on Nov. 6 in Welland, ON.
Nominations: Alumni Teaching Award
The UVic Alumni Association is accepting nominations for the Gilian Sherwin Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award recognizes the university’s best sessional lecturers, lab instructors and senior lab instructors based on innovation, curriculum development and educational leadership.
Alumni annual meeting
The UVic Alumni Association invites alumni and the university community to its 2011 annual general meeting, June 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the University Club. Guest speaker Dr. Ray Siemens (English), Canada Research Chair in Humanities Computing, will explore elements of how the digital humanities are contributing to new technology and the next steps in the development of e-books. The association will also confer honorary alumni status upon retired Alumni Relations Director Don Jones and retired Human Resources Manager Lois Jones. Deadline for registration is June 22 at alumni.uvic.ca/events or by calling Alumni Relations at 250-721-6000.
Distinguished alumni honoured
Eleven leading members of the University of Victoria’s alumni community were recognized during Alumni Week for their professional achievements and community leadership.
Powerful UVic alumnae
Three UVic alumnae were among Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women announced in November in Toronto. They are: Tracy Redies (BA economics); Tamara Vrooman (BA history, MA history); and Bev Van Ruyven (BA anthropology, UVic Board of Governors member and alumni representative).
Celebrating UVic Authors: 2010
Come to a reception and reading honouring UVic authors Oct. 21 from 7–9 p.m. in the UVic Bookstore.
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