Almanac

Save the Date!!  Alumni Western will host an event the evening of Tuesday, March 8, 2011 that will include a ticket to the evening draw of the 2011 Tim Horton's Brier, which is being held in London at the John Labatt Centre. Watch for details on the Alumni Western website. http://alumni.uwo.ca/
 
We need your help! If you know of a Western alumnus or former prof or staff member  who curled or coached at the Brier or its predecessors, please contact Jacquie Rose jrose6@uwo.ca. We plan on honouring Western's ties to the  men's Canadian curling championship at our Alumni event.

 

Thank you!

Professor Yue-man Yeung is Emeritus Professor of Geography of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is currently a research consultant of Central Policy Unit of HKSARG, a consultant of Shenzhen Social Science Academy and also guest, Honorary or Advisory Professor of several prominent Mainland China universities.

 

Prof. Yeung is formerly the director of Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, the head of Shaw College, and university registrar of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He worked almost a decade for Canada’s International Research Centre (IDRC) based in Singapore and Ottawa. His wide-ranging research interests have recently focused on the development of China’s coastal cities, China’s reform, globalization and Asian cities. He is a prolific writer who has to his credit 44 books and numerous articles in international refereed journals and book chapters. 

Young Alumni Award

 

The Young Alumni Award recognizes significant contributions by an outstanding individual in their field of endeavour, whether through professional achievement or community service. The recipients are aged 40 or under and set an inspirational example for future young alumni.  

 

Lisa M. Given, BA’93, BEd’94, MLIS’96, PhD’01

 

Lisa Given says Western will always be a core part of her identity. After 12 years and four degrees from Western, the University of Alberta was so eager to have Lisa join their faculty, they hired her before she even defended her thesis. She then attained tenure in record time and achieved full professorship within nine years, while she was still under 40 years old.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is it the location? The record of great weather? Or maybe the people? Whatever the reason, the Elgin Alumni Branch summer picnic – at 70 years old and running - is Western’s longest active annual alumni event that seems to attract more and more each year.

 

Charlie and Laurie Nagge of Port Stanley hosted the 2010 picnic, the M.C. was Steve Peters, BA’85 – the Ontario Legislature’s Speaker of the House – and a full contingent of volunteers, Alumni Relations staff, and President Amit Chakma kept the event at full steam like a Pt. Stanley locomotive.

 

 

 

 

 

Events like this don’t happen on their own. Elgin branch engineers who keep the engine stoked include: Cela Sloan, BA’55, Bob Farley, BA’50, MD’54, Brent Shaw, HBA’74, Malcolm Wood, BA’68, DDS’72 and Monique Wood, BA’74, DipEd’72.

 

So what’s the secret to the longevity of this function?