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SFU Alumni Update E-Newsletter: March 2012Document Tools We are pleased to bring you highlights of the latest happenings at SFU and within our alumni community. ALUMNI & CAMPUS NEWS  Visit SFU's New Engagement Site, Share Your Story and Enter to Win SFU’s new vision is to become Canada’s leading engaged university. We encourage alumni to visit SFU's new interactive engagement website, including an engagement map where you can place a pin on the area of the world where you are engaging with your local or global communities. View the latest video outlining how SFU plans to engage the world, and also enter to win! Check it out and help us showcase how SFU and our alumni are making a difference in the world. [Learn more] Helping You Transition from Textbooks to Paycheques Transitioning from the lecture hall to the conference room doesn't have to be about uncertainty and doubt. Join us for Backpack to Briefcase and we will help you land on your feet. Spend a day with industry professionals, career experts, and even a bestselling author at this popular SFU student and alumni conference. Be exposed to the secrets that every graduating student and recent graduate needs to know to begin their career journey on the right foot. Continental breakfast and lunch served. Take advantage of the early bird rate ($20) by reserving before Friday, March 16. [Learn more]  SFU Alumni Night with Vancouver Whitecaps FC! Special Ticket PriceVancouver Whitecaps FC invites SFU Alumni for ‘College/University Night’ on Saturday, March 24 at 7pm, when Whitecaps FC battle D.C. United at BC Place. Students, staff, and alumni from across Vancouver and the Lower Mainland will gather on ‘College/University Night’ to cheer on the ‘Caps while paying only $25 per person - a savings of up to $14 per person! With your ticket stub, SFU Alumni will enjoy a variety of beverage/food deals post-match at Forum Public House. [Purchase tickets today] Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures: International Women’s Day Conference SFU’s chapter of Young Women in Business (YWiB SFU) is hosting their annual International Women’s Day Conference on Saturday, March 10 from 10am-4pm at SFU Woodward's. This year’s theme is “Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures.” Alumni are invited to this event that is a celebration of women's achievements and unique strengths. Included will be keynote speakers, an interactive panel session, entertainment and an expo. The speakers and panel will discuss a variety of questions regarding the unique challenges women face in today’s world and ways to overcome them. [Learn more]  Sharing Indigenous People's Career Stories with Students SFU Career Services and the Indigenous Student Centre are hosting an "Indigenous Peoples Career Stories" event on March 27 at the Burnaby campus. Students and alumni will be given the chance to meet six Aboriginal Story Tellers from a variety of organizations, industries and Nations. Additionally attendees will be treated to Git Hayetsk dancers. Refreshments will be served during a reception with employers recruiting Indigenous students for work and volunteer positions. [Learn more] Join SFU's Relay for Life Last year a team of SFU Residence Life student volunteers organized a local event on Burnaby mountain as part of the BC Cancer Foundation's national Relay for Life cancer fundraiser. Not only was SFU's group the only one that organized an event within a BC post-secondary institution, they also raised $43,000 and received an award for the most money raised per capita in Western Canada! This year the group is expanding their efforts and is inviting SFU alumni to become part of this exciting event which they're hoping to make an annual tradition at SFU. [Learn more]  New Student Union Building Proposed on the Burnaby CampusThe Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) unveiled a $65-million proposal Feb. 20 to add a 100,000 square-foot student union building and a 2,500-seat outdoor stadium to existing facilities at the university’s Burnaby campus. The new complex would be built in the Lorne Davies Athletic Complex at the south end of Terry Fox field (where the current pool is located). Initial plans showcase a bright and open space that includes individual study areas, meeting rooms and recreational facilities. [Learn more] SFU Open House Alumni and friends are invited to stroll the halls of your alma mater at SFU’s 2012 Open House on Sat., May 26. Come back “to the hill” and retrace your steps and explore the new programs and growing community atop Burnaby Mountain. Consider sharing your ‘one cool memory’ of your student days at SFU and sign into our virtual guest book to see who else plans to attend this free family event. View the SFU 2012 Open House website for further information including the SFU Alumni page. [Learn more] [Share your memories]  Sponsored Ad: SFU Alumni Insiders Program at AltitudeSoaring 1,300 feet above sea level, Altitude is Metro Vancouver’s highest rising tower situated on one of the last premium view properties at Burnaby Mountain’s UniverCity. Altitude will offer 1, 2 and 3 bedroom homes with premium interior finishes uncommon at its price point and is being built by award-winning Hungerford Group. Homes begin from the mid $200,000’s. SFU Alumni can become part of the Insider’s Program by registering now online to purchase before the general public and enjoy incentives only available to insiders. Be the first to know about the Sales Centre opening soon at 8955 University High Street, Burnaby. Sales begin mid-end of March 2012. [Learn More] PEOPLE  Alumnus digitizes endangered documents in India [Read more] [View photos] Students’ banner bags project hits fashion runway [Read more] SFU inducts new hall of famers [Read more] RESEARCH  New HIV vaccine-related tool developed at SFU [Read more] Winning text technology prompts health efficiency [Read more] Researchers test sugary solution to Alzheimers [Read more]  Sponsored Ad: 中英口筆譯密集培訓課程 Put your language skills and cultural understanding to work on a new career. SFU Continuing Studies’ Mandarin-English Diploma in Interpretation and Translation is an eight-month, full-time professional training program that focuses on cross-cultural, inter-lingual analysis, and hands-on interpreting and translation. If you’d like a shorter program, try our three-month certificate or translation workshops. [Learn more] UPCOMING EVENTS Details and registration: www.sfu.ca/alumni/events
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