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SFU Alumni Update E-Newsletter: April 2010Document Tools Below are some highlights of the latest happenings at SFU and within our alumni community. Please contact us if you have any questions or feedback regarding this newsletter or any other services we provide. ALUMNI & CAMPUS NEWS  Save The Date: Annual Alumni Gathering & General MeetingAll SFU alumni are invited to connect with your fellow grads at the 2010 Annual Alumni Gathering & General Meeting. Enjoy a special evening of networking, board member elections, and personal & professional development at our Harbour Centre campus. Watch your inboxes for the official e-vite. [Learn more] Young Alumni: Kick Your Career Into Overdrive On April 22 The past few years have proven tough for many recent graduates to land jobs. Come out to a networking event with up to 100 of your peers to hear three speakers tell you how to take control of your career and find well-paying work. Speakers only have 15 minutes to get their point across followed by networking in which you'll have a chance to ask more questions of the speakers. [Learn more]  Watch For It: April 2010 aq Magazine Watch for the April 2010 aq Magazine arriving soon to you in the mail. Features include a tribute to the decade of service by SFU's President, an introduction to his successor, and all the latest alumni and university news. The online version will be posted April 15. [Learn More] "SFU Exchange" Hosted For Graduate Students Faculty, graduate students and external representatives from industry, commerce, government agencies, associations, the investment community and the media will converge upon SFU's Harbour Centre campus on May 6. The "SFU Exchange" is a special one-day event for SFU graduate students to showcase their research, ideas, innovations and entrepreneurial skills to a wide audience. [Learn more]  Cooking With The ClanReality TV hits the Burnaby Mountain campus with the Clan's latest cook-off pitting footballers Cody Lind and Ben Davidson against track stars Katie Tongue and Brianna Kane. This segment is the latest of the Clan Confidential series, an initiative that SFU's Athletics department is taking to introduce the lives of their athletes outside of their traditional sporting domains. Other features include What’s in Your Locker? and Off the Court With the Clan. [View the videos] Raise Each Other Up: Financial Planning Seminar In an uncertain economy, it’s more important than ever for women to be at the helm of their own financial ship. Financial guru Nancy Shewfelt will show you how to take control of your finances and not only survive the economy, but thrive! This women-friendly financial seminar is ideal for any woman who wants greater control over her life and her financial destiny. [Learn more] Calling All EMBA And MOT (MBA) Alumni The Segal Graduate School of Business is inviting all MOT (MBA) and EMBA alumni to attend their annual respective Tune Up and Reunions. Both sessions will provide an afternoon of professional development and learning followed by an opportunity to meet and network with fellow peers. [EMBA Alumni Reception] [MOT Alumni Reunion] PEOPLE 
Carole Taylor & Art Phillips Receive SFU's Community Leadership Award [Read more] Grads Marco Marra, Steven Jones, & Don Avison Earn 2010 LifeSciences BC Awards [Read more] Six To Receive Honorary Degrees [Read more] RESEARCH 
Students Create Earthquake iPhone App [Read more] SFU Partners On First Ecological Public School [Read more] Nine SFU Researchers Receive Prestigious Travel Supplement [Read more] UPCOMING EVENTS Details and registration: www.sfu.ca/alumni/events
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