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May 2009 - SFU Alumni Update E-NewsletterDocument Tools ALUMNI & CAMPUS NEWS CONNECT FOR SUCCESS: Annual Alumni Gathering & General Meeting – May 26  Celebrate 40 years of the SFU Alumni Association at this special anniversary event we’ve planned just for you! Connect with alumni over drinks & hors d’oeuvres, hear secrets of success from SFU’s Top 40 under 40 alumni speakers, and take home juicy prizes and surprises. Tuesday May 26, 5 pm at SFU’s Segal Graduate School of Business. Details and registration at www.sfu.ca/alumni/events  Alumni Board Elections – Cast Your Vote Five alumni have been nominated as candidates for vacant positions on the SFU Alumni Association Board of Directors. Voting will take place on May 26 at the Annual Alumni Gathering & General Meeting. Join us at the SFU Segal Graduate School of Business in downtown Vancouver to meet the candidates in person and place your votes. [View candidate profiles] Call for Nominations – Outstanding Alumni Awards If you know an SFU graduate who deserves recognition for their extraordinary achievements, we want to hear from you. Nominations are being accepted until June 15, 2009 for the 26th annual SFU Outstanding Alumni Awards. Award categories include: professional, academic, arts & culture, athletics, public service, service to the community, and service to the university. Find names of past recipients and nomination forms at www.sfu.ca/alumni/our_alumni/outstanding SFU Presidential Search After 8 years of leadership, SFU President Michael Stevenson will end his term in August 2010. A committee has begun searching for a new President and welcomes input from alumni. Open meetings are scheduled for May 11, 12:30-2 pm or May 19, 1-2:30 pm in Halpern Centre, SFU Burnaby. Visit www.sfu.ca for webcasts. Comments may also be submitted to the search committee by May 22 at http://websurvey.sfu.ca/survey/35878830 Hire an SFU Student & Get the Best of All Worlds Solve your own staffing challenges while helping to ensure that SFU students and recent graduates find relevant employment that puts their degrees to work. Economical options include recruiting for job vacancies with SFU Career Services, accessing talent for 4 or 8 months through SFU’s well respected Co-operative Education program, and posting volunteer openings. Local, national or international opportunities welcome. Learn more at www.sfu.ca/wil/alumni  Blue Dragon Launches SFU Woodward’s Opening Robert Lepage’s theatrical masterpiece The Blue Dragon/Le Dragon Bleu comes to SFU in February 2010 as part of the Cultural Olympiad. It’s one of three productions that celebrate the January 2010 opening of SFU’s new School for the Contemporary Arts at Woodward’s. Ticket packages and early bird discounts are now available. More info: www.sfuwoodwards.ca Calling all AIESEC Alumni The local committee would love to hear from AIESEC alumni. Get involved again through mentoring current members, serving as review board judges, marketing the global internship program, and attending general assemblies and networking gatherings. To get reconnected with AIESEC SFU, visit www.aiesec.ca/sfu/alumni or email aiesecsfu.vpar09@gmail.com PEOPLE  Diamonds receive SFU Community Leadership Award – [more] Students come first for Excellence in Teaching honorees – [more] 2009 Honorary degrees celebrate 10 outstanding Canadians – [more] RESEARCH  Oil patch hungry for Earth Sciences graduates – [more] SFU reorganization creates three new faculties – [more] Sri Lankan shrub root sparks new diabetes treatment – [more] UPCOMING EVENTS Details and registration: www.sfu.ca/alumni/events
Remember Your Alumni Benefits - view complete list at www.sfu.ca/alumni/alumni_perks/ * Full–service personalized financial and investment planning: Clearsight Investment Program * Rewards for you and SFU every time you charge it: SFU Alumni Association Mosaik Mastercard * Home, tenant, auto, home business and travel insurance at preferred rates: TD Insurance Meloche Monnex * Term life, extended health, critical illness, dental, and disability insurance: Manulife Financial * SFU crested frames for degrees, certificates and photos: Significant Impact Leader Frames On the Move? [Click here] to update your address or contact information online with SFU Archived Alumni Updates: [Click here] to view past issues of the Alumni Update e-newsletter |