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SFU Alumni Update E-Newsletter: December 2009Document Tools Season's Greetings! Our December edition highlights some exciting news and initiatives involving SFU alumni, staff and students. We wish you all the best during the holidays and a happy and healthy 2010. ALUMNI & CAMPUS NEWS  Kick off the season with your cans! Dec 9, 10 & 11SFU alumni are invited by the SFU Alumni Association Board of Directors to help us raise a record amount of food for families in need during the holidays. This is our chance to show that SFU alumni are truly "thinking of the world", including those in need in our local communities. We've partnered with CFOX Radio to help collect your donations. [Contribute today] You're invited: Outstanding Alumni Awards  Join us as we recognize the accomplishments of four remarkable SFU Alumni during the annual Outstanding Alumni Awards, January 27th at the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver. Alumni and guests are invited to attend this dinner and awards event as we honour Ms. Lyn Hancock, Ms. Carol Huynh, Dr. Marianne Sadar and Dr. Robert Turner. For further information, including registration, please visit: Outstanding Alumni Awards Premier Sponsors: TD Insurance Meloche Monnex I Wellington West Clearsight A feast fit for... YOU Tantalize your taste buds while marveling at the magnificent view of Burrard Inlet from SFU's Diamond Alumni Centre restaurant atop Burnaby mountain. The annual Holiday Buffet serves as a great atmosphere to reconnect with old friends and colleagues while admiring the beauty of the campus - on until Dec 18. [Learn more]  SFU strikes gold beneath the mountain The precious metal itself may not be what the mountain's made of, but the gold award SFU received surely holds its weight. SFU received a national gold award for public-sector leadership in education recognizing its contributions to the communities surrounding its Burnaby Mountain perch. Highlights include establishing the SFU Surrey and Vancouver campuses, and the soon-to-open Woodward's redevelopment, the new home of SFU's School for the Contemporary Arts. [Learn more] Your chance to LEAD: Session proposals sought Interested in inspiring SFU's emerging student leaders? Consider sharing your expertise and experience at SFU's 10th Annual Leadership Summit being held at the Burnaby Campus on Jan 23, 2010. For more information and for a session proposal form visit: http://students.sfu.ca/leadership/summit  Looking for work? Join the Job Finding Club Recent SFU graduates who are motivated and actively seeking work may qualify to join SFU's latest Job Finding Club. This FREE two-week program will help you look for work with 15 of your peers while accessing all the tools, resources, and support that SFU Career Services has to offer. [Learn more] PEOPLE  Canada's Top Angel from SFU [Read more] SFU Professor one of Canada's Most Powerful Women [Read more] Vancouver campus receives a visit of Royal proportions [Read more] RESEARCH  Alumnus/Lecturer gives unique gift to late morning risers [Watch the Video] Mentorship through math provides community support [Read more] Taking help for homelessness to a new level [Read more] UPCOMING EVENTS Details and registration: www.sfu.ca/alumni/events
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