SFU Alumni Update - July 2007

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1. Alumni Survey - Summer 2007
2. SFU Alumni & Friends Golf Tournament - September 11, 2007
3. Alumni Lifetime Email - Improved Spam Filtering
4. Alumni Association Board of Directors - New Executive Team
5. SFU Library Switches to Email Notification
6. SFU Changes Phone Numbers - 778.782.XXXX
7. SFU Summer Camps for Kids & Youth
8. Upcoming Events
9. Past Events - International Grad Photos / Alumni Leaders Forum DVD
10. SFU News

1. Alumni Survey - Summer 2007
SFU and the Alumni Association are conducting an alumni survey to learn more about the wants, needs, and opinions of our graduates. If you are selected as part of our random sample and are sent an invitation to participate, we encourage you to take a few minutes to tell us what you think. Your feedback, whether positive or negative, will enable us to make plans for the future and improve our programs and services for alumni. Thank you in advance for sharing your thoughts! [Learn more]

2. SFU Alumni & Friends Golf Tournament - September 11, 2007
Registrations and sponsorships are now being accepted for the SFU Alumni & Friends Golf Tournament on Tuesday, September 11 at the Swan-e-Set Country Club in Pitt Meadows, BC. Format: Texas scramble, 4 players per team. All alumni and friends of SFU are welcome. Registration includes golf, lunch, banquet dinner, and prizes. Proceeds support the SFU Alumni Scholarship & Bursary Endowment Fund. More info: www.sfu.ca/alumni/events

3. Alumni Lifetime Email - Improved Spam Filtering
SFU's Alumni Lifetime Email (ALE) service now offers improved spam filtering. After July 15, ALE users should see a dramatic reduction in the amount of spam they receive. Using a spam rating system, the new filter will automatically discard messages with a spam rating of 10 or higher before it reaches your in box. Only messages scoring below 10 will be delivered, and anything rated over 3.5 will be marked as spam for your convenience. Find out more about the free Alumni Lifetime Email service at www.sfu.ca/alumni/alumni_perks/email_faq.htm

4. Alumni Association Board of Directors - New Executive Team

Allan Maynard (Canadian Council of Independent Laboratories) has been elected president of the Alumni Association for 2007/08. Executive team members include: vice-president Angela Koulyras (BC Lottery Corporation) and treasurer Randy Norman (BC Hydro).

Directors include: Aman Bhangu (Genus Capital Management), Anita Bloy (Counselling Works), Robin Chakrabarti (T&M Group of Companies), Aaron Cruikshank (Friuch Consulting), Bill Cunningham (Gateway Strategy Inc.), Dale Flood (BC Hydro), Rachael Froese Zamperini (Zamperini Trade), Patrick Horner (BC Housing), Meena Mann (Coast Capital Savings), Marcia Wakarchuck Jones, Sarah Waters (John Howard Society), and Nicole Utterback (Business in Vancouver). [More]


5. SFU Library Switches to Email Notification
Beginning in August 2007, the SFU Library will be using email for all notices to SFU alumni library users. The library will no longer be maintaining their own list of alumni email addresses. To ensure you receive library notices, your current email address must be on file with SFU's Alumni Relations Office. You can update your email address or any other contact information whenever it changes at www.sfu.ca/alumni/forms/address_update.html

6. SFU Changes Phone Numbers - 778.782.XXXX
To accommodate continued growth at our campuses, SFU phone numbers will be changing to a new area code and prefix this summer. Phone numbers that currently have area code 604 and start with 291 will change to area code 778 and start with 782. SFU Vancouver campus numbers switch over July 16. Burnaby campus numbers change in August. Some SFU units, including SFU Surrey, the Library, and Alumni Relations, have already made the change. Not sure which number to use? Check out the SFU directory online at www.sfu.ca/contact/index.html

7. SFU Summer Camps for Kids & Youth
Registrations are now open for a wide range of summer kids camps including aquatic, outdoor adventure, sports and recreation, and specialty camps. New this year - camps at SFU Surrey! Download brochure at www.sfu.ca/recreation

8. UPCOMING EVENTS

SFU Kids Safety Day - July 14
SFU Campus Security hosts parents and children to age 13 at its free Kids Safety Day on Saturday, July 14, 11 am - 2 pm by the reflecting pond in the Academic Quadrangle at SFU's Burnaby campus. Featuring fun and educational presentations, games, prizes and more. Kids pre-registered by July 12 receive a free piece of pizza and drink. You may also register on the event day starting at 11:00 am. [More]

SFU Summer Chamber Music - FREE Concert July 26

Enjoy the magical sounds of the Quiring Chamber Players while relaxing on the AQ lawn by the reflecting pond. Thursday, July 26, 6:00 pm, SFU Burnaby campus. Bring: friends, family (children welcome), a picnic dinner, blankets and/or lawn chairs. Rain or shine! Wet weather venue: Images Theatre.
www.sfu.ca/ceremonies


SFU Summer Health Institute - July & August
A FREE workshop series for the entire family, offered by SFU Continuing Health Education and SFU Health and Counselling Services. Topics include nutrition, child health, fitness, relaxation, relationships and more. Attend one - or all - of these interactive sessions held at SFU Surrey, Tuesday evenings at 6:30 pm. Seating is limited: registration required. www.sfu.ca/healthed

HOLD THE DATE - Events in Fall 2007
Canada Gala in Seattle - October 5
Montreal Alumni & Friends Reception - October 24
Toronto Alumni & Friends Reception - October 25
Nanaimo Alumni & Friends Reception - November 28

SFU Art Gallery - Visit www.sfu.ca/gallery for summer hours
Burnaby: Prints from CPR Magic Lantern Slides, 1885-1930, by Michael Lawlor / Prints & Drawings by Marianna Schmidt
Teck Gallery at SFU Vancouver: Carnaval Photographs & Paintings by Marianna Schmidt
Panel Dicussion: Marianna Schmidt: Mapping a Life, Thursday, July 26 at 7:00 pm, SFU Vancouver

Events - All Campuses
Event listings for all SFU campuses at www.sfu.ca/news_events/index.html

9. Past Events - International Grad Photos / Alumni Leaders Forum DVD
International Students Grad Reception - June 6, 2007: www.sfu.ca/alumni/events/intlgrad2007.html
Alumni Leaders Forum DVD - February 21, 2007: www.lidc.sfu.ca/broadcast/archive/

10. SFU News - The latest SFU News featuring faculty, staff, and students is just a click away: www.sfu.ca/sfunews

Remember Your Alumni Benefits:
* 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 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

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