By Margaret Jetelina
Photography by Greg Ehlers

Bistra Dilkina & Jane Nunnikhoven find their paths.

After receiving yet another letter strongly encouraging her to please declare her major, Jane Nunnikhoven finally gave in and wrote down psychology, hesitantly.

“I didn’t really have a very good reason,” admits Nunnikhoven. “But I was getting on in my degree and had taken quite a few psychology courses.” The fact that she had no clear post-graduation goals was a likely factor in her “major” indecision. But even with her decision down on paper, Nunnikhoven was still not all that convinced that psychology was the right major.
Enter SFU’s co-operative education program, which provides students with paid, full-time career-oriented opportunities. Nunnikhoven joined the co-op program to explore what path her career could take after graduation.

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Don't touch this book

By Christine Hearn
Illustrations by Eric Sangwine

SFU Alumnus Eric Sangwine combines his talent for art and his love of books in a series of illustrated medieval curses.

The purple devils in Eric Sangwine’s painting carry a blunt message: if you fold down a corner of the page, the devil will toast you; if you make a mark, the devil will roast you; and if you steal the book, the devil will cook you. Oh, yes, and if the big purple devils don’t get you, what about all the thousands of little green ones at their feet? It’s enough to make anyone take care of the books in their possession.

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Stopping Aids

By Sharon J. Proctor, PhD
Photography by Rick Etkin

Jamie Scott is hot on the trail of the elusive HIV-1 vaccine.

A petite woman with a pixie haircut sits with two German
shepherd–like dogs. Harry and Shasta are frustrated because she won’t let them come over and sniff me. The woman is SFU’s
Jamie Scott – PhD, MD, professor of molecular biology and
biochemistry, and medical researcher extraordinaire. Scott is a vital part of a massive international research effort aimed at stopping the spread of AIDS. Right now, she’s taking a break for an hour to discuss her research. “There’s no effective
vaccine against HIV-1 and we desperately need one,” she says. HIV-1 is found all over the world and is what most HIV studies focus on. HIV-2 is found mainly in West Africa.

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