UCalgary Alumni Magazine - Fall Winter 2016-17 http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/taxonomy/term/64/0 en Play The Philanthropic Life http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/fall-winter-2016-17/article/play-philanthropic-life <!--paging_filter--><hr style="height:10px;border:none;color:#333;background-color:#333;" /> <p style="font-size: larger; margin: 10 0 10px;">Philanthropy is a game anyone can play, all it takes is the right inspiration at the right time (road map not included). There are as many reasons for giving to one's alma mater as there are ways to give. These four philanthropists have found joy in making gifts that reflect their dearest values and passions.<p><a href="http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/fall-winter-2016-17/article/play-philanthropic-life">read more</a></p> Fall Winter 2016-17 Mon, 24 Apr 2017 23:06:00 +0000 tmagee 606 at http://www.ucalgarymag.ca Fall | Winter 2016-17 http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/node/561 <!--paging_filter--> Fall Winter 2016-17 Thu, 06 Apr 2017 15:54:19 +0000 tmagee 561 at http://www.ucalgarymag.ca Calendar 2016-2017 http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/fall-winter-2016-17/article/calendar-2016-2017 <!--paging_filter--><style> /*hide cover image*/ .primary .content .section-holder .cover{ display:none; } </style> <hr style="height:10px;border:none;color:#333;background-color:#333;" /> <p><span class="inline inline-center" style="margin-top:0px;height: 285 px;padding-bottom:10px;border-right:0px solid #EFEFEF;"><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="/files/ucalgarymag_20161004/upcoming-1-web.jpg" /></span></p><p><a href="http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/fall-winter-2016-17/article/calendar-2016-2017">read more</a></p> Fall Winter 2016-17 Wed, 09 Nov 2016 05:08:14 +0000 alumni 536 at http://www.ucalgarymag.ca Where Are We? http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/fall-winter-2016-17/article/where-are-we <!--paging_filter--><hr style="height:10px;border:none;color:#333;background-color:#333;" /><h4 style="font: normal 24px Georgia, times, serif; color: #ee2e24;">Beyond the Wall<hr></h4> <p>We are gawking at a 10-metre-tall ribbed concrete wall that straddles one of the oldest buildings on UCalgary's main campus and one of the newest. But appearances can be deceiving. You could mistake this thick slab of greyness for an exterior wall and, once upon a time, you would have been correct. However, like so many areas on our 50-year-old campus, things and purposes change.<p><a href="http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/fall-winter-2016-17/article/where-are-we">read more</a></p> Fall Winter 2016-17 Where Are We? Sun, 06 Nov 2016 21:37:53 +0000 alumni 532 at http://www.ucalgarymag.ca 2016 Alumni Weekend http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/fall-winter-2016-17/article/2016-alumni-weekend <!--paging_filter--><h4 style="font: normal 24px Georgia, times, serif; color: #ee2e24;">Classes without Quizzes<br /> </span></h4> <hr style="height:10px;border:none;color:#333;background-color:#333;" /> <p>The dancing Heebee-jeebees. Paint-the-rock sessions. Running clinics. Campus tours. Reunion brunches. Rollicking panel discussions. Quantum dots. Fairness, bias.</p><p><a href="http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/fall-winter-2016-17/article/2016-alumni-weekend">read more</a></p> Fall Winter 2016-17 Pay It Forward Sun, 06 Nov 2016 20:03:44 +0000 alumni 530 at http://www.ucalgarymag.ca Majoring in Disruption http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/fall-winter-2016-17/article/majoring-disruption <!--paging_filter--><style type="text/css"> div.boxxy { width: 209px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 25px; } div.thumb { width: 201px; height: 137px; border: 4px solid #C4C4C4; } div.thumb img { width: 201px; height: 137px; display: block; } div.deets h3, div.deets h3 a { color: #EC3224; text-decoration: none; } </style> <hr> <hr style="height:10px;border:none;color:#333;background-color:#333;" /> <p><a href="http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/fall-winter-2016-17/article/majoring-disruption">read more</a></p> Fall Winter 2016-17 Sun, 06 Nov 2016 18:59:01 +0000 alumni 529 at http://www.ucalgarymag.ca Unconventional Paths http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/fall-winter-2016-17/article/unconventional-paths <!--paging_filter--><style type="text/css"> /*hide cover image*/ .primary .content .section-holder .cover{ display:none; } div.boxxy { width: 209px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 25px; } div.thumb { width: 201px; height: 137px; border: 4px solid #C4C4C4; } div.thumb img { width: 201px; height: 137px; display: block; } div.deets h3, div.deets h3 a { color: #EC3224; text-decoration: none; } </style> <div class="boxxy"> <div class="thumb"> <a href<p><a href="http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/fall-winter-2016-17/article/unconventional-paths">read more</a></p> Fall Winter 2016-17 Unconventional Paths Sun, 06 Nov 2016 17:53:57 +0000 alumni 528 at http://www.ucalgarymag.ca Class Notes http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/fall-winter-2016-17/article/class-notes <!--paging_filter--><style> /*hide cover image*/ .primary .content .section-holder .cover{ display:none; } </style> <p><b>Send us your news.</b> Wedding, birth, promotion, retirement or award? Let us know at <a href="http://www.netcommunity.ucalgary.ca">netcommunity.ucalgary.ca</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/fall-winter-2016-17/article/class-notes">read more</a></p> Fall Winter 2016-17 Class Notes Sun, 06 Nov 2016 17:11:20 +0000 alumni 527 at http://www.ucalgarymag.ca Alumni Update http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/fall-winter-2016-17/article/alumni-update <!--paging_filter--><style> /*hide cover image*/ .primary .content .section-holder .cover{ display:none; } </style> <h4 style="font: normal 24px Georgia, times, serif; color: #ee2e24;">Packed With Promise<br /><span style="font-size: 18px; color: #000000;">Vern Kimball, President of UCalgary’s Alumni Association</span></h4> <hr style="height:10px;border:none;color:#333;background-color:#333;" /> <p><span class="inline inline-left" style="margin-top:0px;height: 285 px;padding-right:10px;border-right:1px solid #EFEFEF;"><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="/files/ucalgarymag_20161004/Vern_web.jpg" /></span></p><p><a href="http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/fall-winter-2016-17/article/alumni-update">read more</a></p> Fall Winter 2016-17 Alumni Update Sun, 06 Nov 2016 17:06:31 +0000 alumni 526 at http://www.ucalgarymag.ca Faculty vs. Faculty http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/fall-winter-2016-17/article/faculty-vs-faculty <!--paging_filter--><h4 style="font: normal 24px Georgia, times, serif; color: #ee2e24;">Connectivity Clashes<br /><span style="font-size: 18px; color: #000000;">Is technology in classrooms causing a deeper shift in how students learn? How are the Internet and search engines impacting student research skills? Discover the answers in this issue’s debate as two different professors invite us into their classrooms where, in one, technology is embraced and, in the other, less so.</span></h4> <hr style="height:10px;border:none;color:#333;background-color:#333;" /> <hr> <p><a href="http://www.ucalgarymag.ca/issue/fall-winter-2016-17/article/faculty-vs-faculty">read more</a></p> Fall Winter 2016-17 Faculty Said / Alumna Said Sun, 06 Nov 2016 16:33:57 +0000 alumni 525 at http://www.ucalgarymag.ca