Third Annual UVic Alumni Week: Feb. 1 - 7

The University of Victoria and the UVic Alumni Association will present Alumni Week 2010 from Feb. 1 through Feb. 7, with 14 events honouring the contributions UVic graduates make to their communities—in the capital region and around the world.

On Feb. 3 at 6:30 p.m. in the University Club at UVic, faculties from across campus will present the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Awards. For the first time, 10 award recipients selected by nine faculties and the Division of Continuing Studies will be featured in an awards ceremony hosted by UVic Chancellor Murray Farmer, BA ’68.

The 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients are:

Jiang Nan (Jane) Zhu, MBA ’06, Faculty of Business
Co-founder, DragonPass VIP travel services (China)

Sandra Richardson, Certificate in Public Relations ’00, Division of Continuing Studies
CEO, The Victoria Foundation

Betty Clazie, BEd ’73, Faculty of Education
Early proponent of the middle school concept in Saanich schools

Catherine Roome, BEng (Electrical) ’90, Faculty of Engineering
Chief Operating Officer, BC Safety Authority

Deborah Willis, BA ’06 (English/Writing), Faculty of Fine Arts
Author of the Governor General’s Award-nominated Vanishing and Other Stories

Catherine Claiter, BSc (Health Information) ’00, Human and Social Development
Chief Information Officer, Vancouver Island Health Authority

Ron Greene, BA (Japanese/French) ’89, Faculty of Humanities
Former owner of Capital Iron, current president of the BC Historical Federation

Allan Seckel, QC, LLB ’83, Faculty of Law
Deputy minister to the premier and cabinet secretary

Robin Harkness, PhD (Biochemistry) ’85, Faculty of Science
Associate Vice President/Program Leader, Sanofi Pasteur vaccines

Tracy Redies, BA (Economics/Pacific & Asian Studies) ’84, Faculty of Social Sciences
President and CEO, Coast Capital Savings

Other Alumni Week 2010 events include a Feb. 1 reunion of more than 150 former students of Victoria College, UVic’s predecessor.

The alumni association will also co-host (with the UVic Learning and Teaching Centre and the Faculty of Graduate Studies) a Feb. 2 celebration of teaching. Nineteen faculty members, lecturers and teaching assistants will be recognized for their outstanding classroom leadership.

All alumni are also eligible to enter to win Alumni Week 2010 prizes, including a grand prize of a $3,000-travel package from UNIGLOBE Geo Travel.

Details are available from the UVic Alumni home page at alumni.uvic.ca.
 

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