"New" Cornett celebration
- Anne MacLaurin
On Sept. 22, under grey skies, the Cornett Building courtyard was filled with green umbrellas and smiling faces. Elder Joyce Underwood drummed and said the opening prayer and welcome to the land. After three and half years or renovation activity, the “new” Cornett was complete and it was time to celebrate and thank the staff and faculty who worked in the building despite the endless jackhammering noises, floods and loss of heat.
Social Sciences Dean Peter Keller took the opportunity to thank a number of people who oversaw and coordinated all the work, including the Facilities Management team, VP Finance and Operations Gayle Gorrill and Associate VP Finance and Operations Kristi Simpson. Most of all, Keller thanked the people who lived and worked in the building, and as a token of appreciation green-and-white umbrellas were passed around to everyone.
The day also marked the official opening of a generous art donation by George and Christiane Smyth. The Smyths donated part of their contemporary Coast Salish art in memory of sociology professor Morgan Baker, who died in August 2009. The Cornett art displays can be viewed on all three floors and include such artists as Maynard Johnny Jr, Susan Point, Chris Paul, lessLIE, Ray Sim and Andy Peterson.
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