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University of Guelph Alumnus Magazine, Winter 2001
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3 message from the
4 in and around the University
U oF G opens new
teaching facilities
that provide high-speed
computing and multime
dia equipment for stu
dent use, eight faculty
receive research excel
lence awards from the
provincial government,
and the College of Physi
cal and Engineering Sci
ence welcomes a new
dean from eastern Cana
da. In addition, construc
tion begins on a 660-bed
residence townhouse.
WINTER 2001
TEACHING
TOUGH PROFS How tough are they? Six U of G professors who demand a lot from
students get top marks for their ability to motivate and inspire.
STUDENT LIFE
LIVE AND LEARN This is how spaces become places to call home. It's fate that puts
two strangers together in a university residence room, but it's a
well-planned first-year experience that helps them find their way
from adolescence to adulthood.
18
ON THE COVER PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR KarenWendlingisoneof
the tough ones. Her students don't have to like her wacky
earrings or her point of view, but they'd better be prepared
for class and ready to defend their own opinions.
Photo by Dean Palmer/The Scenario
rwe rwere
36
alumni Matters
THe University of
Guelph Alumni
Association looks for
volunteers and nominees
for its annual awards
program. The Arboretum
recognizes its supporters,
and the OVC Class of' 49
celebrates its 50th
anniversary by establish
ing a scholarship endow
ment. And with this issue
of the Guelph Alumnus,
more than 46,000
grads receive a special
newsletter.
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2 GuELPH ALUMNus
Quelph alumnus Winter 2001 • VOLUME 33 IssuE I
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U NIVERSITY grGUELPH
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
message from the President
THE UN I VE RSITY OF GUELPH, like all other
Ontario unive rsiti es, is fac in g o ne of the greatest
enrolment challenges since the 1960s, when the baby
boomer generation reached university age and post-sec
ondary institutio ns grew at a rate unseen since the end
of the Seco nd Wo rld War.
In just three short years, when the provincial gov
ernment eliminates Grade 13 fro m the
high school curriculum , an estimated
57,000 students are expected to co me
knocking on universit ies' doors seek
ing admission. Other demographic fac
tors, such as the movement of boomers'
children through the education system
and a projected increase in overall uni
versity participation, will push that in i
tial figure to some 89,000 students seek
ing university placem ent over the next
decade, so the 57,000 new students in
2003 are not a passing pheno meno n.
This enrolment challenge is
MORDECHAI ROZANSKI
If we proceed with this growth, it will be phased-in over
the next eight to nine years, peaking at 18,000 by 2009.
Subject to additional operating funds, the University of
Guelph and Humber College are committed to increas
ing enrolment by an additional 2,000 by 2006 in the new
blended programs, to be delivered primarily in a new
facility at Humber (funded by $30 million in capital
support through the Super Build Growth
Fund) and scheduled to begin with a
pilot program of 200 students in 2002.
To accommodate our projected
growth, as well as cope with substan
tial retirements, we expect to make new
faculty and staff appointments over the
next 10 years. It will also be important
for us to identify ways of retaining the
talented people we already have.
In the meantime, we continue to revi
talize our campus f~1cilities. To date, we
have either completed or plan to complete
over $160 million worth of work
a critical consideratio n fo r us
as we plan fo r o ur future a nd
pursue our visio n , which is
based on the principles of qual
ity, accessibility, distinctiveness,
innovation and fiscal responsi
bility. To ensure th at some of
these deeply held principles are
preserved, we es tabl ished , in
T HE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, on capital projects critical to sup
porting our academic mission: a
660-bed suite-style residence, the
addition to the Thornbrough
Building, classroom and labora
tory upgrades, a new field house
for intramural sports, the pro
posed science complex and a
LIKE ALL OTHER ONTARIO
UN I VERSITIES, IS FACING ONE
OF THE GREATEST ENROLMENT
CHALLENGES SINCE THE 1960s
spring 1999, four "plann ing cl usters" to examine the fol
lowing areas: enrolm ent growth with qua li ty; strategic
research planning; recruitment, retention and support of
faculty and staff; and expansion and renewal of facilities
for learning, research, living and working. Underlying this
planning process are several fundamental pr inciples:
U of G will be un able to grow substantially unless it
receives increased provincial operating grant support
and additional funds fo r fac ili t ies re newal. (Guelph
has already received $50 millio n towards a new sci
ence complex and a classroom cluster from the provin
cial Super Build G rowth Fund .)
The G uelph cam p us in fras tructu re will not support
growth beyond 18,000 students, from its present 15,000.
cluster of "smart classrooms"
with the latest in learning and information technologies.
As we further refine our plans and map our future, we wil l
continue to involve our governance bodies and commu
nity in planning consultation and keep the wider Univer
sity community well-informed with regular updates.
All these activities reflect our ongoing commitment to
a dynamic vision of Guelph: to be Canada's innovative
leader in creating, transmitting and applying knowledge to
improve the social, cultural and economic quality of life of
Canadians. We plan to achieve this by educating and grad
uating first-class students prepared for life, careers and cit
izenship, and by continuing to generate world-class research,
scholarship and creative work to serve society sustainably
and responsibly.
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• 1n an aroun PARTNERSHIP BOOSTS ENGINEERING/ COMPUTING SCIENCE
U of G and partners Hewlett
Packard (Canada) Ltd. and
the Ministry of Training, Col
leges and Universities
(MTCU) have made a $9.4-
mi llion investment in the
future of engineering and
computing science.
In a 35,000-square-foot
addition to the Thornbrough
Building, this unique partner
ship is providing new state-of
the-art facilities and technol
ogy that will build on the
University's unique programs
to create a nationally recog
nized centre in biological and
environmental engineering
and computing science.
It will also enable Guelph
to tr iple its undergraduate
enrolment and double its
graduate enrolment in a range
of innovative high-demand
programs in the School of
Honoured guests and partners officially open the $9-4-million Thorn·
brough Building addition Sept. 25. From left are former Board of Gov·
ernors vice-chair Albert Thornbrough; School of Engineering director
Lambert Otten; Prof. David Swayne, acting chair of the Department of
Computing and Information Science; former U of G president Bill Wine·
gard; founding B of G chair Thomas McEwan; chancellor Lincoln Alexan·
der; CPES dean Bob McCrindle; engineering student Melissa Fortin;
president Mordechai Rozanski; Guelph MPP Brenda Elliott; Dianne Cun·
ningham, minister of training, colleges and universities; and Paul
Tsaparis, president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard (Canada )Ltd.
Engineering and Department
of Computing and Informa
tion Science (CIS).
Under its Access to Oppor
tunities Program, MTCU pro
vided $4.7 million to increase
Second in Canada, tops in Ontario
U OF G RANKED first in
all indicators of student
quality and made gains in over
all reputation, but saw Simon
Fraser University move into
first position in the compre
hensive category in the annual
Maclen11's ran kings of Canadi
an universities released Nov. 13.
Maclean's rated U of G the
No. I comprehensive universi
ty in Ontario overall and the
top comprehensive university
in Canada in the following indi
cators of student quality: aver-
4 GuELPH ALUMNUS
age entering grade of students;
proportion of entering students
with an average of 75 per cent
or higher; and percentage of
students who graduate. Guelph
also rose in the national repu
tational survey to be ranked
second-best overall.
President Mordechai Rozan
ski congratulated Simon Fras
er on its success in this year's
ran kings and said: "Our strong
performance within the context
of provincial operating funding
constraints is a tribute to our
outstanding faculty, staff, stu
dents, academic and adminis
trative leadership and alumni.
I am particularly pleased to
note that our commitment to
providing the highest-quality
education for our students has
been recognized."
In interviews with media,
Ann Dowsett johnston, editor
of the annual Maclean's rank
ing issue, said the difference
between Guelph and Simon
Fraser was tiny this year and
had more to do with the B.C.
enrolment in the School of
Engineering and CIS, with the
funding to be matched by
money from the private sector.
The vast majority of the match
came from HP Canada, main
ly through a range of high
technology equipment and
computers. In addition, the
company is making a signifi
cant donation to Guelph's
S@GE program, a unique chil
dren's science camp that pro
motes science education, par
ticularly among young girls.
MTCU will also provide addi
tional operating support for
the increased enrolment.
The Thornbrough addi
tion will be used by both the
School of Engineer ing and
CIS, providing a physical link
between the two and capital
izing on existing and poten
tial synergies.
university pulling ahead
because of financial advantage
than with any decline in quali
ty at U of G. She said Guelph is
still "a very elite institution; still
very student-focused."
Dowsett johnston added
that almost every Ontario uni
versity fell, and she attributed
the slippage to funding cuts
from the province, which she
said have forced many univer
sities to increase class sizes and
spend less per student.
• • n1vers1 PEOPLE IN THE NEWS • CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS • UNIVERSITY NOTES
OVC opens high-tech learning centre
WITH THE HELP ofdig
nitaries present in person
and online, the future of veteri
nary education was unveiled
Nov. 21 at the official opening
of the Ontario Veterinary Col
lege's Learning Commons.
The Learning Commons
transforms a significant portion
of the OVC Library into a state
of-the-art digital learning and
research centre with high-speed
digital links with veterinary col
leges in P.E.l. and Quebec.
At the opening, V!Ps from
those two colleges appeared in
real time on giant monitors,
joining other guests on site,
including Ontario Minister of
Finance Ernie Eves; David Trick,
assistant deputy minister with
the Ministry of Training, Col
leges and Universities (MTCU);
and Michael Gourley, cha ir of
the board of directors of the
Ontario Innovation Trust. "This
is a wonderful day for faculty,
IN FACT ... Thirty-five first -year students at U of G were among the first recipients of excellence awards from the Canada Millennium Scholarship foundation, which recogni:t.es high academic achievement and community involvement.
From left are Micheal Gourley, David Trick, DVM student Sarah Slater,
Ernie Eves, OVC dean Alan Meek and president Mordechai Rozanski.
staff and students at the co l
lege," said OVC dean Alan
Meek. "The Learning Com
mons is a major leap forward in
our learning and research capa
bi lities and w ill p rovide key
support for the new doctor of
veterinary medicine DVM 2000
curriculum."
President Mordechai Rozan
ski congratu lated all parties
involved on campus and at sis
ter veterinary colleges in P.E.I.
a nd Q uebec fo r their "v isio n
and collaborative spir it in mak
ing th is learning, teach ing and
CPES names new dean
Memorial University chemistry professor Peter Tremaine
has been appointed dean of the College of Physical and
Engineering Science, effective April 2, 2001. He joined Memo
rial in 1991 and served two terms as head of chemistry. Pre
viously, he held research positions with Atomic Energy of Cana
da Ltd., the Alberta Research Council (ARC) and the Alberta
Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority/ARC/ industry
research program. He is president of the International Asso
ciation of Properties of Water and Steam and chaired the 13th
International Conference on Steam and Water Properties.
research fac il ity a rea lity. The
Learning Commons is a nother
example of how OVC is revital
izing itself for the 2 1st centu ry."
As part of the OVC Library,
the Learning Commons w ill
faci li tate co llaboration, resea rch
and independent lea rni ng.
Made possible through the sup- ;;! s port of MTCU, the Indus t ry 0
Canada agency CANARIE Inc. ~ :;::
and industry partner Life lea rn ?;:;
Inc., it features a centra l area ~ with high-speed n1u ltimedia 2 computers, network v ideo ~ servers and specia l Internet ~ links, giving facu lty and st u
dents access to interact ive edu
cational resources as we ll as
on line video conferenci ng.
"This is bel ieved to be the
first example anyw here in
Canada of institutions from a
broad geograph ica l area co m
ing together to sha re pro fes
sional programs as part of a vir
tua l commun ity;' sa id Meek.
Winter 2001 5
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in and around the University
EIGHT FACULTY CLAIM PREA AWARDS
E1 G H T U oF G researchers
have won Premier's Research
Excellence Awards (PREA)
in the two latest rounds of
the provincial program
designed to boost invest
ment in research.
A total ofl5 U ofG facul
ty have won PREAs to date.
With the awards valued at
$150,000 each, $100,000 com
ing from the Ministry of
Energy, Science and Technol
ogy and $50,000 from the
University or other sources,
the total value of U of G
PREA awards now stands at
$2.25 million.
The new PREA recipi
ents are Profs. Eric Poisson,
Physics; John Klironomos,
Botany, Kees de Lange, Ani
mal and Poultry Science;
Yoshi Mine, Food Science;
Beren Robinson and Eliza
beth Boulding, Zoology;
Dev Mangroo, Chemistry
and Biochemistry; and
Daniel Fischlin, Literatures
and Performance Studies in
English.
Fischlin is the first U of
Gwinner in the arts. "Now
that the principle has been
established that members of
our discip lines are eligible
for these awards, I am sure
we will see more coming to
the college in fu ture years,"
says College of Arts dean
Carole Stewart.
PREA funds are intend
ed to help · gifted young
researchers expand their
research efforts by attracting
graduate students, post-doc
toral fellows and research
associates to their programs.
6 GUELPH ALUMNUS
Scientists honoured
U of G awarded two honorary
degrees and about 6so degrees
and diplomas during fall convoca
tion ceremonies Oct. 16 to 18. Hon
orary degree recipients were Maarten
Chrispeels, director of the Centre for
Molecular Agriculture at the Univer
sity of California at San Diego, and
Marian Stamp Dawkins, a professor
of biological sciences and animal
behaviour at Somerville College at
Oxford University.
In addition, Gordon Nixon, founder
of the U of G Alumni Association,
received the inaugural Lincoln Alexan
der Medal of Distinguished Service,
and two retired faculty members were
named University professors emeriti
- Prof. Richard Protz, Land Resource
Science, and Prof. Ronald Harris, Envi
ronmental Biology.
Cl H R boosts U of G research
U of G researchers say the
inauguration of the new
Canadian Institutes of Health
Research (CIHR) bodes well for
a variety of long-standing
health-related research pro
grams at Guelph .
Six U of G scientists recent
ly received a total of $1.7 mil
lion for health research projects
ranging from bacterial infection
to genetics, bringing to 24 the
total number of Guelph
researchers who are currently
IN FACT ...
receiving C!HR funding.
"At U of G, there are a large
number of research programs
that have a major impact on the
health and well-being of Cana
dians," says Prof. Ross Hallett,
assistant vice-president (research
infrastructure programs).
C!HR funding supports pro
jects in a range of areas, includ
ing bacterial and viral infections,
DNA repair, childhood injuries,
aging and nutrition. It includes
operat ing and equipment
A new PhD program in literary studies/theatre studies, developed jointly by U of G and Wilfrid Laurier University, has been hailed by the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies as an example for other institutions to follow.
grants, post-doctoral fellowships
and doctoral research awards,
one senior investigator award
and Burroughs Wellcome Fund
student research awards.
The six scientists who
received the new CI HR funding
are Prof. Mark Baker, Pathobi
ology; Prof. Rod Merrill, Chem
istry and Biochemistry; Profs.
janet Wood and joe Lam,
Microbiology; and Profs. Allan
King and jonathan Lamarre,
Biomedical Sciences. This sum
mer, CIHR awarded a chair
worth more than $346,000 to
Prof. Heather Keller, Family
Relations and Applied Nutrition.
The U of G awards are part
of a $194-million investment in
research initiatives across Cana
da at universities and hospitals,
in government and in the vol
untary health sector.
Appointments
w
"' ~ ASSOCIATE VP :I:
~ (ACADEMIC) z ~ PROF. MAUREEN MANCUSO,
~ former chair of the Department
fu of Political Science, will serve as Vl
~ associate vice-president (acade-
6: mic) for the next five years. On
faculty at Guelph since 1992, she
has served as U of G's academic
colleague to the Council of
Ontario Universities since 1998
and is well known for her
research on scandal, corruption
and political ethics. She co-
authored the book A Question of Ethics: Canadians Speak Out, which received wide coverage
from national and internation
al media.
ATHLETICS DIRECTOR R 1 c H A R o F R E EM AN has
replaced retiring Dave Copp as
director of athletics. Freeman has
been business manager in the
department for the past 30 years,
handling the public relations and
advertising side of athletics.
REGULATORY CHAIR )OAN WAKEMAN, B.Sc.'78,
has been appointed the first
Canadian Food Inspection
Agency (CFIA) regulatory chair
with the U of G-based Canadian
Institute for Food Inspection and
Regulation. Her career includes
working as a bacteriologist in the
private sector, as a food and drug
inspector with Health Canada
and as a food project officer with
Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada programs and CFIA.
Digging in to increase residence spaces
Construction is under way on U of G's new town·
house-style residence complex scheduled for com·
pletion this fall. Funded through external financ·
ing, the new $38-million East Residence Village
will provide accommodation for 66o students, help·
ing to meet an increased demand for campus
housing due both to recent enrolment growth and
a low vacancy rate in the city of Guelph.
U OF G WELCOMES AWARD-WINNING SCIENCE WRITER
STEPHEN STRAUSS, award
winning science writer,
colwnnist and editorial board
member with The Globe and Mail, is the inaugural winner
of the University of Guelph
Donner/Guelph Book Fel
lowship.
Strauss's fellowship will
fall under the auspices of
Guelph's newly created Cen
tre for Safe Food (CSF),
which will have as its man
date the development of
credible science-based com
munication and manage
ment programs that enhance
consumer confidence and
transparency in the food
safety system.
Made possible through
start-up funding from the
Donner Foundation, the CSF
will in its first year provide
research and conferences
around emerging agri-food
issues, several graduate stu
dents and one-post-doctor
al fellow, and a new gradu
ate-level co u rse in food
safety risk analysis, in addi
tion to the Donner/Guelph
Book Fellowship.
"The support from the
Donner Foundation repre
sents an opportunity for the
University to establish, with
other partners, a centre that
will actively engage Canad i
ans in the debate about food
safety options and alterna
tives, as well as enhance the
efforts of government, indus
try and producers to com
municate and manage food
safety issues;' says Prof. Larry
Milligan, vice-president
(research).
Winter 200 I 7
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FRENCH 'SURVIVOR' BEES COUlD SAVE
CANADIAN COUSINS AU oF G RESEARCHER is
hoping French immigrants now
in hiding on an Ontario island
Gard Otis
will provide a so lution to a
deadly predator killing Cana
da's honeybee populations.
The varroa mite is a parasite
that has devastated honeybee
colonies worldwide in the last
20 years, a nd until now, com
mercial beekeepe rs have been
forced to use in secticides to
slow the infestation .
But Guelph environmental
biology professor Gard Otis
may have found a natural
"' genetically based way to beat
~ the mites. Last year at an interCf. national beekeeping conference,
~ he learned from French scien
~ tist Yves LeConte that wild bee z ~ populatio ns in several regions
co of France have rebounded over ~ I the last seve n yea rs. Although u ~ the reaso ns for the apparent
t;: res istance a re unkn own, Otis
~ and Le Co nte initi ated a dual >-~ research project to determine if
5 the resi sta nce is genetically
it based and can be bred into
Canadian bee strains.
This summer in France, they
exchanged uninfected queen
bees and are now rearing sister
colonies infested with mites in
each country. But to meet strict
Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada regulations - which
do not generally permit the
importation of bees - the
French queens brought to
Canada have been placed in
quarantine on an island far
enough from the mainland to
be beyond a honeybee's normal
flight range.
He and LeConte will study
the growth rates of mite popu
lations in both French and
Canadian bee colonies as the
first step towards breeding resist
ant colonies. "I'm hopeful for
the first time in years;' Otis says.
TAKING AIM AT TEETH GRINDING
A NEW DEVICE created by a
U of G engineering professor
and students may lead to better
methods for preventing the
wear and tear caused by night
ly teeth grinding.
One-quarter of all Canadi
an dental patients arc diagnosed
IN FACT ... One-quarter of all Canadian dental patients grind their teeth in their sleep and often wake up with headaches.
with bruxism, teeth grinding
during sleep. Forces generated
by grinding teeth can be so
strong that the teeth get worn
down to the nerves. Bruxism
sufferers often wake up with
headaches and pains in their
jaws. But they may be helped by
a device designed by biological
engineering students Shel li e
Boudreau and Nicole Lauwaert,
and systems and computing
engineering student Zeynin
)una, in collaboration with
engineering professor john
Runciman, Guelph respirolo
gist Gerry Hollinger and
Guelph dentist Don Cohen.
The device will have pres
sure-activated sensors
embedded within a plastic
mouthguard that fits over a per
son's teeth- that send digital
signals to a computer program,
which records activity.
"We'd like to see our infor
mation put towards designing a
more effective mouthguard;' says
Boudreau, "and we hope o ur
device will be used in sleep labs
to help determine at what stage
of sleep bruxism is triggered."
WilDLIFE DAMAGE COSTS FARMERS
RAVENOUS RACCOONS,
birds, deer and other wild life
are eating their way through
Ontario farms to the tune of
about $4I million a year, but
farmers still have a strong
appreciation for wi ldli fe and
consider much of the loss "the
price of doing business;' a study
by Prof. Kim Rollins, Agricu l-
tural Economics and Business,
has fo und.
The st udy was the first ever
to put a price tag on wildlife
damage to Ontario's field crop,
fruit, vegetable, beef and sheep
farms. It reports that wildl ife
damage exceeds $33 million
annually, and farmers are spend
in g an additional $7.5 million
trying to keep critters at bay.
Farmers are also reporting that
wi ldlife-caused losses to crops
Kim Rollins
and livestock have increased over
the past five years.
Even so, nearl y 80 per cent
of fa rm e rs surveyed said
wildlife is a necessa ry part of
the balance of nature, and more
than half take measures to sup
port wildlife, investing some $8
million to enhance habitats on
their farms in 1998 alone.
"The bottom lin e is that
wildlife requires a natural habi
tat;' says Rollins. "The a nimals
aren't owned- they're wild
and farmers reali ze this ."
The most ambitious wildlife
study to date for Ontario, this
research was based on a random
sampling of some I,OOO Ontario
farms. It included three separate
Winter 2001 9
surveys and extensive farming logs
that quantified losses over a two-
year period. A final report of find-
ings was completed this summer.
The study primarily exam-
ined damage from large mam-
mals such as deer and bears;
small mammals such as coyotes, wolves, dogs and raccoons; and
waterfowl and birds.
REMEMBERING THEATRE HISTORY
PROF. ALAN FILEWOD, Lit-
eratures and Performance Stud-
ies in English, is planning a
book that he hopes will draw
attention to an almost forgot-
ten chapter of Canada's the-
atrical history and political life w -the workers' theatre move-O:l ....J
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Performances often took access to the bloodstream.
place on the streets, revo lved just like humans, cats and
around current events and were dogs sometimes need life-saving an attempt to intervene in pub- blood transfusions during lie movements to help mobilize surgery or in emergencies, says the people. Aubert. Client-based blood
"Dozens of troupes proba- donation programs are available bly existed across Canada;' says for dogs, but there is no com-Filewod, "but they have not parable program for felines. really been considered theatre Blood collection is also more
Alan Filewood because they were left wing and complex for cats, as they are on the streets." typically less amenable to being
can be seen between the work- held for collection, she says. ers' theatre movement and the REDUCING As a result, collecting blood kind of group action mobilized STRESS WHEN donations from cats requires in current protests such as those TREATING CATS more planning and help as the
at World Trade Organization COLLECTING BLOOD from animals are typically anaes-meetings in Seattle and Prague. cats may soon be less stressful thetized for the procedure. In
The workers' theatre move- for animals and humans alike addition, more blood is usual-ment was born in the midst of thanks to a new method devel- ly taken per procedure to min-the Depression with the Second oped by an OVC researcher. imize the amount of times World War on the horizon. Isabelle Aubert, a third-year blood is collected. Troupes made up of students, internal medicine resident, is Using vascular access ports progressive arts clubs, unem- studying the use of implanted would mean the donor cats played workers and others per- vascular access ports in felines. would not need to be sedated ceived an international crisis The devices are surgically placed and less blood could be taken looming and wanted to see under the animal's skin and into to reduce stress. change. a blood vessel to allow for a safe For her study, Aubert will
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TAlKING BENEFITS STROKE RECOVERY
HEALTH-CARE WORKERS and loved ones could speed up a stroke victim's speech recovery by therapy as simple as speaking to them regularly, according to findings by psychology professor Dan Meegan.
The groundbreaking discovery by Meegan and colleagues at the University of Rochester found a link between how the brain perceives incoming information from the senses and how it controls the production of bodily movement.
The researchers discovered improvements in motor timing
following exposure to auditory stimulation such as speech. This finding suggests that exposure to speech or other forms of sensory stimulation might lead to speedier and improved motor skill rehabilitation.
"Our study shows that the
Dan Meegan
brain's ability to perceive time and our ability to control the timing of our bodily movements are closely connected;' says Meegan. "In fact, motor learning can occur without motor training. This means stroke patients could be practising motor timing even
while they are still unable to move their limbs or muscles. The result might be an accelerated recovery. It's a major finding for those of us in the cognitive and neural sciences and provides a potential wealth of implications for rehabilitative cases."
PROF WORKS TO STOP IllEGAl
TURTlE TRADE CoN CERNED thattheillegal pet trade is threatening Ontario's endangered wood turtle, zoology professor Ron Brooks is working to help catch and prosecute turtle smugglers.
He uses microchip technol ogy to identify turtles in Algonquin Park and says microchips could cut down on illegal traffic by pinpointing a smuggled turtle's origins.
"Overall, there's no group of animals that is in more danger than turtles;' says Brooks, who has been studying Ontario's
wood turtle populations since 1987. " If you have attractive animals with good characteristics, it makes them especially vulnerable."
Wood turtles have always been at risk from loss of habitat, highway construction and natural predation. But now, their popularity as pets, medicine, aphrodisiacs and food is further threatening their survival. Wood turtles are listed as being an endangered species in Ontario and a vulnerable species in Canada.
At nest sites in Algonquin Park (one of three places known to be home to Ontario's remain-ing wood turtle populations), Brooks and graduate student Kim Smith are implanting a ~
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spoon-feeding allowed in their classe
And their students love them for it.
TH E COFFEE JAR wasrunning low.First
year philosophy, a take- home test d ue the
next day, and james Mattick was on a 12-
hour readin g marathon to get through
material he was supposed to have digested
over the co urse of several weeks. The sun
was long up when he fi nished the test, his answers drawn from fatigued thought and
a caffein e headache.
Prof. Karen Wendling was not impressed.
Waxing philosophical, Mattick says the all
nighter taught him what not to do at the Uni
versity of Guelph, where students are expect
ed to be "active" partners in the learning
process, and especially not in a course taught by a professor who has a reputation for being
demanding and unmoved by excuses.
12 GuELPH ALUMNus
"!didn't do exceptionally well on the
exam;' Mattick says in the hallway after class,
tucking his marked test into a folder and
out of sight. He admits that he didn't really expect to
get away with the last-minute cramming.
Wendling told her students during the first
week of class that she is tough, that the
material they will study is hard and that she
expects them to challenge it, challenge her
and be prepared to defend their opinions.
In other words, she wants them to think
about what they're learning. There is no shortage of such professors
at Guelph. In fact, writing an article on the
subject is a lot like preparing for a final
exam: you spend weeks collecting material
from professors, students, counsellors and
peer helpers, too much for the lim ited
amount of time and space available. There's
a temptation to slip into "cram mode" and
try to squeeze every great professor at
Guelph into a single article. But this story
will focus instead on a handful of tough and challenging faculty who serve as examples
of what has earned the Un iversity a nation
al reputation for teach ing excellence. They are "tough," "demanding," "daz
zling" and "inspiring" teachers whose meth
ods of educating run the gamut from choos
ing difficult readings to using tennis balls
to explain physics or cartoons and com ic
books to explain microbiology and Shakespeare. Some make a point of involving
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These Guelph profs demand critical thinking and coherent arguments.
undergraduates in research projects that
augment class assignments. Others are
renowned for lectures that stimulate stu
dents to debrief by e-mail afterward.
Their teaching styles are as varied as their
disciplines, but these Guelph professors
share a genuine desire to help students suc
ceed and the knowledge that a reputa t ion
for teaching excellence is not a laurel that
comes without struggle. Expecting and
demanding resu lts is a difficult- albeit
rewarding- process. It may be pa inful at
times for both student and teacher. But for
some, there is no other way to educate and
no better way to learn.
"My favourite professors are the ones who
challenge my way of thinking;' says fourth
year biomedica l sciences student Mike
Stephenson, a President's Scholar and nom
inee for a Rhodes Scholarsh ip. "I like profes-
sors who ask hard questions, but who are
respectful of the answers you give. I'm
inspired by professors who are motivated and
have passion for what they are teaching."
Stephanie Van Egmond, a 1997 Guelph
graduate, adds that she learned best when
she was pushed to str ive for excellence.
Sometimes, the lesson came in the form of
a low mark, including one in a phi losophy
course taught by Wendling. "She simply said
that I was smart and that she expected bet
ter work from me," says Van Egmond. "Yes,
I fe lt a lo t of pressure, bu t I also fe lt chal
lenged to live up to my own capabilities."
Wendling takes it as a compliment that
her current and former students say she is
demanding. It's one of the most frequent
com ments she reads on course eva luations,
righ t alongside quips and remarks about
her collection of"wacky" earrings. "When
students call me tough, it tells me that I'm
doing something right. My favourite cours
es as an undergraduate were always the ones
where I felt challenged, the ones I contin
ued to think about long after the semester
was over, courses that raise issues that keep
you up late at night thinking and wonder
ing about the right thing to do."
As for her career choice, Wendling nev
er had any doubts. "I always planned to be
a professor. I come from a family of profes
sors, and it was something I wanted to do
as long as I can remember." She started out
studying physics, but switched to philoso
phy because it "felt like finding home. Grow
ing up, we would always talk about things
at home, argue about things, and I always
worried about moral issues."
Home is also where she developed her
teaching goals, wanting her students to come
Winter 200 1 13
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away from her courses with the ability to understand and admire people they may disagree with.
Like Wendling, veterinary science professor Peter Physick-Sheard revels in the fact that he is known as a demanding teacher. "I want my students to do the best they can, and I am not doing them any service if I spoon-feed them;' he says.
A faculty member in the departments of Population Medicine and Clinical Studies, Physick-Sheard worked with race horses in private practice, then concentrated on veterinary surgery before turning his full-time focus to teaching. A graduate of the University of Bristol, he says he considers teaching the most enjoyable part of his job"although my students may wonder about that at times."
"Tough but fair" is what they say, and Physick-Sheard admits that he is "very direct" in his teaching style. "I don't mince words and I never usc notes."
A disability now requires him to use a scooter to get around, and he has taken to parking it at the front of the lecture room, where he just talks, asks questions and inter
acts with the class. "I think some of the students find it
intimidating. Everyone has a different teaching style, and many of the students have taken courses where they sit and are delivered small, easily digestible bits of information. Then I come along and discuss things and ask them to reflect on the value of the information they have learned. Some of the students find it a bit disturbing, they have to work harder, and they're not as comfortable."
He notes that the Ontario Veterinary College and the entire University have high admission standards that attract the best students
14 GuELPH ALUMNUS
from Ontario, as well as the rest of Canada and other countries. He believes students appreciate the fact that he respects their intelligence enough to demand their best work.
"Simply asking the students to remember facts and then regurgitate them isn't doing justice to their minds; it's not flexing their intellectual muscles;' he says. "One of the best comments I ever got on a student evaluation was: 'This class is why I came to university."'
Prof. Alejandro Marangoni insists that his food science students learn more than it takes just to pass his courses. "All the questions I ask of them require that they develop an intuitive sense of the material. When students know the material well enough to say to me: 'What you are saying is incomplete; that is a high for me in class."
It's no surprise that Marangoni is demanding in the classroom because he makes similar demands on himself. Hired as a professor at age 26, he is the winner of numerous prestigious research awards, including the first-ever Young Scientist Research Award from the American Oil Chemists Society, which he won over 20 other nominees from around the world. In 1999, he received an Ontario Premier's
Research Excellence Award to boost his study of the physical properties of fats and oils such as milk fat and cocoa butter. And in his spare time, he likes to go freestyle kayaking and is working towards a brown belt in judo.
"He has such high standards that he encourages people, he inspires," says graduate student Amanda Wright. She took several courses from Marangoni as an undergraduate and is now working on her PhD degree under his supervision. "His courses are difficult- you have to pay attention - but he is so excited about what he's teaching, you can't help but get into it."
Marangoni's own university experience was inspiration for his teaching style. Originally from Ecuador, he won a scholarship to Lester B. Pearson College in Victoria, B.C. "When I was a student, I always hated mem
orizing things for the sake of survival. I used to dress up in a suit and tic for exams; I treated it like an important occasion. I used to go in and say to myself: 'OK, try and throw something at me I don't know."'
It was a more nonchalant attitude that earned Prof. Alastair Summerlee a reputation for truancy during his high school and university days. "It was sort of a standing joke;'
provost and vice-president (academic). " If
class began at 9 a.m. and if I didn't think I was
going to get something out of it, l was gone
by 9:10a.m. l can still hear the professor say
ing: 'Off again, Mr. Summerlee?"' Remem
bering that experience makes him work hard
er now to make coming to class worth his
students' time, he says.
Summerlee is in a unique position to add
perspective on the subject of teaching and
learning. A professor in the Department of
Biomedical Sciences since 1988, he was
named to his administrative position last year
and is now responsible for the entire acade
mic side of the University. His classroom
approach echoes a University-wide objective
to focus on the learning needs of students.
"At the end of the day, l have to ask myself if
I was successful in helping all the people learn
to the best of their ability;' he says.
In 1995, U of G officially adopted learn
er-centredness as a strategiL objective, and
Summerlee says it's starting to make a dif
ference. "There's no question that if you go
to a conference or meet professors or stu
dents from other universities, Guelph has a
reputation for teaching excellence," he says.
''I'm in a privy position to hear those things.
I think it's harder for faculty here to step
back and be reflective. It's easy to get lost in
the day-to-day classroom problems, rather
than seeing ourselves as others see us."
What other educators see is an institution
that seeks to empower students to assume
more responsibility for their own learning.
Traditional lectures are combined with hands
on experiences and collaborative work pro
jects that stimulate discussion and debate.
Prospective students see a close-knit cam
pus community at Guelph where professors
welcome interaction with students. And they
no doubt count the number of Guelph fac
ulty who have won national teaching awards
-third highest among comprehensive uni
versities in Canada.
Nevertheless, Summerlee admits that
Guelph still has a ways to go. He'd like to
see all faculty give a higher priority to teach-
ing. "There's still a perception
among some professors that
research activity is more impor
tant," he says, when what U of
G administrators hope for is a
blending of research and teach
ing initiatives, with each stimu
lating the other.
The University is helping to
accomplish this through Teach
ing Support Services, a campus
unit dedicated to working with
professors to enhance their
teaching methods and facilitate
learning. Key among its services
are workshops for new faculty
and a peer consultation program.
Microbiology professor
Roselynn Stevenson is the kind
of teacher that new faculty
might want to emulate. She won the Col
lege of Biological Science teaching award
last year and an earlier teaching award from
the U of G Faculty Association. She says
respecting differences in learning styles is
an important part of the teaching process.
"Some students are perfectly happy if
you sit them down and ask them to mem
orize a table of biochemical test reactions,
but someone else has to be in the lab and
touch the organism on a plate to understand
and to learn."
At first glance, it's hard to believe that
Stevenson is "one of the tough ones:' She looks
more like a kindly aunt, chatting about how
memorizing organisms and bacteria isn't
much different than the way children are
memorizing Pokemon, cartoon characters
that evolve into !50 forms. But she is the epit
ome of the cliche "appearances are deceiving."
She can be brutal in the classroom or labora
tory. ''I've had people tell me in no uncertain
terms that I am hard- in very annoying
terms at times;' she says with a laugh.
Winter 2001 15
Stevenson says she got a taste of
what it must feel like to be student
in her class when she enrolled in a
watercolour painting course. "I nev
er did my homework, and I wasn't
sure what I was supposed to be
doing. I remember walking into class
one day and being scared, thinking:
'What if I make an idiot of myself
and splash stuff around?' It occurred
to me that this is how many of my
students must feel- out of their
element and not understanding
what they're doing."
Figuring out every student's
learning style is a near-impossible
task in some courses, especially in ·large
classes where simply grading exams with
out help from a teaching assistant is more
than most mere mortals can handle. Add to
that a difficult topic that many students are
encountering for the first time, and there's
little time for professors to think about
whether they are sufficiently challenging
their students.
But there are those who manage to find
a way. One example is physics professor
Ernie McFarland. A 3M Award winner, he
has taught many of the introductory cours
es in his department. And after more than
two decades at Guelph, he knows what
works and what doesn't. "My approach is to
ask a fair number of questions in class, even
in classes of 300 people. The students get
into it; it keeps them alert."
McFarland is a former high school math
teacher known for stuffing his pockets with
props like golf and tennis balls that he pulls
out at times to illustrate such things as grav
ity and collisions. A few years back, his stu
dents returned the favour by throwing ping
pong balls at him on his birthday.
"I try to make it useful for students to
16 GuELPH ALUMNUS
come to class," he says. "Everything they
need to know is in the book, but I want to
get them excited about the material, and I've
found over the years that they learn better
if l can get them sparked a bit."
Stevenson illustrates textbooks with car
toons for the same reason. She draws the
characters herself to help explain difficult
concepts to her classes. "I have some students
tell me the first thing they do is sit down and
read all of the cartoons, cover to cover."
One group of crafty students turned her
cartoon bacteria into yarn characters as a
gift. Pointing to one of her cartoons, she
explains that students see a drawing of an
enzyme chewing up bits of DNA or little
bugs holding up signs and "suddenly they
understand the whole process."
Prof. Heather Keller, Family Relations
and Applied Nutrition, considers herself a
fellow-learner, focusing more on real-life
case studies than on lectures. "My teaching
philosophy is: 'I'm not the expert,' so l
encourage group work where the things stu
dents bring in from the outside enrich the
learning environment."
A specialist in nutrition and aging, Keller
relies on her own experiences as a dietitian
to fuel classroom discussions. "When I start
ed at Guelph, I took gerontology courses
and became fascinated by the subject mat
ter,'' she says. She went on to earn a master's
degree in clinical nutrition and worked as
a hospital nutritionist before obtaining a
PhD in epidemiology and biostatistics.
Keller won a college teaching award in
I998, partly because of the way she involves
students in her research. She heads a study
funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health
Research to explore links between seniors'
nutrition and health, and another funded by
the Danone Institute to design a nutrition
education program for seniors. Her under
graduate students are active participants in
both studies, gaining a leg up on academic
research techniques and first-hand experi
ence working with community groups.
Keller is in good company at U of G,
where blending theory with practical experi
ence is a campus-wide goal. Indeed, Physick
Sheard echoes her strategy, saying students
can play an invaluable role in research.
"] have several papers out right now with
students' names on them as well as my
own," he says. "I think students provide a
stimulus for research. You have to have work
ready for them to do and they ask questions.
They raise issues you hadn't considered."
Being an effective teacher takes more
than developing learning methods and
involving students in research. It also
requires professors to gauge whether their
methods are being successful, and that
means turning a critical eye on oneself. For
Wendling, it means re-evaluating the first
exam she gave in her introductory course.
"I think there was a clash of expecta
tions, and I take some of the responsibility
for that," she tells the class. "But I think
members of the class need to take some
responsibility for it as well. I don't think
some of you realized how hard this stuff is
until the test. If you don't agree with some
thing you read, you must understand why
the authors are saying what they're saying
in order to disagree with them. It is tough,
but my belief is, it isn't worth doing if it isn't
hard, and if it is hard, you're learning more."
Later in her office, Wendling explains her
decision not to count the test. Teaching and
learning are not a power struggle between
students and professor, she says. Sometimes,
even the most demanding teachers have to
step back a bit and evaluate their own meth
ods. "I pitched the test too hard, and that is
not in line with my teaching philosophy. I
want my students to come away with a bet
ter sense of why they believe what they
believe. I want them to question their beliefs
even if they don't change them."
This time, Wendling lowered her expec
tations for a whole class caught off guard,
but she didn't do that for Van Egmond, the
1997 graduate who received a low mark and
the explanation that she wasn't living up to
her potential. We have to wonder how stu
dents like Van Egmond respond when it 's
their turn to rate a professor. Do "tough"
professors generally get lower student eval
uations? And how often are teachers tempt
ed to base their demands and expectations
on how they think students will respond?
Summerlee admits it's a per
vasive concern among faculty, but
he believes that at the end of the
day, students are capable of
reviewing the work they've done
and what they've learned and giv
ing a professor an appropriate
evaluation. Van Egmond may
have been unhappy with the low
mark, but she recognized the
compliment when Wendling said:
"You're smarter than that:'
In truth, student evaluations
aren't a big concern for this
group of demanding faculty. "I
hate feeding students scientific
pablum, giving them material
that is easily digested so they will
give me a good evaluation and
everybody is happy," says Marangoni. "I
don't think I'm doing the students a favour,
and I don't think they appreciate it." Keller
believes her students recognize that what she
does is for their benefit. "But sometimes, I
don't think it clicks in until after they've left."
Adds Stevenson: "One of the hardest things
to learn is that you have learned something."
The proof is in the pudding, so to speak,
as these tough professors continue to receive
teaching accolades while maintaining their
tough teaching styles. Even more telling is the
fact that students keep coming back for more.
Remember james Mattick, the first-year
student who failed to impress Wendling
with his last-minute cramming? He barely
glanced at his test paper before hiding it,
but quickly vowed to do better next time.
As for his demanding prof, "I would pick
her as a professor any day of the week. She's
one of the best I have because she gets me
to think, and that's something I don't always
have to do and not something I always want
to do, and I like that." ga
Winter 2001 17
first-year unive
They spend most of the other 148 hours in residence, the p
AT THE BEGINNING ofSeptember,the
room at the end of the third floor of Wat
son Hall looks more or less the same as
thousands of other residence rooms all over
campus. The walls are bare. There are two
single beds, a couple of small desks, a place
for clothes. It's empty, silent, lifeless.
And then two strangers arrive.
Nicole Moore is from Brampton, Ont.
Clare Crummey is from Toronto. They're
both 19 and first-year students at the Uni
versity of Guelph. They will share this space
for the next eight months.
The strangers start talking. They find
18 GUELPH ALUMNUS
they both have an interest in travelling and
social justice. They unpack their luggage,
put up posters, plaster the walls with snap
shots, put their own sheets on the beds, buy
some plants.
Like other residents in the building, they
decorate the door to their room. Using red,
blue, green, pink and gold paint, they write
out favourite quotations in Spanish, Eng
lish and French.
Nicole and Clare start classes. They meet
people and share experiences. They attend
a rally in Toronto to protest government
plans to privatize universities, and Nicole
hangs her Mexican blanket over the win
dow. It's not long before an empty institu
tional space becomes a home imbued with
unique character and warmth, like it has so
many times before.
As the room is transformed, so is the
building. The 50 students who live in Wat
son Hall applied to do so because they're
interested in international issues. The staff
organize activities such as film nights, din
ners, speakers and parties. The dynamic
exchange of ideas and extracurricular activ
ities turns Watson into a vibrant commu
nity known as International House.
students spend about 20 hours a week in class.
where spaces become places and strangers turn into friends.
In their room on a late November after
noon, Nicole is in bed, wrapped in a duvet,
trying to nap. Clare's sitting on the floor study
ing. They take a moment to contemplate a
couple of questions: What's it like being room
mates? What's it like living in residence?
"We've handled it pretty well;' Clare says
thoughtfully. "We' ve got major things in
common, like travelling and our degree pro
gram in international development."
Nicole sits up. "She's a night person, I'm
a morning person," she grins.
"It's just a matter of accommodating
people's needs;' says Clare. "You meet peo-
p le; most of them become good friends.
And people are around all the time, but that
can also be a bad thing."
"Like the night before an essay is due;'
says Nicole.
"Even if you put a sign on the door, they
come in anyway," Clare adds.
"They don't believe us," Nicole groans.
It's in the small details of residence liv
ing that life-changing experiences are
woven. Nicole and Clare and the rest of the
nearly 5,000 students in residence are learn
ing things that can't be taught in a class
room. They're learni ng about each other,
about themselves, about life.
" It's a rite of passage- everyone does
it," says Clare. "You learn to live with some
one else."
THE T R A o IT IoN of residence life o n this
campus is long and colourful. It dates back to
the very beginnings of the institution in 1874.
Tales of students who lived and lea rned
at Guelph from the founding of the Ontario
Agr icultural College until the mid-1970s are
recorded by john Eccles, former assistant
director of residence admissions, in his book,
The Boarding Ho11se: The History of Residences
By Stacey Curry Gunn I Photography by Martin Schwalbe
Winter 200 I 19
at the Universi
ty of Guelph. In
the preface, Eccles briefly charts the evolu
tion of campus living:
"The mores of society dictated the way
students lived at the 'Model Farm' of 1874.
Early to bed, early to rise, hard work, lec
tures and Bible study daily for room, board
and $50 a year.
"As academic programs changed from a
one-year degree to a four-year degree final
ly in 1901, the hours of field and barn work
were reduced and the hours of academics,
student societies and athletics increased .
"With young ladies on campus in 1904
came interaction with the opposite sex. By
1913, they were dining together in Creel
man Hall, attending dances and meeting at
various clubs.
"As society's mores changed, so did life
on campus. It wasn't until the student rev
olution of the '60s that life in residence
evolved to total integration and students
obtained the rights and privileges of non 'in
loco parentis' society."
TODAY, THERE ARE 13 residences On
campus, ranging from the traditional archi
tecture ofJohnston Hall with its landmark
20 GuELPH ALUMNus
stone tower to the modern apartment-style
units of East Residences.
Ninety per cent of Guelph students
come from home towns outside the local
area. University policy guarantees first-year
students a room, and more than 70 per cent
of the residence beds go to them.
The oldest residence is Macdonald Hall,
Big, big world
"I got to know a lot of people. Group living does make you realize that the world is not just yourself. It makes you appreciate each other's differences, variety of cultures and different social values, from the city to the country."
Kim Aitken, B.A.Sc. '88
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originally built to accommodate female stu
dents in 1904. Next fall, a new townhouse
style residence will open with space for 660
students, allowing the University to accom
modate more of the upper-level students
who would like to live on campus.
One residence, the impressive ivy-cov
ered MiUs Hall, wrote another chapter in res
idence history this fall by going co-ed, after
housing only men since it opened in 1921.
As part of this new era, roommates
Cameron Fryer and Chris Lee share a room
next door to Katy Winship and Erika Kris
tensen on the first floor of Mills. Cameron
plans to major in history, Katy is in envi
ronmental science and Chris and Erika are
in engineering.
"We're getting along now that the alarm
clock issue is sorted out," Katy reports,
explaining that her first few mornings in res
idence were marred by the deafening blasts
of music from Chris's stereo on the other side
of the wall separating their rooms. The noise
jolted her awake, but failed to rouse Chris.
"He doesn't wake up," laughs Cameron,
who has resorted to throwing things at his
slumbering roommate, with little success.
Cameron, clearly one of the more high-
I
-spirited students on Mills's first floor, plays
the bagpipes and loves all things Scottish.
His part of the room is decorated with an
impressive collection of drink coasters and
posters of Sean Connery. In the middle of
the room is a pyramid of beer cans- a
"beeramid"- that he's been building.
Cameron holds court and Chris works
at his desk while other students drift in and
out of the room to chat, share a joke or ask
a question. Elaine Murch, who lives down
the hall, can't resist poking a toe at the beer
cans. They crash to the floor, sparking a
howl from Cameron and protestations of
innocence from Elaine.
Cyndie Horner, senior residence assist
ant at Mills, suggests that Cameron get rid
of the stack of cans anyway because it might
attract flies.
Horner is responsible for taking Chris,
Cameron, Erica, Katy, Elaine and 35 other
students living on the first floor of Mills
under her wing. Her job is to help get them
involved in campus life, ensure they have
the information they need to adjust to uni
versity, and act as a sounding board and
resource guide if they run into problems.
Horner has lived in residence for four
years, and this is her third year as an RA.
From dispensing information to drumming
up fun activities, she's in her element. "I love
doing this stuff," she says.
Her dedication to the job is also evident
in her readiness to listen and help when stu
dents are feeling uncertain or troubled.
"Because I went through everything, I
Closest friends
"I met my husband, Doug Paul, in residence, and we've been married seven years. The friends we met in residence are some of our closest friends to date. We regularly e-mail each other, and one of our gang even opened a chat room called the Lower Horizon 3. Even though we were all from different backgrounds and now have vastly different careers and different lives, when we all get back together, we still remember (and laugh at) all of the same residence antics. We just pick up where we left off."
Maria Barzso-Paul, B.A.Sc. '9oBA '77
can relate to
their fears. For
instance, if they write the chemistry exam
and they're upset with their mark, I can tell
them I got a 56 on my first mid-term but
ended up with an 81 in the class."
Dealing with worries, uncertainty and
stress in a new environment is all part of the
transition to adulthood, to new levels of
responsibility. From personal experience,
and from seeing other students go through
it year after year, Horner has seen the value
of the residence experience.
"It helps to learn to live with someone.
It makes you take a look at yourself to see
how you share things and cope with differ
ent lifestyles. In my first year, my side of the
room was decorated with sports posters and
stuff and my roommate's was more femi
nine with a pink frilly blanket and teddy
bears. People would say: 'Do you get along?'
We were best friends. At the end of the year,
we had to separate our wardrobes."
At International House, program facil
itator Todd Schenk echoes Horner's obser
vations.
"It's a learning experience, it's life," he
says. "You'll have a cubicle beside someone
in some company or organization some day
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and you'll have
to deal with it.
My first year in residence wa s th e sin gle
most tremendous learning experience I've
ever gone through . I lea rn ed a lo t about
community, about working with others and
supporting each o th er. I guess it so unds
cheesy, but it's true. It was a challenging sit
uation, in a good way, to have to dea l with
a person from a different background, with
different norms, over how loud yo u play
your music at eight in the morning. It may
seem like a given, but people are different."
Horner and Schenk are two of U of G's
120-member residence life staff who rely on
their own experiences and training to help
new students adjust to campus living.
"The students are growing and learning as
adults and citizens," says Irene Thom pso n,
assistant director of residence li fe and desk
services in Student Housing Services. "We pro
vide housing and life experiences outside the
classroom door. The residence environment
is a living laborato ry for them. Maybe they
won't realize it while they' re here, but once
they leave this environment and go off on their
own and make their way in the world, they' ll
realize it and apply what they learned."
In most cases, when they ar r ive at U of
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G new st udents a re leav in g behi nd their
support sys tem , family and fri ends. " It's an
opportunity to spread their wings, to test
their independence, th eir au tonomy," says
T hompson. "Residence life is challenging,
but supports are built in that help students
deal with th e challenges they enco unter."
Making music
"I was a house adviser at Lambton Hall in my second year. This is where I met my wife, Carol. In my first year at Johnston Hall, I met someone who became a very good friend and still is. He was very much into music and so was I. I'm in a band now that evolved from that - the Speed River Valley Mountain Boys."
Rob Witherspoon, B.Sc. (Agr.) '81
THE PROGRAMS AND SERV ICES pro
vided by Student Housi ng Serv ices and its
well -trained staff make U of G a leader in
res idence living in Canada. In add itio n to
the paraprofessional RAs, there are profes
sionally trained residence managers, stu
dent peer helper cluster leaders, stud ent
elected Interhall Council mem bers and desk
services staff to help smooth the way for stu
dents, and to fos ter an enjoyable and edu
cati onal experience.
When students register for residence, they
ca n apply to become invo lved in a
living/learning centre that focuses on a theme
or area of study. In addit ion to Inte rnational
House, the University offers Arts House, Eco
House (for those interested in environmen
tal and social issues) and La Maison Fran<;aise.
The University also has an Office of First
Year Studies (OFYS)- unique among post
secondary institutions- that runs a pro
gram called University College Connection
(UCC), which is co-ordinated by Mi ld red
Eisenbach, B.A.Sc. '78. It helps new students
make a successful transition to university by
arranging "clusters" of up to 30 students in
the same academic program. They live in the
same residence and share classes, in terests
and friendships. UCC promotes collabora
tive learning, provides opportunities for for
mal and informal faculty and student inter
action, and offers activities to help students
develop effective learning strategies for uni
versity-level course work.
Vance McPherson, a third -year bio
medical sciences student, is a peer helper
cluster leader for students in Lambton Hall
who are taking biological and environ
mental sciences. He says the clusters bene
fit students in a number of ways. "Academ
ic ice breaking happens a lot sooner. It 's
easier to study in groups. It's also helpful on
a social level; many of them have similar
career interests."
McPherson decided to become a cluster
leader after participating in UCC in his first
year."! wanted to start taking a leadership
role on campus ... to really show people
what this place has to offer. Personally, l
think that academically speaking, Guelph is
one of Canada's best-kept secrets, consider
ing the amount of research and the calibre
of programs offered here. I really like giving
people an appreciation of that. First -yea r
students may be questioning their decision;
!like to show them this is a great place."
OFYS also offers programs to prepare stu
dents for university life even before they arrive
on campus. Each july, new students can
attend START, an orientation program that
gives them an opportunity to get to know the
campus. There's also a summer reading pro
gram to sharpen critical thinking skills in
preparation for the year ahead. And at the
Getting along
"I lived in residence all four years - my first two years in South and my last in East - and I loved it. It was great, especially because I was quite shy and being in residence made it easy for me to meet people. In East, I was part of a 16-person unit. It was a very interesting mix of roommates, which taught me quite a bit about living and getting along with people."
Ruth Fox, BA'84
beginning of
the fall semes-
ter, orientation programs introduce new stu
dents to the academic, social and cultural
community of the University.
To ENsuRE a safe and enjoyable residence
atmosphere, the University requires the
4,100 single students who live on campus
to abide by rules and regulations that have
evolved over decades to cover everything
from quiet hours to drinking.
One high - profile situation in the late
1920s, known as the Beddoes case, prompt
ed the Ontario agriculture minister to ban
initiation activities, a policy the University
continues today. According to Eccles, the
Beddoes incident began when several stu
dents became annoyed with the autocratic
ways of an aristocratic classmate from Eng
land. His "disruptive behavior ... made him
a squealer in the eyes of the students. Sev
eral of his compatriots felt that a squealer
should be in a pig crate. They took young
Beddoes, put him in a pig crate and took
him on a wagon to the Capital Theatre and
proceeded to auction ' their squealer' to the
evening crowd. A few local citizens were not
amused and called for arrests."
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and the tale made its way to the provincial legislature, where the government was
accused of"allowing Canadian boys to per
secute an English student." The perpetra
tors each received $100 fines.
IN THE NEARLY 2 0 YEARS SlOCe
Thompson has worked for Student Housing Services, she has seen policies tighten up
considerably. Pranks and initiation rites are
not allowed, nor is anything that causes
harm, harassment or humiliation, she says.
Most residence students are 19, but alcohol
use in residence rooms is strictly regulated.
Interhall Council, the residence student
government, has developed a number of strategies to encourage responsible drink
ing. Orientation Week has less emphasis on
alcohol-related events. When drinking is allowed, venues are "split-licensed;' with des
ignated areas for drinkers and non-drinkers
-a strategy designed to accommodate the
nearly 900 first-year students in residence
who are under the legal drinking age.
Residence life staff work to strengthen communities and emphasize the responsi
bility of individuals as community mem
bers. The leadership roles played by the RAs,
cluster leaders and other peer helpers
demonstrate the importance the Universi
ty places on encouraging students to help
other students. "Residence life staff forge a sense of community from day one by intro
ducing students to each other, explaining
rules and regulations, offering support and
24 GUELPH ALUMNUS
High-spirited Mills
"I lived in Mills Hall and at that time, it wasn't co-ed, although I have to say, it was probably as co-ed then as it is now! The close friendships I made then I still have 2o-odd years later. There were 140 guys in Mills Hall, and it was a high-spirited place. The whole residence would go to football games. Or we'd call South Residences and invite them to a snowball fight. Residence life was, for many of us, also a maturing time. We helped each other; there was quite a support network. I keep in touch with people from all over the world via e-mail.
Don Adam, BA '77
dealing with any conflicts that arise," says Thompson. If roommates just can't get
along, for example, they are reassigned or
some may opt for a single room. In addition to the day-to-day demands,
Still friends
"When an acquaintance from high school and I found out we were both coming to Guelph from Kingston, we agreed to room together. The first year we lived in Lambton, then in Addington, and in our third year, we shared a suite in East Residences with other peo· ple we had met in first year. Katherine (Lux) Kelly and I became really good friends; we are still friends. We see each other about once a year, and as recently as a few months ago, we brought our families together, children and all."
Lenore Latta, B.Sc. '82 and M.Sc. '87
a new challenge is looming that will affect
residence life and the University as a whole.
In as little as two years, the number of first
year students could increase because of the
phase-out of Grade 13- a demographic
shift that would dramatically boost the number of students under the legal adult age of
18. There are many implications to dealing
with students who are not legally adults, such
as the need to obtain parental permission
for off-campus activities such as fie ld trips.
To address the myriad issues associated
with an influx of younger students, the Uni
versity has struck a number of committees, one of wh ich is focusing on the impact on
various aspects of university life, such as res
idences, orientation and OFYS. "We are
reviewing programs in other provinces
because they are already dealing with younger students," says Brenda Whiteside,
associate vice-president (student affa irs).
By ensuring the network of support services is adjusted to handle the future
increase in student population, U of G looks
to maintain its impressive track record of
student success. Studies over the years have
shown that living in residence has a significant impact on students' overal l satisfac
tion with their experience at university and
can boost academic performance. Guelph -one of the most residential universities
in Canada- has an 88 -per-cent gradua
tion rate that outranks al l other compre
hensive universities across the country,
according to Maclean's magazine.
Surveys and statistics aside, students say
they enjoy living in residence for the social life and the convenience of being on cam
pus and having a meal plan . The downside?
Students say they miss home-cooked meals,
privacy and personal space.
But both the good times and difficult times are ultimately transforming.
"You learn new ways to think, new things
to think about," muses Schenk in his room at International House. "There should be a
social science of turning residences into
unique and special places and how that hap
pens. You take buildings that are fairly institutional and you turn them into a commu
nity, and l think that's pretty phenomenal.
Walk by any room and see how much peo
ple begin to care about it. It's weird when
you move stuff out and it's just a space again at the end of the year." ga
HIRE A GUELPH CO-OP STUDENT Physical Sciences • Applied Math & Statistics • Biochemistry • Biophysics • Chemical Physics • Chemistry • Computing & Information Science • Physics
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in Industry & Finance • Hotel & Food Administration • Housing & Real Estate Management • Agricultural Business • Marketing Management
B.Sc. (Technology) • Pharmaceutical Chemistry • Physics and Technology
Biological Sciences • Biomedical Toxicology • Environmental Toxicology • Food Science • Microbiology
Engineering Sciences • Biological • Engineering Systems & Computing • Environmental • Water Resources
Social Sciences • Child Studies • Economics • Family & Social Relations • Gerontology • Psychology
Environmental Sciences
MA Economics
BRENT HICKLING Economics Co-op Student Ontario Ministry of Agricu Food and Rural Mfairs
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
ARBORETUM HONOURS HEROES THE ARBORETUM celebrated its 30th
anniversary in November by honouring 30
Arboretum "heroes," people and organiza
tions that have played a significant role in
the Arboretum's development over the past
three decades.
"Almost everything you see in the
Arboretum was planted or built in the past
30 years- everything," says director Prof.
Alan Watson.
The 165-hectare Arboretum, which once
consisted largely of fields used for test plots
for OAC students and faculty, is now home
to 17,947 plant collections, wetlands, nature
trails, a memorial forest and three old
growth forests of a type now rare in Ontario.
In addition, the Arboretum kicked off
its new Maples for the Millennium project.
Maples were among the first trees planted
in the Arboretum, and 30 trees have been
set aside for dedication purposes. For more
information, contact Watson at 519-824-
4120, Ext. 2356.
OVC '49 SUPPORTS FUTURE VETS
Seated, from left: Dave Howse and Ray Cor
~ mack. Standing: Jim Archibald, OVC dean Alan
~ Meek, Bill Mitchell and Ken Fisk. ~-----------------2
~A FUND-RAISING COMMITTEE from <(
~ the OVC Class of 1949 met recently to cele-
~ brate the achievement of a 50th-anniver-
5 sary class project. With contributions from
6: class members and matching government
26 GuELPH ALUMNUS
UGAA TAKES THE PULSE OF ALUMNI THE UN IvERs 1 T Y of Guelph Alumni Association has formed an action commit
tee to review the results of an alumni survey completed last fall. President Scott
vanEngen, B.Sc.(Agr.) '88, says UGAA commissioned the survey through Guelph
based Strategic Research Associates, and is now in the process of reviewing the results.
"We wanted to take the pulse of the alumni community to aid UGAA, other con
stituent alumni groups and alumni programs staff in developing future programs
and events;' says vanEngen. "Thank you to those alumni who participated; your input has been invaluable."
UGAA is also looking for alumni volunteers to help develop new programs and
serve on the executive. If you're interested, contact Michael Somerville, director of
alumni programs, at Alumni House, 519-824-4120, Ext. 6183, or e-mail to alumni
@uoguelph.ca.
The current UGAA executive includes, front row from left, Robin-Lee Norris, BA
'80, first vice-president; and Scott vanEngen, B.Sc.(Agr.) '88, president. In back, from
left, are Michael Somerville; John Watson, BA '69, second vice-president; Bradley
Hull, BA '89, secretary; William Summers, B.Sc. '82, treasurer; and James Weeden,
B.Sc.(Eng.) '71 and M.Sc. '86, past president. For a complete listing of the UGAA
board of directors and to follow the progress of UGAA initiatives, visit the alumni
Web site at www.guelphalumni.com.
funds, the OVC '49 scholarship endowment
has exceeded $231,000, and it's still grow
ing as new donations are received. A grad
uate entrance scholarship of $3,500 and five
undergraduate bursaries of$1,000 each will
be awarded annually under the direction of
the OVC Awards Committee and the dean.
The OVC '49 committee met at the Bur
dette Art Gallery in Orton, Ont., which is
owned by classmate Ray Cormack.
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atters HIGHLIGHTS • GRAD NEWS • OBITUARIES • CALENDAR
HOMECOMING 2000
Peter Lindley, BSA '57, left, attended the Gryphon Club Hall of Fame
dinner in October to congratulate his daughter, Susan, B.Sc.(H.K.)
'82, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in recognition of her
athletic accomplishments in basketball and field hockey.
A luncheon honouring the memory of former Gryphon coach Dick
Brown ended at Alumni Stadium, where Brown's family and friends
took part in a ceremonial kickoff. From left are Maggie and Mark
Brown, U of G athletics director Richard Freeman, defensive tackle
Jeremy Oxley, Anne Brown, Jackie Brown, Mitchell Brown-Robson,
Stacey Brown, Gryphon coach Dan McNally, Bernie Custis, Melanie
Brown-Robson and Lorraine Custis.
Hall of Fame inductees, from left: Andy Longpre, BA '81, wrestling;
nm Mau, BA '92 and MA '93, basketball; Sue Lindley, B.Sc. (H.K.) '82,
basketball and field hockey; Peter Langford, BA '85, football; and Alan
Singleton, head hockey coach from 1956 to 1963 and 1967 to 1969 .
The Ohio Northern University (ONU) marching band from Ada, Ohio,
has performed at U of G's Homecoming for the past several years.
The band's 2000 northern trip combined the Gryphon game on Sat
urday with a half-time performance at a Hamilton Ti-Cats game the
night before. The band led a parade of Gryphon supporters across
campus to Alumni Stadium, where U of G suffered a disappointing
37 to 14 loss to Concordia.
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alumni Matters
What kind of luck enables a man to tell the fantastic story of
discovering the Titanic, to top the best-seller list with a book of wildlife art, to interview the reclusive Jacqueline Kennedy
Onassis and to inspire a movie with the personal letters and photographs of a Russian tsar's daughter?
College of Arts graduates will read about the interesting career of publisher Hugh Brewster, BA '71, in an alumni
newsletter delivered to them as an insert in this issue of the Guelph Alumnus.
Graduates of the College of Social and Applied Human Sci
ences and the Ontario Agricultural College have also received special newsletters from their college or alumni association. In
total, more than 46,500 U of G alumni are benefiting from the
piggy-back distribution offered by the Guelph Alumnus.
For a handful of alumni- those who have a spouse who is
a graduate of one of these three colleges- it means that a sec
ond copy of the magazine may be delivered to the household.
We're working to resolve the duplication, but hope that in the
meantime, you will enjoy both the magazine and the news from your college and alumni association. Please give the second copy
to a colleague, a neighbour or a prospective student.
For news of all U of G colleges, visit the campus Web site at
www.uoguelph.ca. From the home page, click on the Guelph
Alumnus site to read the full story about Hugh Brewster's role in
the founding and growth of Madison Press Books in Toronto.
28 GuELPH ALUMNUS
A LUMNI AwA RD S OF ExcELLENCE
ALUMNI AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE The University of Guelph Alumni Association invites nomina
tions for:
Alumnus of Honour An annual award celebrating the achievements of alumni who
have brought great honour to their alma mater through pro
fess ional, community and personal endeavours. Alumni Medal of Achievement
A convocation award that recognizes a graduate of the last 15
years who has achieved excellence through contributions to
country, community, profession or the world of arts and letters. Alumni Volunteer Award
An annual award to honour alumni who have demonstrated
loyalty and commitment to their alma mater by supporting
the University of Guelph through their volunteer work. Nomination deadline: Feb. 23.
Submit nominations to the attention of Mary Ann Grape, UGAA Awards Committee, c/o Alumni House, University of Guelph, Guelph ON N1G 2Wl.
OVC DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS An annual award presented by the OVC Alumni Association
to recognize a graduate who has brought honour to the college and fe llow alumni through leadership and service to
country, science, education, profession or alma mater. Nomination deadline: Feb. 28.
A nomination form can be requested by calling Alumni House at Ext. 6544.
GEORGE BEDELL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE This award is presented to a graduate of the School of Hotel
and Food Administration who best represents the school in professionalism, achievement and contributions to the hospitality industry.
Nomination deadline: Feb. 28.
For more information, call Laurie Malleau at Ext. 2102.
Award committees for the above can be reached through Alum
ni House at the University of Guelph, Guelph ON N1 G 2W1,
519-824-4120, fax: 519-822-2670, e-mail: vikkit@alumni.
uoguelph.ca.
B.COMM. GRADS GATHER The Department of Consumer Studies celebrated the 1oth anniversary
of the B.Comm. marketing management major and the fifth anniversary
of the B.Comm. housing and real estate management major with a fall
reception at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. The event drew over 100
guests, including alumni and business partners. Sharing their experi·
ences as president of the Guelph Commerce Society are, from left, Kate
Longmire, B.Comm. 'oo; Jenn Clark, the current president; and Ben
Kelly, B.Comm. '99.
GRAD NEWS
How I spent my summer vacation
• Howard and Christine Hill had a lot to tell their students
in Highland Park, Ill., after spending their 2000 summer
vacation mountain climbing in
the northernmost mountain
range in the world. They
reached the summit of a previ
ously unexplored peak in the
Daly Bjerge area of northern
Greenland and now may have the opportunity to name it.
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• Bill Grierson, BSA '38, wrote
from his home in Winter Haven, Fla., in response to a let
ter by John Boros, BA '88 and MA '91, that was printed in the
Fall 2000 issue of the Guelph
Alumnus. The subject was
genetic engineering and the
ability of scientific research to
ensure the safety of GE foods.
Grierson writes: "Read a recent
ly published book by a distinguished Canadian geneticist.
This is Pandora's Picnic Basket by Alan McHughen, Oxford
A native of Burlington, Ont., Hill, B.Sc.(Agr.) '88 and ADA '86, and his U.S.-born wife are
both high school science teach
ers who have a love of adven
ture. They prefaced the climb by
teaching a field ecology course
for the University of Minnesota in Canada's low arctic region
near Bathurst Inlet, then flew to
Greenland with an internation
al group of 10 climbers.
University Press, 2000. This
should alleviate some of your
concerns, may accentuate oth
ers, but you will assuredly be
wiser than when you wrote that
long letter."
• Mildred (Taylor), DHE '35, and Grant Misener, ADA '32,
BSA '35 and DVM '38, of Niles,
Ill., sent a note and photo to
classmates and friends when
they weren't able to visit the University last summer for
Alumni Weekend. From the
note: "We have very kind
thoughts of the University of
Hill was the only Canadian in the group, and he and Christine were two of only three who made
it to the top of the still-growing glacial mountain at 4,700 feet
above sea level. They chose words from the Canadian national anthem to name it "Glowing
Heart Peak" because of the heartshaped ice field on its northeast slope. "You wouldn't believe the view out there;' says Hill. "It was
a beautiful place, but unforgiving in terms of weather."
The summer season is only
two weeks long and unpredictable, he explains. Their group
spent four solid days in tents during a snowstorm with 80-km-per-hour winds and waited
a week for weather to clear
enough for a Twin Otter plane to pick them up after the climb.
"This was exploring in the
truest sense of the word," says
Hill, who was amazed by the
chance to see a glacier in
motion. He and the other
climbers actually crossed two
glaciers and made three first
ascents on some of the highest
peaks in the Daly Bjerge range.
Guelph, where we both attend
ed in the 1930s." They celebrat
ed the doctor's 88th birthday
on July 1, 2000, and Mildred's 86th on Aug. 20.
19505
• Keith Bryant, BSA '57, retired
in October and was named Professor Emeritus, Policy Analysis
and Management, at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. He was at Cornell for 26 years after teaching 11 years in the Depart
ment of Agricultural Economics at the University of Min
nesota. His retirement plans include continued research and
more time spent at his cottage
in eastern Ontario.
• Tom Sawyer, ADA '59 and BSA '64, heads the 70-member Sawyer Preservation Woodlot
Association that was founded in
1989 to preserve and manage a
30-acre woodlot planted by Sawyer's father in the mid-
1930s. The association was recently awarded a Wildlife Habitat Canada Forest Stew
ardship Recognition Program
citation for its efforts to pro
mote good forest stewardship. Located in Perth County, Ont. - due east of Exeter on
Usborne- Fullarton Town line
just offHwy. 23- the woodlot
is open to the public and fea
tures several interpretive trails.
19605
• Jim Hunter, ADA '68, is a partnership development advis
er for the Indian Agricultural
Program of Ontario. He and his
colleagues across the province
work to promote business part
nerships between aborigina l
communities and the corporate
sector in agriculture. The pro
gram is part of a provincial "Building Aboriginal Econom
ics Strategy" launched in 1998.
To learn more about Hunter's
work, visit the program Web site
at www.indianag.on.ca, or con
tact him at jim_f_h@hotmail.
com.
19705
• Adrienne Duff, B.A.Sc. '72,
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lives in Ottawa and works as a
senior policy analyst.
• Jim Erhart, B.Sc. (H.K.) '78, is a professional service repre
sentative for Merck Frosst
Canada & Company in Calgary. He moved to Alberta a year ago
after working in the pharma
ceutical industry in Regina,
Sask. His two daughters, Erin
and Amy, are both in universi
ty in Western Canada.
• Janet Hutchinson, B.Sc.(H.K.) '79, is manager of support services at Calgary Family Services.
She and her husband, Fino,
have three child ren. She says that in their "downtime," they
"chauffer and chase the k ids
around to their various activi-
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ties." Their e-mail address is
• Randy Trites, ADA '66,
logged into the U of G Web site after being out of touch with
the University for several years.
He has worked for Ball Packaging in Richmond, B.C., for 10
years as a millwright/fabricator
and says, "I still look back fond-
lyon the two years I spent at
Guelph, living on and off cam
pus." After U of G, he did ranch
work before taking an industrial job. He has one son and two
grandchildren in Kelowna, B.C.
• Heidi (Higgon) Wilker, B.Comm. '76, left the Delta
Meadowva le in Mississauga, Ont., in 1999 after almost 10
years in conference services. She
has started her own home
based business as an event plan
ner. Blessed Events provides meeting and conference plan
ning tailored for religious organizations. Her husband, Don,
B.Comm. '75, is a built-in
accountant for the new busi
ness; he has been with Evans
Martin, a chartered accounting firm in Brampton, for 19 years.
1980S
• Eddie Chan , BA '87 , works
for the Hong Kong govern
ment, the last four years as executive officer (Stadia). He is mar
ried to Annie Wong. • Brenda Davis, B.A.Sc. '82, is a registered dietitian and chair
of the Vegetarian Practice
Group of the An1erican Dietet
ic Association. She is the co-
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author of Becoming Vegetarian and recently finished a new
book with Vesanto Melina
called Becoming Vegan. It was
published in September by
Quarry Health Books.
• Maryke (Wondergem)
DeWolf, B.Sc.(H.K.) '81 and
M.Sc. '82, and her family have
returned to Canada after living
abroad for 18 years. They've set
tled in Manotick, Ont.
• Paul Fitzpatrick, BA '86, is a
sales representative with Royal
LePage-Vantage Realty m
Guelph. He has been in real
estate sales for 13 years, and was
joined by his wife, Gail, as a
partner in the Fitzpatrick
Group four years ago. They
have two children, Elisa, 3, and
Cameron, 1. Contact them by
e-mail at paulfitzpatrick@ roy
allepage.ca.
• Susan (Coles) Goulden,
B.A.Sc. '84, and her husband,
Ian, live in Waterloo, Ont., with
their children, Jennifer Lee Yu
and Karen Yu Lei. Both girls
were adopted from China, and
the Gouldens thank Susan's
classmate Andrea (Kovits) Hen
derson of Mission, B.C., for her
hospitality while they were en
route to China. When not par
enting, Susan works in sales for
McCormick Canada.
• Eric Griffin, BA '82, is rector
of St. Margaret's Anglican
Church in Hamilton, Ont. He
holds degrees from Guelph,
Wilfrid Laurier University
(M.Th.), Wycliffe College at the
University of Toronto (M.Div.
and doctor of theology). His
dissertation examined 17th-cen
tury sacramental doctrine of the
Church of England, and an
abridgement of the first chapter
was published in September in
Anglican and Episcopal History. His wife, Margaret, is project
manager with a U of G sociolo
gy project looking at the collect
ed works of Florence Nigh tin-
gale. They have two children.
• Scott Legge, B.Comm. '86,
was recently appointed presi
dent of the Foodservice Con
sultants Society International,
a worldwide not-for-profit
association of independent con
sultants. He is the first Canadi
an president and the youngest
in the society's history. He has
worked in foodservice opera
tions management since grad
uation from U of G, and now
operates Legge and Associates
Foodservice & Hospitality Con
sulting in Rockwood, Ont. To
contact him, send e-mail to
Scott@ Legge-FCSI.com.
• Evelyn Smith MacKay, BA
'90, was recently presented with
the June Callwood Award by
the Hospice Association of
Ontario in recognition of her
contribution as a volunteer with
Hospice Wellington over the
past 16 years. She is an instruc
tor and practitioner of thera
peutic touch, and uses this skill
to benefit hospice patients in
Wellington County.
• Vilis Ozols, B.Sc. '85, has
received the highest profession
al speaking designation award
ed by the National Speakers
Association. Qualifications
include serving at least 100 dif-
U of G Degrees ADA = Associate dip loma
in agriculture ADH = Associate diploma in
horticulture BA = Bachelor of arts B.A.Sc. = Bachelor of applied
science B.Comm. = Bachelor of
commerce B.H.Sc. = Bachelor of house
hold science BLA = Bachelor of
landscape architecture BSA = Bachelor of science in
agriculture (pre-1965) B.Sc.(Agr.) = Bachelor of
science in agriculture B.Sc. = Bachelor of science
ferent clients and giving 250 pre
sentations within a five-year
period. He is founder and pres
ident of Ozols Business Group
in Golden, Col., which provides
motivational speaking, leader
ship training and management
consulting internationally. U of
G friends may remember him as
the 1984 College Royal public
speaking champion and an all
star volleyball player. He played
pro beach volleyball and toured
as an international competitor
before turning to consulting.
• John Pringle, DVM '81 and
D.V.Sc. '87, is professor and head
of equine internal medicine in
the Faculty of Veterinary Medi
cine at the Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala.
Contact him at john.pringle
@kirmed.slu.se.
• Deborah Rumble, BA '95,
lives in Markham, Ont., and is a
customer service representative
at Patriot Computer. She trav
elled to the United Kingdom last
summer and plans to continue
studies at the master's level.
• Brenda (Schneider), BA '87,
and jeff Schwaabe, BA '86, live
in Keswick, Ont., with two cats
and one horse. They both work
for the Bank of Montreal in
Scarborough, where she is a
B.Sc.(Eng.) = Bachelor of science in engineering
B.Sc.(Env.) = Bachelor of science in enviro nmental sciences
B.Sc.(H.K.) = Bachelor of science in human kinetics
B.Sc.(P.E.) = Bachelor of science in physical education
DHE = Diploma in home economics
D.V.Sc. = Doctor of veterinary science
DVM = Doctor of veterinary med icine
GO = Graduate diploma MA = Master of arts M.Agr. = Master of agriculture
staff analyst and he a network
analyst. Contact them at
• Joseph Shaw, BA '8 1, has
enjoyed a freelance career as an
actor and director. He is also an
acting instructor at Mount Roy
al College in Calgary, co-direc
tor Rogues Actors' Studio
(www.corogues. com) and artis
tic director of Rogues Theatre.
He'd like to reconnect with fel
low drama grads via e-mail at
joe@coro gues.com.
• Adam Socha, M.Sc. '86, is the
senior toxicology adviser in the
Ontario Ministry of the Envi
ronment's Standards Develop
ment Branch. He recently co
edited a book on chemical
hazard ranking and scoring
methods that was published by
the Society of Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry. He
lives in Richmond Hill, Ont.,
with his wife, Christine, and
their infant daughter, Juliette
Rose.
• Mary (Neufeld) Shum,
B.A.Sc. '84, works as an account
manager with Firmenich of
Canada, and her husband,
David, B.A.Sc. '79, is a nation
al account manager at Amcor
Pet Packaging. They live in Mis
sissauga with their two children.
MBA = Master of business admininstration
M.Eng. = Master of engi neering MFA = Master of fi ne art MLA = Master of landscape
architecture MMS = Master of management studies M.Sc. = Master of science M.Sc.(Aqua) = Master of
science in aquaculture ODA = Ontario diploma in
agriculture ODH = Ontario diploma in
horticulture ODR = Ontario dip loma in
recreation PhD = Doctor of philosophy
Winter 2001 31
• Shayla Morag Steeves, MA
'98, launched her debut CD, Private Diary, last August. It was
recorded at U of G in 1999 when
she worked on campus in Com
puting and Communications
Services. She is now a senior
management consultant at Hal
ifax's ATi Consulting Corpora
tion and a part-time sociology
professor at Mount Saint Vin
cent University, but says she has
had a lifelong passion for music.
"Each song on Private Diary is extremely special to me since
they're all based on my own
diary entries of the past 18
years;' she says. The CD is avail
able throughout the Maritimes,
at the U of G bookstore or by
contacting the artist at private
diary@steevesproductions. com.
19905
• Amanda (Beck), B.Sc. '98, and
Stephen Antal were married in
a lakeside ceremony on June 24,
2000. Many friends, family and
Guelph alumni were there to
celebrate with the bride and
groom. They would like to keep
in touch with friends via e-mail
• Debbie Busko, MA '98, lives
in Waterloo, Ont., with her hus
band, Drew Gillingham, and
their son, Nathan, born Aug. 6,
2000. She is on leave from her
job as purchasing manager at
J&D Systems Inc, a telecom
munications company, and
would love to hear from any
friends and classmates at
• Nicole Cassidy, BA '96, is cur-
32 GUELPH ALUMNUS
rently enrolled in nursing at
McMaster University in Hamil
ton, Ont., and would like to
hear from friends and former
classmates at cassidnm@muss.
cis. mcmaster.ca.
• Galen Countryman, BA '97
and MA '98, is a tax policy offi
cer at the Department of
Finance in Ottawa. He wel
comes e-mail from friends and
classmates at Countryman.
• Jolyne Drummelsmith, B.Sc.
'95 and PhD '00, received the
2000 Graduate Student Award
from the Canadian Society of
Microbiologists. She is now at
Laval University in Montreal on
a Natural Sciences and Engi
neering Research Council post
doctoral fellowship.
• Andrew Dunsmore, B.Sc. '92,
is working as a pilot for Air
Alliance, an Air Canada con
nector. He lives in Toronto with
his wife, Carol; they were mar
ried in September 1999. Con
tact him by e-mail at gchirpy
• Jackie Fraser, B.Sc.(Agr) '94
and M.Sc. '96, has left environ
mental consulting to take on a
new challenge as environment
and resources manager for the
Aggregate Producers' Associa
tion of Ontario. She works in
Mississauga, but lives in Nor
val, Ont., and her new e-mail is
• Tricia Bertram Gallant, BA
'94 and M.Sc. '99, has left U of
G to pursue a doctorate in edu
cation at the University of San
Diego in California. She had
been at Guelph since 1989 when
she enrolled as an undergradu
ate, staying to complete a mas
ter's in rural extension studies,
then working in Career Services
and Co-op Education Services.
• Natale Ghent, BA '92, is a
full-time writer who lives in
Guelph with her daughter, Wes
ley. In October, her first chil
dren's book, Piper, was pub
lished by Orca Book Publishers.
Drawn from Ghent's personal
experience with dogs and sheep,
Piper is a story about the bond
between an Australian shepherd
puppy and a young girl.
• Jeff Houle, B.Comm. '95, says
he moved to northern Califor
nia in 1996 "to give Silicon Val
ley my best shot:' Four years !at
er, he lives in Santa Clara and is
the director of strategic
accounts at Minerva Networks,
which he says is going public in
January 200 l. "It would be great
to hear from some grads, and
be sure to say hi when in Cali
fornia," he says. His e-mail is
• Jim Ji.itte, B.Sc. '92, and his
family are planning to ride bicy
cles 10,000 km on a crooked
path from Newfoundland to
British Columbia this summer
to raise awareness of the Ronald
McDonald Houses in Canada.
Ji.itte and his wife, Nancy, were
inspired by their own experi
ence at Ronald McDonald
House in Hamilton, Ont. "We
are tremendously excited about
this and how it can possibly help
families," he says. "Our prima
ry goal is to inform families in
rural/outlying communities that
they do not need to suffer addi
tional stress driving long dis
tances to be with children who
are hospitalized." Their trip
begins at Signal Hill on April 28
and ends in Victoria on Sept. 4.
The entire route is outlined on
the Web at www.cyclingforchil
dren.com for those who want to
greet them along the way.
• Sonya Lacharite, BA '93, lived
in Gifu, Japan, for almost three
years with her husband and two
young sons. The family is now
settled in Idaho Falls, Idaho, just
a couple of hours from Yellow
stone park! She says, "Any ideas
on how to use a French degree
out here are welcome."
• Becky (Miller) Madill, B.A.Sc.
'95, is a teacher with the Avon
Maitland District School Board
in Ontario. She and her hus
band, David, had their first
child in November. She wel
comes mail from child studies
classmates and Mac Hall friends
• Nigel Marriner, BA '95, co
ordinates a student affairs pro
gram for first-year students at
the University at Buffalo and
lives in Williamsville, N.Y., with
his wife, Deidre. Send e-mail to
rehash all those good times
shared at Guelph."
• Katherine McGhie, DVM '91,
is an owner/partner in two
small-animal hospitals near her
home in Belle River, Ont.
• Shelley Newman, DVM '90
and D.V.Sc. '96, spent 2 1/2
years as a clinical instructor in
anatomic pathology at the Vir
ginia-Maryland Regional Col
lege of Veterinary Medicine
before becoming a member of
the American College of Veteri
nary Pathologists in 1998. In
1999 she returned to work in
her home town of Guelph, as an
avian and fur-bearing patholo
gist at the U ofG Animal Health
Laboratory, but she recently
accepted a position as a staff
pathologist at the Animal Med
ical Center in New York City.
• Line Alice Olivier, B.Sc.(Agr.)
'98, works for Montbeliarde
Breed Genetics in France as a
sales and technical representa
tive for regions that include
Africa and Latin America. I Ier
e-mail is [email protected].
• Sarah (Holditch ), B.A.Sc. '99,
and John Parnell, ADA '98, were
married last July and are now
living in Elmvale, Ont. He
works on the family farm, and
she is attending Medaille Col
lege in Buffalo, N .Y., to earn an
education degree.
• Chrissy (Dejonge) Redden,
B.Sc. '90, of Camp bellville, Ont.,
competed in the 2000 Olympic
Games in Sydney, Australia, as a
member of the Canadian
National Mountain Bike Team.
She is a two-time Canadian
mountain bike cross-country
champion who won silver at the
Mont Sainte-Anne World Cup
race last season and was seventh
at the world championships. She
finished eighth in the Olympic
race despite having to repair a
flat tire in the second lap.
• Karl Reimer, B.Sc.(Eng.) '94,
joined the consulting firm of
Blasland, Bouck & Lee Inc. in
Syracuse, N.Y., in December
1999 as a project engineer in the
hydrogeology division. He says
the work is challenging, varied
and interesting. Friends can
reach him by e-mail at reimer
@accucom.net or KDR @BBL
INC. COM.
• Asep Saefuddin, OVC M.Sc.
'91 and PhD '96, is head of the
statist ics department at IPB
Baranangsiang m Bogor,
Indonesia, and directs a centre
on regional development and
community empowerment. He
welcomes Guelph students who
would like to conduct research
involving Indonesia's social,
education and hea lth sectors.
He can be contacted at cres
• Sh an non Sh orten, BA '96,
describes herself as an English
teacher and world traveller. She
is currently in Taegu, South
Korea, and can be reached bye
mail at shanner_1998@ yahoo.
com.
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A legacy of sport William "Bill" Mitchell, BSA '38, died
Aug. 10, 2000, in Guelph. A champi
onship athlete in his student days, he
served in the Second World War after
graduation and joined the staff of U of Gin 1941. He became the first director
of athletics in 1946, a position he held for
the next 32 years. He coached and built
the Guelph football program and
launched the "Gryphon" as varsity team
mascot. In 1984, he became the first inductee into the Gryphon Club Hall of
Fame. Four years later, the campus ath
letics centre was renamed the W.F. Mitchell Athletics Centre in his honour.
Mr. Mitchell is survived by his wife,
Eleanor; his children, Bill, Bob, Jane and
Margaret; and grandchildren. Donations
to the Gryphon Club in his memory
should be directed to Alumni House.
Human kinetics pioneer Retired human biology professor john
Powell died Oct. 31, 2000. Born in Eng
land, he taught there and in the United
States before joining the OAC faculty in
1965 as founding head of the Depart
ment of Physical Education. Over the
next 10 years, he guided the department
through its evolution and transfer to the College of Biological Science in 1971. He
also originated and developed the con
cept for Guelph's Department of Human
Kinetics, renamed the School of Human
Biology in 1978. Locally, Prof. Powell was
renowned for his long-running Cardio
vascular Club and his back clinics. Internationally, he was known for his many
OBITUARIES
contributions to the Olympics move
ment. He is survived by his wife, joan,
three children and 10 grandchildren.
Faye Austin, B.H.Sc. '54, Aug. 6, 2000 Hugh Becking, BSA '25, 1981
Albert Bildfell, DVM '60, Oct. 23, 2000 Stewart Bird, BSA '36, july 16, 2000 James Boyce, BSA '32, Aug. 29, 2000 Marion Brennan, DHE '53, Aug. 12,2000
Robet Brusso, B.Sc.(Agr.) '69, date
unknown
John Christie, BSA '42, Oct. l, 2000 James Conner, BSA '43, July 2, 2000 Roosevelt Douglas, ADA '63, Oct. 1, 2000 Bill Drennan, DVM '55 and M.Sc. '66,
March 28, 2000
George Dyck, BSA '42, june 21,2000
Agnes Fleming, DHE '41, July 24, 2000
Roy Froebelius, ADA '55, July 3, 2000 John Gandier, DVM '42, May 4, 2000
John Gartshore, BSA '37, Aug. 13, 2000
Clayton Gilson, HDL 1987, June 2000
Allan Gilleland, BSA '38, Aug. I, 2000
Ken Grant, BSA '48, Aug. 30, 2000 Katherine Greenfield, DVM '80, Oct. 3,
2000 Burton Griffith, BSA '35, June 26, 2000
James Hancock, BSA '49, Sept. 23,2000
Herb Heimbecker, BSA '43, Oct. 14, 2000 Herman Hodgson, BSA '34, Aug. 10, 2000
Ken Hurry, B.Sc. '70, date unknown
Henry Ive, BSA '48, May 2000
Annamma Jacob, DVM '73, 1999 Hubert Jasmin, BSA '51, Oct. 6, 2000
Garnet Johnston, BSA '49 and honorary
degree 2000, Oct. 9, 2000 Robert Johnston, DVM '67, March 12,
2000
Robert Jordan, BSA '49, july 26, 2000
Judith Judge, B.A.Sc. '75, Sept. 25, 2000
Ellwood Junkin, BSA '49 and M.Sc. '73,
July 13, 2000 Ina Kniep, DHE '36, Nov. 8, 2000
Carl Koehn, BSA '46, Oct. 1, 2000
Robert Landon, BSA '35, july 31, 2000
Dennis Lecky, BSA '61, date unknown Young Lee, B.Sc.(Eng.), july 24, 2000
Dale Leslie, ADA '89, june 28, 2000 Berneice MacFarlane, DHE '39, jan. 26,
1999 Barbara MacKay, BA '68, July 8, 2000
Donald MacKenzie, BSA '52, Oct. 4, 2000 Lloyd McKibbin, DVM '52, Aug. 6, 2000
Edward McLaughlin, BSA '37, Nov. 9, 2000
Mary McPherson, ODH '96, Oct. 4, 2000 William Matthewma, BSA '34, Aug. 28,
2000 Ellen Maxwell, DHE '40, 1992
Sally Maynard, DHE '57, June 15, 2000 Joan Morgan, B.H.Sc. '54, date unknown Mabel Moyer, DHE '22, Aug. 1, 2000 Alfred Pain, ADA '35, March 20, 1990
Neal Procunier, BSA '44, July 14,2000 Shirley Raymont, DHE '47, Sept. 28,2000
William Richardson, BSA '44, July 5,
2000
Stewart Rumble, BSA '40, Jan. 20,2000
Jean Sabiston, DHE '49, Oct. 5, 2000
Vincent Senatore, BA '86, Aug. 13 Paul Smit, BA '94, Sept. 15,2000
Alice Snider, B.Sc.(Agr.) '83, September
2000 Bernadette Steinhauser, B.A.Sc. '98, May
16, 1999
Harry Stirk, ADA '3 7, Sept. 15, 2000 Jean Turnbull, DHE '34, Feb. 4, 2000
Harry Watson, BSA '43, Oct. 24, 2000
Neil Walsom, ADA '65, Aug. 11, 2000 Martin Weber, B.Sc.(Agr.) '72, Aug. 18,
2000 Kate Zimmerman-Kim, BA '88, May 13,
2000
Friends Stuart Bryans, May 26, 2000 Harriet Downing, March 23, 2000
June Evans, Sept. 20, 2000
Robert Gunn, March 28, 2000
Gloria Lemieux, May 25, 2000 William Moore, june 16, 2000
Orin Reid, Aug. 27, 2000
Jeanette Truss, july 26, 2000
Ernest Turner, Sept. 13, 2000 Frank Vigor, july 28, 2000
Faculty Douglas Bullock, BSA '50, Food Science,
Aug. 3, 2000
Robert Fulkerson, BSA '46, Crop Science,
Sept. 2, 2000
Ambrose Zitnak, Horticultural Science,
July 29, 2000
Winter 200 I 35
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
the rway rwe rwere
"College life then as now began with two feet: one at home
among family, and perhaps with a sweetheart, and the
other tentatively placed in Guelph."
THESE woRDs are from U of G history professor Terry Crowley in his book The College on the Hill:
A New History of the Ontario Agricultural College,
1874- 1999. Crowley goes on to quote the diary of
George Creelman, BSA 1888, who described his first
impression of the college residence and his assigned roommate. Creelman wrote: "I walk in. The room is
empty. Did I say empty? Not that, vacant. In one cor
ner was a bed, but the slats were out, and to bring it up
to its normal height, four mattresses were piled one on
36 GuELPH ALUMNUS
FROM THE ARCHIVES
the other. On top of this, some twisted bedclothes, a
dirty towel, a pair of Indian clubs, some soiled clothes
and an armful of books. A tin pitcher and basin stood
on a washstand in one corner, and the floor was littered
with long boots, overalls, notebooks and papers. This
was the room of the elegant lawyer's son from Stratford
whom I was lucky to get to room with?"
By the time this OAC residence photo was taken in the early 1920s, the campus had been irrevocably
changed by the addition of female students at Macdon
ald Institute (1903). "Co-education brought conditions
that allowed young people to carve out a social space
that marked the beginnings of a youth culture separate from either adolescence or adulthood," said Crowley.
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