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Provincial Funding for Windsor HealthPlexThames HealthPlex

Opening in SeptemberDr. John Strasser Honoured

2Art in the Park

Beaverfest & Sum 41

3Raise-A-Reader

Windsor SpitfiresWine Gala

4New Career Choices

Class ReunionRosalie Trombley

5Convocation 2011

6Saints New Bus

Order of Canada for Alumni of Distinction

Johnson InsuranceNew Logo

7Donation to Goodfellows

Free Swim / SkateTiger Day Rainout

8Family Fun Day

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The Official Newsletter Linking Alumni, Donors, and Friends of St. Clair College SUMMER 2011

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Stay Connected!Please make sure we have your updated email address so we can send you information for our 2011 events. Also, please ensure we have your current mailing address at all times. To update your information visit www.stclairalumni.com

HealthPlex Receives $7.9 Million in Provincial FundingIn early July, Minister of Finance Dwight Duncan and Minister of Economic Trade Sandra Pupatello announced $7.9 million in funding to build our new athletic HealthPlex for our students and staff.

Dr. Strasser told students, staff and media “The increase in academic capacity and the creation of the facility designed to ensure the personal health and fitness of our students will make this investment the most significant construction project of the past decade for St. Clair College. Dr. Strasser continued “Plans are being finalized in the next couple of months, allowing a shovel to be in the ground by early 2012 so our Windsor HealthPlex will be ready for September 2013.”

The Ontario government continues to support Postsecondary education through a new HealthPlex at St. Clair College’s Windsor Campus. It will also create jobs and contribute to the health of the local economy. The new facility will serve the student community and provide improved state-of-the-art classrooms, labs and studios to accommodate the needs of growing programs. Higher enrolment rates require new spaces that will support the college’s capacity for growth.

M.P.P. Dwight Duncan, Dr. John Strasser and M.P.P. Sandra Pupatello participate in the funding announcement.

This September St.Clair College’s Thames Students will have more than just the start of the school year to be excited for! After the Federal government secured $7.7 million of funding towards the completion of the Thames Campus HealthPlex back in September of last year, the college was finally able to break ground

After months of construction, this state-of-the-art fitness complex that includes a double gymnasium, running track

and additional classroom space will open for the 2011 start of school!

Dr. Strasser has served as President of St. Clair College since August 1, 2000. He was recognized by the Jewish National Fund for his contributions to St. Clair College, the city of Windsor and his years of support to the JNF’s Annual Negev Dinner in June.

This year, the keynote speaker was Rex Murphy. Rex is a popular CBC television personality, radio host, National Post columnist and author.

Dr. John Strasser was the First College President to be honoured by The Jewish National Fund of Windsor in the 40 years this event has taken place. All proceeds from the dinner went towards the establishment of a hiking and biking trail in Ayalon-Canada Park in Central Israel. The Dinner was held on Tuesday June 21st, at the St.Clair Centre for the Arts.

Thames Campus HealthPlex Opening September 2011!

Dr. John Strasser honouredby The Jewish NationalFund of Windsor

Architectural rendering of Windsor Campus HealthPlex.

The Thames Campus HealthPlex.

Kirby Strasser, John Strasser, Rex Murphy, Gayle Strasser, and Andrew Strasser

Alumni Rock out at the First Annual “Beaverfest”

The Alumni Association takes pART in the Annual “ART in the PARK”

The St. Clair College Alumni Association was thrilled to be a sponsor at the first annual 2011 Beaverfest. The St. Clair Alumni Association alongside the Student Representative Council (SRC), and St. Clair College itself were the hit of the event! With St. Clair’s “Live like a Rockstar” contest, one lucky person won a trip for them and four friends to “live like Rockstars”, with a limo ride to a concert of their choice this summer, a spa and dinner package, and tons of college Swag! Other prizes that were given out that weekend were 2- IPad2’s and a Blackberry Playbook! Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone that stopped by our “Rockin” booth.

This year was the second year the Alumni Association participated in Windsor’s annual Art in the Park held at Willistead Park. This year the event was “hot” in more ways than one. With over 23,000 guests that walked through the historical grounds which was filled with

275 vendors on a beautiful Windsor weekend! Vendors included a Kids Zone, great food, musical talent and of course your very own St. Clair Alumni Association. If you missed out this year, be sure to check out the 2012 “Art in the Park” next summer!

St. Clair Alumni Association Presents “Sum41”

This past St. Patrick’s Day, the St. Clair Alumni Association gave students and the public more than just a place to celebrate; they also gave them access to one of the best concerts in town! On March 17th the St. Clair Alumni Association was host to the famous band “Sum41” where the guys rocked out to the “FREE” show for alumni, students and public.

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The Postmedia Raise-a-Reader campaign is a year-round initiative with important fundraising events taking place throughout the year in 13 cities across Canada, leading up to Raise-a-Reader Day September 28th. The Postmedia Raise-a-Reader program is active 13 major cities: Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Halifax and Windsor.

This Windsor Star initiative provides financial assistance and resources to family literacy programs and libraries in

the Windsor Essex Region.

Donate on September 28th when you see St.Clair Alumni and friends selling Windsor Star Newspapers across Windsor and Essex County. All Proceeds stay in Windsor Essex County.

Over 50 Alumni and their guests won their “Seats in the Suite” at the February 24th home game. The Windsor Spitfires took on the Ottawa 67’s and beat them 4 to 1 at the Windsor Family Credit Union Arena. Alumni won their seats by qualifying at monthly draws at St. Clair Alumni Nights during the regular season. Alumni stopped by the booth to update their contact information. That night our Alumni Executives donated $5000.00 to the Spitfires Foundation from money raised at our annual golf tournament and Family Fun Day. Look for us at home games during 2011-2012 Spitfire season.

The 21st Annual Food & Wine Gala held Friday, April 8th, in the Skyline Room atthe St. Clair College Centre for the Arts.

Raise- A- Reader

Alumni Night at the Windsor Spitfires Game

“Cool Nights and Hot Jazz”

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ALUMNI BOARD 2010-2011

PRESIDENTDerek Renaud

VP FINANCE ALUMNI MANAGER Jody Cloutier Joan Pocock

EXECUTIVE VPKevin Pinsonneault

DIRECTORS Serge Bertucci Tracey Bloomfield Kim Davis Sherry Ducedre Don France Julia Jacobs Colin LeHoux Laura Rauch Jackie Robinson Grech Rob Savage

EX-OFFICIODr. John Strasser

FOUNDATION BOARD PRESIDENT

Lynda Monik

VICE PRESIDENT COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS

John Fairley

ALUMNI OFFICERoom 273 - 2nd Floor

St. Clair College South Campus2000 Talbot Road West

Joan PocockAlumni Manager

Phone: 519-972-2727 ext 4708 Fax: 519-972-2733

E-mail: jpocock@stclaircollege.ca

FOUNDATION OFFICERoom 273 - 2nd Floor

St. Clair College South Campus2000 Talbot Road West

Christina GattoExecutive Director

Phone: 519-972-2727 ext 4746Fax: 519-972-2789

E-mail: cgatto@stclaircollege.ca

ALUMNI EVENT LINE: 519-972-2747

Alumni can purchase Spitfire tickets at a special rate of $18 for the following Alumni and Friends Spitfire Games: Thursday September 29th, Thursday October 20th, Sunday November 27th, Thursday December 15th, Sunday January 22nd

and Saturday February 11th. Also the alumni will be hosting their Suite Night Thursday March 8th, 2012

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Nursing Class of 1991, your classmates are looking for you!

St. Clair College HonoursThe “BIG 8” Music Director

Rosalie Trombley

New Career Choices at St. Clair College

New Programs Offer More Career OpportunitiesIn an effort to meet the growing needs of the economy and address new and emerging careers in business and industry, the College has been researching and developing a wide range of new programs to launch within the next several years. Here’s just a sample of the programs being launched this fall/winter and in September 2011!

Hello to the graduates of the nursing class of 1991!Well, it has been 20 years since we first took that leap into the working world and were scared out of our minds. My how time has gone by.Colleen Craven, Todd Pidgeon and myself, Kim Marlatt (Skipper) are in the process of planning a 20 year reunion. The hardest part has been contacting people. At this time, we are trying to get a feel for how many people are interested in attending along with their significant others. We are planning a dinner and dance with lots of catching up since we have never had a reunion.We are asking everyone to please e-mail one of us so we can have a better idea of the numbers. There will be a lot more information to come once we have heard from you.Thank you and hope to see you soon.

Do you want to catch up with your classmates? Call the Alumni office at 519 972-4567 and let us help.

St. Clair College recently conferred an Honorary Diploma in Music Theatre – Performing Arts to Rosalie Trombley during the June, 2011 Convocation exercises.

The St. Clair College Board of Governors, confers honorary diplomas on individuals that have made a significant contribution to this region.

“If someone were to write the book on the music industry in the Windsor- Detroit area through late 60’s to the mid 80’s, you would find the name and influence of Rosalie Trombley on many of the pages,” said Dr. John Strasser, St. Clair College President.

The college also hosted a Tribute Dinner for Rosalie hosted by the legendary Tony Orlando on Tuesday, June 14th at the St. Clair College Centre for the Arts, to establish a scholarship in her name for the students in Music Theatre - Performing Arts.

Rosalie Trombley has been inducted into the Motor City (Detroit) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Week Broadcaster’s Hall of Fame. Now retired and still residing in Windsor, Ontario, Rosalie Trombley’s legendary status remains undiminished.

WindsorSkilled Trades:Truck and Coach Techniques – September, 2011Community Studies:Community and Justice Services – 2 year diploma – September, 2011Liberal Arts – 2 year diploma – September, 2011

Health Sciences:Repiratory Therapy – September, 2011Sonography – September, 2011Cardiovascular Technologist – September, 2011

Business & IT:Entrepreneurship Certificate ProgramCompensation Claims Management, Ontario College Graduate Certificate

Media Art & Design:Food Service Management – 2 year diploma – September, 2011Media Convergence – 1 year post grad studies – September, 2011Web & Interactive Advertising – 1 year online – September, 2011

Thames CampusSchool of NursingOTA/PTA (Occupational Therapist Assistant/Physiotherapist Assistant)

September, 2011 - Additional Information 12 month B.Comm Degree offered by Nipissing University for St. Clair3 year program Business graduates! Starting this September.

2011 St. Clair CollegeAlumni of Distinction Awards

Dr. Strasser shows appreciation toTony in a light-hearted moment!

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St. Clair College’s Graduate Satisfaction rating is the 2nd highest in the province, so it’s no wonder our graduates are smiling. They face a bright future in their chosen field. More than 2,000 students attended Convocation celebrations in June in Windsor and Chatham. Students graduating from the Thames campus enjoyed being the first graduating class to have there ceremony for the first time in their new St. Clair HealthPlex! Alumni of Distinction and Chatham-Kent native, Andrew Faas was the first Alumni of Distinction to bring greetings to the grads in the new facility.

Congratulations to all of the 2011 graduates from the Alumni Association at St. Clair College!

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Saints Unveil New BusSt. Clair College was proud to unveil its new “Saints” bus at the college. The bus was preparing to depart for Fanshawe College with the Saint’s Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams for their regular season openers.

In partnership with Badder Bus Service, one of Badder’s buses has been wrapped with the Saint’s Logo, pictures of several St. Clair student athletes, and the St. Clair web site. The bus will be primarily used by all of the Saints Varsity teams throughout Ontario and the United States. The bus will be also be used by other college departments for field trips and other St. Clair College functions. Badder Bus Service will be using the bus year round for other charter groups and rentals as well.

“Our student athletes and coaches are very

excited to be riding on this bus. We firmly believe in treating our student athletes in a first class manner and this is a huge step in doing that to help raise the profile of St. Clair College Saints Athletics,” stated Athletic Coordinator Jay Shewfelt.

“Not only does this bus help promote our varsity programs throughout Ontario but it is a great tool to promote and market St. Clair College. We are very proud to have access to this bus and are thankful for Badder Bus Service’s support in making this happen,” stated St. Clair College President, Dr. John Strasser.

Douglas Badder, Secretary and Treasurer for Badder Bus Service Limited, is very excited about this new partnership with St. Clair College. “Badder Bus Service has been happy to work

with St. Clair College to get their athletes to their sporting events in a safe efficient manner for the last four years. The new St Clair College Athletic bus wrap on our coach shows the commitment that Badder Bus and St Clair College have made to each other and we hope this great partnership will continue for many years to come.”

Alumni of DistinctionMary Jo Haddad awarded

Order of Canada

Mary Jo Haddad, President and CEO of SickKids with His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada - Photo credit: Sgt Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall

At Johnson Inc. we are pleased to announce an exciting new development! As our company has grown, we have continuously looked at how we can improve our products and services. We have also looked at how we are positioned in the Canadian marketplace. As a result of these reviews, we have been taking a close look at our corporate look and we have developed a new Johnson logo.

So, what will this mean to you?

It means business as usual. How we do our business or deliver the excellent customer service that St. Clair College Alumni Association members have come to know and appreciate will remain unchanged. We simply have a new look. We believe that our new logo captures how we are a company that continues to move its business forward to provide outstanding customer service. While our logo is changing, everything else is staying the same. We are still the same great company dedicated to providing the best in service and benefits.

With the launch of our new logo, Johnson will begin transitioning to our new look. Our buildings will have our new logo strategically placed so that people can easily recognize the Johnson business. Over time our policyholders will begin receiving materials with our new logo. Policy documents, letters, promotional materials, and our website will also be updated with our new look. As we are an environmentally conscious company, we will continue to use our existing stock of materials and replace them with the new look upon depletion. As a result, there will be a transition period from the current logo to the new logo in the marketplace as this process moves forward.

This change is a milestone for our company and is one that we are very excited about. For more information on Johnson Inc. please visit www.johnson.ca.

Mary Jo Haddad graduated from the Nursing Program at St. Clair College in 1976 and was a recipient of the Alumni of Distinction and the Premier’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in 2004.

As the President and CEO of Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, she’s been front and centre in efforts to improve the health of children in Canada.

Mary Jo’s leadership in building a system of pediatric care in the Province of Ontario was cited as she received the Order of Canada.

Her membership in the Order of Canada was announced last year but the formal ceremony took place on May 27th, 2011, at the Governor General’s residence, Rideau Hall in Ottawa.

Congratulations Mary Jo from the staff, Alumni, and friends at St. Clair College!

Johnson Inc. LaunchesNew Logo

Coming this FallFree Family skate in Chatham atthe Thames Campus Arena

Third Sunday of the Month - Oct 16, Nov 20, Dec 18, Jan 15, Mar 18 and the Fourth Sundayof the Month - Feb 26

Sponsored by theSt. Clair College Alumni Association

St. Clair College Alumni Association is sponsoring free family swims at the St. Clair College pool at the main campus in South Windsor.Every Sunday, from 1 pm till 3 pm, the public is invited for a FreeFamily Swim at the College, beginning Sunday ( July 10th) until Sunday, September 4th .

There is plenty of free parking at the College and Transit Windsor has regular bus routes directly to the College.

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St. Clair College would like to thank everyone who made a donation for their tremendous support towards the Goodfellows campaign. With our support, the Goodfellows were able to meet their goal and are now able to fill the needs for so many families in the Windsor area this season. The College’s donation was the largest single donation accepted by the Goodfellows this past holiday season.

Picture: (left to right): Dr. John Strasser, President, St. Clair College; Derek Renaud, President, Alumni Association; Gilbert Barichello, President, Windsor Goodfellows; Heather Galloway, President, Student Athletic Association; and Colleen Renaud, General Manager, Windsor Goodfellows. (Absent from the photo is Justin Fox, President, Student Representative Council.)

$50,000 Cheque Presented to Goodfellows

Free Family Swims in Windsor Free Family Skates in Chatham

Alumni and Friends Get rained out! But still managed to have a Blast!

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