AVC’s Dr. Norma Guy Recognized Nationally for Contributions to Animal Welfare
The 2008 Canadian Veterinary Medical Association’s (CVMA) Humane Award was presented to Dr. Norma Guy, Animal Behaviourist with the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the University of Prince Edward Island during the CVMA annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia on July 29.
The national award is presented annually to an individual whose work is determined to have contributed significantly to the welfare and well-being of animals.
Dr. Guy (DVM, MSC) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Companion Animals at AVC and runs the Animal Behaviour Service at the AVC Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Dr. Guy developed the innovative AVC humane dog training program with the PEI Humane Society, is in her third term as President of the Board of Directors of the PEI Humane Society, and is a regular contributor to CBC Radio through her popular segment, How & Why with Dr. Guy.
“Dr. Guy has contributed greatly to the welfare of both owned and unowned companion animals through teaching of veterinary students, continuing education for veterinarians, and numerous non-technical presentations for pet owners on matters of companion animal behaviour,” says Dr. Alice Crook, Coordinator of the Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre and nominator of Dr. Guy’s award.
“Dr. Guy is passionate about improving the lives of animals, both through the use of humane training methods, and by addressing behaviour problems to improve owner satisfaction with their pets, thereby decreasing relinquishment of pets.”
Dr. Guy initiated the AVC humane dog training program at the PEI Humane Society in 2001. It has been highly successful, with hundreds of dogs passing through the program over the past seven years. The objectives of the program include improving the quality of life for dogs being held for adoption, and increasing the basic level of dog behaviour knowledge and training skills of AVC students and the humane society staff.
“Dr. Guy has made a significant and far-reaching impact on animal welfare through her untiring commitment to teaching, establishing programs to benefit companion animals, volunteering with the PEI Humane Society, and research into animal behaviour,” says Dr. Tim Ogilvie, AVC Dean. “We are very proud of Norma’s many achievements and congratulate her on this well deserved honour.”
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Dr. Guy’s Award Citation
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Norma Guy graduated from the
In
2001, Dr. Guy developed the innovative AVC Humane Dog Training Program, which
operates at the PEI Humane Society (PEIHS) and has enriched the lives of
hundreds of dogs since its inception.
This program gives AVC students hands-on knowledge of shelter issues and
experience working with shelter dogs and their new owners. Dr. Guy has been a member of the Board of
Directors of the PEIHS since 2003 and is currently in her third term as
President of the Society. In 2007, she
led an inspection team on behalf of the PEIHS for the traveling exotic animal
circus. Dr. Guy was the lead author of
the resulting report, which included recommendations for changes to provincial
legislation. The province is currently drafting
changes to the regulations for traveling circuses as a result of this
report. She has a regular spot on the
local CBC Radio station called “How & Why with Dr. Guy” which provides pet
owners with information so they can deal with behaviour issues more humanely
and effectively. Dr. Guy is in high
demand as a speaker with a wide range of audiences including veterinary
students, veterinarians, humane organizations and various community
groups. In addition to her many academic
articles, she has written many non-technical articles for pet owners to help
them understand and better manage common problems in their pets. Dr. Guy continues to make a direct impact on
the welfare of owned and unowned animals through her innovative dog training
program, behaviour consultations with pet owners, CE for veterinarians, and
extensive teaching of veterinary students.
Charlotte McCardle or Trina Paquet
cmccardle@upei.ca;
tpaquet@upei.ca
Presentations to highlight UPEI students’ math and science research
This year, for the first time, several CEMPURS projects will focus on biomedical fields such as biophysics and biomathematics. The audience can also look forward to presentations about the local community, such as "Land use and its effects on the Montague Estuary" and the "Feasibility of biogas production on small PEI farms." Students from Ryerson University in Toronto are joining the event by teleconference.
CEMPURS 2008 runs from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm on August 13 in Lecture Theatre C of the Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI. Admission is free. More details about the presentations are available at upei.ca/cempurs or by contacting Ali Fatehi, CEMPURS Chair, at 620-5057 or afatehihassa@upei.ca.
UPEI Physics Student Rising Star of Research
“The Rising Stars of Research conference is a great opportunity for the next generation of researchers from across Canada to showcase their accomplishments and explore their passion for innovation,” says UPEI physics professor James Polson, Mostafa’s research supervisor.
Top research students from across the country will give poster presentations and compete for awards in six broad disciplinary areas: health sciences, biochemistry and cellular biology, natural resources and the environment, life sciences and psychology, computational sciences and technology, and physical and earth sciences.
Mostafa will present in the computational sciences field. His work involves using computer simulation methods to study polymer translocation through nanopores. This research may ultimately help in the development of a novel experimental technique to sequence DNA. The project has already been recognized with a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Award.
The 2008 Rising Stars of Research event runs from August 21 to 23 at UBC. The event includes a workshop on writing winning scholarship applications for graduate school, an awards banquet in the Green College Great Hall, and an opportunity to visit a wide range of research laboratories and projects in BC.
Rising Stars of Research aims to boost participants’ expertise, skills and enthusiasm for research, to excite them about continuing on into graduate study, and to encourage their ongoing development as scientists. It is co-sponsored by numerous research and innovation organization and institutions, including UBC and NSERC Pacific.
Long-time seasonal resident makes $250,000 donation to UPEI School of Business
American businessman Ralph Hostetter, a long-time seasonal resident on Prince Edward Island, has made a $250,000 donation to the School of Business at the University of Prince Edward Island. Ralph Hostetter's gift has been used to support the Business School's capital campaign and to establish an annual scholarship in memory of his friend and business colleague, George Howatt of French River (1912-1988).
George Howatt and his wife Jean operated a mixed farm, growing potatoes, grain, cole crops and cucumbers, as well as raising dairy and beef cattle, hogs, turkeys, ducks and chickens, and honey bees. Howatt was a strong promoter of the Island's agricultural industry, particularly the potato and dairy sectors. He was a founding member and president of the P.E.I. Potato Marketing Board and an active member of other organizations, including the Canadian Horticultural Council.
The George E. Howatt Memorial Scholarship will be given out annually to a student entering the Master of Business Administration program at UPEI. The winner must have a strong academic record, professional accomplishments, entrepreneurial initiative, and demonstrated community involvement and leadership ability.
"We are deeply grateful to Ralph Hostetter for this wonderful and far-sighted contribution," says Dean of Business Roberta MacDonald. "Ralph has forged deep and enduring ties to P.E.I. This generous gift not only honours his long-time friend and neighbour George Howatt, but is also a tremendous vote of confidence in our young people and the future of this Island."
A businessman from Elkton, Maryland, Hostetter is a seasonal resident in French River and has land holdings that include Camelot East Farms. He describes himself as a "conservative newspaper publisher" and is, at present, a columnist for several U.S. internet sites. He writes extensively in the areas of education and agriculture. Many of his columns were published in 1999 in a collection called Publisher's Notebook.
He is chair and publisher of American Farm Publications Inc. in Easton, Maryland, and former president and owner of TriState Publishing Company in Elkton, a chain of 13 community newspapers. He was elected to the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association Newspaper Hall of Fame in 1990. The New Jersey Agricultural Society awarded Hostetter its highest award, the Gold Medallion, in 2003.
The first $5,000 scholarship was awarded on August 12 to incoming MBA student Scott McEwen during the official launch of UPEI's new Master of Business Administration program, which begins in September. He is pictured on the front page of the UPEI website with Dean Roberta MacDonald.
UPEI Launches Master of Business Administration
The University of Prince Edward Island officially launched its executive-style Master of Business Administration (MBA) today in the new UPEI School of Business. Designed to meet the needs of full-time working professionals, the new program will welcome its first 36 students in September. The class represents a very diverse group of students, which will encourage valuable peer-to-peer learning throughout their time in the MBA Program.
“Our inaugural class of MBA students is very much in line with the vision we had when developing the program. We have almost equal representation from the private and public sectors, the class is almost evenly split between males and females, and half of our students hold undergraduate degrees in a discipline outside the realm of business. The composition of our first class suggests an MBA is of value to working professionals in a wide range of careers,” noted Roberta MacDonald, Dean of Business.
Dean MacDonald introduced three new faculty members who have joined the UPEI School of Business to instruct at the graduate level. They are Wendy Carroll, Juergen Krause, and Gerry Mahar. Carroll and Krause will also work together as Co-Directors of Graduate Business Studies to provide direction for the program’s evolution, and to ensure students’ needs are met.
The launch was also an opportunity to congratulate UPEI’s first MBA scholarship-winners.
“We are extremely pleased to be able to award these scholarships in the inaugural year of our MBA program,” said Dean MacDonald. “Our students are busy professionals, many of whom are balancing career, family, and community responsibilities while pursuing their MBA. Scholarships provide financial relief and, in turn, give students more time to focus on their studies.”
Five students were awarded entrance scholarships valued at $5,000 each. Liz Dobbin, Manager of the PEI Cancer Treatment Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, was one of the award-winners.
“Like most young families today, we are faced with increasing costs for everything. The costs of enrolling in the MBA program are not insignificant and require sacrifice by my husband and children to make it happen. Scholarship support will go a very long way in easing the burden,” said Dobbin.
Recently seconded to The Wait Time Pilot Project, Dobbin is pursuing her MBA to apply cutting-edge business tools and strategic thinking to her daily work. Her classroom studies will help develop innovative processes, human resource models, and inter-provincial working agreements that affect radiation therapy wait times for Island cancer patients.
Glenn Gallant, Amber Jadis, Susan Anderson, and Brenda Worth were also awarded entrance scholarships. Their professional accomplishments, community involvement, and enthusiasm were deciding factors in the selection process.
“Higher education is a privilege, and I plan to give back to society whatever I am fortunate enough to receive,” said Glenn Gallant, a single father of two, who is pursuing his MBA to further his career aspirations within the provincial government and to satisfy his own personal growth.
The sixth scholarship winner, Scott McEwen, received the newly established George E. Howatt Scholarship, also valued at $5,000. The scholarship recognizes an incoming MBA student who has demonstrated academic excellence and entrepreneurial initiative, as well as a commitment to giving back to his/her community. A business owner, and father of three, McEwen exemplifies “an entrepreneurial spirit and ambition that will serve him well in the MBA program which focuses on developing entrepreneurial and innovative thinking for success in today’s globally competitive business world,” said Dean MacDonald.
“We have an extremely strong cohort of students beginning the MBA program in September,” she said. “The scholarship applications were very revealing of how involved our students already are in the betterment of their workplaces and communities. It’s encouraging to know that these leaders are dedicated to further developing their skills, knowledge and thinking, and I have no doubt they will continue to make significant contributions going forward.”
MBA BACKGROUNDER
UPEI’s School of Business is launching its Executive-style Master of Business Administration program, which is designed to suit the needs of full-time working professionals, with classes set to begin in September 2008.
The school has received a very strong response, with 36 students admitted for September 2008. The local business community and employers have also shown enthusiasm and support for this exciting graduate program in business studies, which is the first of its kind on PEI.
Students choose from specialized streams of study in Biotechnology Management & Entrepreneurship and Innovative Management. The program can be completed in a minimum of two years or taken over a longer period, up to six years.
The emphasis is on integration, innovation, entrepreneurial thinking and the development of global perspectives.
The School has hired new faculty, who will instruct at the graduate level. Wendy Carroll, Juergen Krause, and Gerry Mahar joined the faculty at the School this summer. Each comes to the School with an impressive career and academic background:
Wendy Carroll comes to UPEI with 20 years of work experience in senior leadership and executive positions, primarily in the areas of human resource management, employee relations, operations management and negotiations. Wendy has made several contributions to research in the area of strategic human resource management, workforce strategies for the future, and the effects of technology on employees.
Juergen Krause holds a PhD (Magna Cum Laude) in Chemistry from the University of Konstanz, Germany. He has an extensive career in research and development, and has held senior level positions within the pharmaceutical industry. Most recently he worked with Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. as Vice President of Research and Development Strategy and Operations.
Before joining the faculty at the School of Business, Gerry Mahar was a National Sales and Marketing Manager, responsible for accounts with several multinational IT firms. After a lengthy career, he returned to graduate school to obtain his PhD in Management Sciences. His research interests include communities of practice in software development, and field service operations in national accounts marketing management.
Wendy Carroll and Juergen Krause will work together as Co-Directors of Graduate Business Studies to provide direction for the program’s growth and evolution, and to ensure students’ needs are met.
Five incoming students have been awarded MBA entrance scholarships, valued at $5,000 each. They are: Glenn Gallant, Liz Dobbin, Brenda Worth, Susan Anderson and Amber Jadis. All five have demonstrated leadership, excelled in their academic pursuits, and made impressive contributions in their chosen careers.
Scott McEwen, an entrepreneur with two businesses and a young family, has been awarded the George E. Howatt Scholarship, valued at $5,000. This scholarship was established in 2008 to recognize an incoming MBA student who has demonstrated academic excellence and entrepreneurial initiative, as well as a commitment to giving back to his/her community.
The School is now accepting applications for the 2009 MBA class.
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MBA Student Profile
UPEI’s MBA program has attracted a strong cohort of students representing diverse academic backgrounds, work experiences, and life stories. The composition of the MBA class will encourage valuable peer-to-peer learning and opportunities to gain new perspectives. The class profile is as follows:
Gender: 19 Males, 17 Females
Average Age: 39 years
Education: 50 per cent hold a Bachelor of Business Administration, 50 per cent hold an undergraduate degree in another discipline. Three students have professional designations. Three students have master’s courses/PhD designation.
Current Employment: Twenty-one students are employed in the private sector, including five who are self-employed and two who work with non-profit organizations. Fifteen are employed with government at municipal, provincial, and federal levels.
Average Years of Full-time Work Experience: 15 years
For more information about the MBA Program please visit www.upei.ca/business or contact Shannon Courtney, MBA Program Co-ordinator, at 566-6474 or scourtney@upei.ca
Former students donate $50,000 to UPEI School of Business
Investment executive Yousef Hashmi, BA ' 85, and his wife Julie Scales, BA ' 89, have made a $50,000 gift to the University of Prince Edward Island’s School of Business. To recognize their generous donation, one of the break-out rooms in the new School of Business will be named in their honour.
“Gifts from alumni are especially meaningful to a university,” says Dean of Business Roberta MacDonald. “With their gift to our capital campaign, Yousef Hashmi and Julie Scales are ensuring that future generations of UPEI students have the resources to excel and make their own contributions to society. We are delighted to have Yousef and Julie associated with our new building.”
Hashmi and Scales have supported their alma mater since 1989. In 2003 they established the Yousef Hashmi Awards for Business Excellence to provide support for top business students. In 2004 they also donated funds to provide software for the student computer lab in the Kelley Building, and over the years, they have supported UPEI’s sports programs.
“University experience at UPEI will be the best time of young adults' lives, and Julie and I are proud to contribute to their experience,” says Hashmi.
An investment executive with ScotiaMcLeod Financial Services in Charlottetown, Hashmi is well-known in trading circles, particularly for his work in the field of technical analysis. He is an avid golfer who plays each year in the UPEI Alumni Golf Tournament, and Scales is a three-time provincial curling champion. They have two children, Kayla and Tyler.
Institute of Island Studies and WUSC host a benefit concert for Burma August 20
The event will also include an exhibition and sale of stunning photographic images--the work of refugees in the camps on the Thai border. The doors open at 7 p.m. for the photo exhibition and sale, with the concert starting at 8 p.m.
The area of Burma hit by the cyclone is one of the major rice-producing areas in the world. In addition to dealing with widespread death and destruction of homes, rice crops and livelihoods, the Burmese must cope with the recent, rapid rise in the price of imported rice.
The fundraiser is a collaborative effort of the Institute of Island Studies (IIS), WUSC (which supports refugee students at UPEI), community partners involved in the PEI Food Security Network, the Atlantic Centre for International Cooperation and refugees from Burma now living on P.E.I.
"The coast of Burma, like that of many small islands around the world, is extremely vulnerable to the natural disasters that accompany global climate change," says IIS director Dr. Irene Novaczek. "As Islanders facing an uncertain future that will involve increased coastal erosion, stronger and more frequent hurricanes, and flooding, we appreciate the importance of coming to the aid of other coastal and island people who are much less able, for reasons rooted in poverty and politics, to cope with natural disasters."
Inspiration for the project came from Island native Harmony Wagner, a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine who has been volunteering for the past several years with the Mae Tao Clinic (www.maetaoclinic.org) in Mae Sot, Thailand, close to the Burmese border. This clinic provides free health care to refugees and migrant workers from Burma living in Thailand, and is run entirely on donations. When Nargis hit, Wagner had just returned from training medics at the Mae Tao.
“Mae Tao clinic and the five surrounding refugee camps were already scrambling to feed the 150,000 refugees in the area, due to the drastic increase in the price of rice,” says Wagner. “When I saw the news of the cyclone, I knew this meant that even more refugees would stream over the border seeking help from Mae Tao, taxing their capacity to adequately feed and provide health care for those already in the camps.”
Thus, Ricemusic was born from a deep compassion for the victims of Cyclone Nargis and the people struggling to assist them, and from the heartache of watching the shockingly inadequate response from the Burmese military junta.
Ricemusic has been developed to raise both funds and awareness of the ongoing plight of the people of Burma and to shine a light on the growing concern for global food security. At current rice prices, a $20 Ricemusic concert ticket will feed a refugee family of four for ten days. In return, concertgoers can look forward to an evening of musical magic, which will be hosted by Cynthia Dunsford. The fundraiser also includes a raffle for more than 40 prizes donated by Island businesses.
All proceeds from Ricemusic will go directly to buy food and medical supplies for the Mae Tao Clinic. The clinic has an emergency assistance team that can cross into Burma and provide direct support to the communities most affected by the cyclone, filling the gaps where other aid falls short and reporting back to the world first-hand accounts and pictures of the crisis.
Tickets for the concert and raffle are $20 and can be purchased at Timothy’s World Coffee, the Association for Newcomers to PEI, Charlottetown Farmers’ Market and at the door. Concerned Islanders are encouraged to make additional donations to the Institute of Island Studies/Ricemusic, for which they will receive a charitable tax receipt from UPEI. Check out www.ricemusic.ca for more information.
Research chair from Cancer Care Ontario gives public lecture at UPEI on August 22
Dr. Scott Leatherdale, Research Chair in the Department of Population Studies and Surveillance at Cancer Care Ontario, will give a public lecture about his work with youth and adult populations to help reduce the future cancer burden in Canada on Friday, August 22.
The lecture, entitled 'Population-level data collection and knowledge exchange systems for physical activity promotion and obesity prevention: Current systems and emerging opportunities,' will take place from 9 to 10 a.m. in the lecture theatre in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre at the University of Prince Edward Island.
Leatherdale is an assistant professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto and Health Studies and Gerontology at the University of Waterloo, and an associate scientist with the Canadian Cancer Society/National Cancer Institute of Canada's (CCS/NCIC) Centre for Behavioural Research and Program Evaluation (CBRPE). He is also a board member of the Institute Advisory Board for the Institute of Cancer Research (IAB-ICR) of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and an advisory board member of the National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC) Strategic Prevention Initiative.
For the last four years, he has conducted independent, original applied behavioural research. Primarily, he has played a prominent role as a principal investigator in the development of the School Health Action, Planning and Evaluation System (SHAPES) in conjunction with staff at the Centre for Behavioural Research and Program Evaluation of the Canadian Cancer Society/National Cancer Institute of Canada.
More recently, Leatherdale has taken a lead role in the development of the planning and infrastructure development for the Ontario Chronic Disease Cohort (OCDC). The OCDC is an emerging cohort platform which will allow etiologic studies that consider environmental, biochemical, and genetic risk factors for disease, early detection studies focused on blood-based biologic markers of early disease, and the evaluation of how policies and different environmental contexts influence health behaviours.
The lecture is presented by PEI HRI and CSHR at the University of Prince Edward Island.
UPEI salutes winners of 2008 NSERC undergraduate scholarships
Dr. Donna Giberson, NSERC scholarship liaison officer for UPEI, reported that this is the highest number of these awards the university has ever received from the council, which is the main government funding agency for basic science and engineering research in Canada.
“NSERC received more funding for student research projects this year, and UPEI was in a good position to take advantage of the increase, since we had a record number of high quality applicants,” says Giberson. “It is an incredible opportunity for the students, since they work on real research projects. When I asked the students what excited them most about their summer work, that was the main thing that they mentioned: the chance to work on real research equipment, and contribute to real research projects.”
During the event, the students’ projects were showcased in a virtual poster session. Projects cover a range of the sciences, including chemistry, biology, physics, pathology and microbiology, family and nutritional sciences, and mathematics.
Research topics include the effects of green crab sediment disturbance on eelgrass beds, the potential health benefits of cranberries and blueberries, the development of a new animal model of schizophrenia, the effects of nitrate pollution on development of fish eggs, investigation of new chemical compounds that could lead to more environmentally secure batteries, and testing a new form of medical imaging called optoacoustic imaging.
NSERC’s undergraduate summer research awards program provides funding for university undergraduate students to gain experience working on real research projects in NSERC-funded laboratories. These awards not only provide an exceptional opportunity to learn about research first hand, but are very valuable for the students in opening up future career or study opportunities.
For detailed information on all of the projects, visit www.upei.ca/studentresearch.
New building named for SDU alumni Don and Marion McDougall
The University of Prince Edward Island has recognized the leadership support of two distinguished alumni by naming its newest academic building in their honour. In acknowledgment of Donald and Marion McDougall's commitment to higher education, the University has named the building that houses the Centre for Life-long Learning, School of Business, and Co-op Education and Entrepreneurship programs as Don and Marion McDougall Hall.
Don and Marion McDougall are native Prince Edward Islanders who live in London, Ontario and Ebbsfleet, PEI. They are both alumni of St. Dunstan's University, one of UPEI's two founding institutions. Since they graduated 50 years ago they have generously supported their Alma Mater. In addition to their previous support, the McDougalls have just made a new $2 million gift to the UPEI Building a Legacy Campaign.
"We truly appreciate the generosity of Don and Marion McDougall in making this wonderful gift," said UPEI President Wade MacLauchlan. "The McDougalls have shown leadership in their national and local community, and now they are leading the way toward the long-term success of UPEI and our students."
"This donation is a gratitude gift for all the wonderful things which happened to us that can be traced directly back to our years here. It is also a vote of confidence in UPEI, its faculty and staff," said Don McDougall.
McDougall was born in 1937, the son of Frank and Patricia (Callaghan) MacDougall of Kinkora. After teaching high school in Summerside, he attended the University of Western Ontario and graduated with his Master's Degree in Business Administration in 1961. He spent the next 12 years in managerial positions with the Labatt Brewing Company. He was named President in 1973, a position he held for six years.
After working with Howard Webster of Montreal in the early 1980s, he acquired Novatronics Inc. of Stratford, Ontario in 1983. Over the next 20 years he expanded this aerospace company globally and sold it to Curtiss-Wright Inc. in 2003. He has been a director of a number of private and public companies including: Rambri Management Inc., Burlington Investments Inc., Systemhouse Inc., and Spectral Diagnostics, Inc.
He is a past chair of the Board of Governors of the University of Western Ontario and is currently a member of the Advisory Board of the Ivey Business School at UWO. He was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in recognition of the leadership role he played in bringing a major league baseball franchise to Toronto in 1976, the Toronto Blue Jays.
Locally, he served on the Board of the Holland College Foundation and as Chair of Slemon Park Corporation from its inception in1991 until his retirement in 2005. In 1978, UPEI awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
Marion McDougall was born in Little Pond in 1938, the daughter of Henry and Anna (Quinn) MacDonald. After graduating from St. Dunstan's she taught at Morell High School before moving to London where she taught Grade 5. In 1961 she and Don were married and for 24 years she worked full-time raising their five children—Brian, Donna, Neil, Colin, and Anne, all of whom have earned an MBA degree.
Marion returned to university in the mid-eighties to complete the required courses for her Ontario teaching certificate and she worked as a part-time teacher until her retirement in 1993. Recently she has been studying at a retreat centre in Clearwater, Florida, where she enjoyed the exposure to what she considers a real treasure of the Church, the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.
During the naming ceremony at UPEI, she looked back more than half a century to her years as a student at SDU with great pride and appreciation.
"We feel we were truly blessed to have attended St. Dunstan's University where the Catholic faith was alive and well," she said. "We made lasting friendships here and came to treasure the faith and values which our parents first taught us and which were nurtured by the wonderful priests and lay teachers we had here."
The naming ceremony was an opportunity to celebrate Don and Marion McDougall's extensive family connections on PEI. Marion's siblings are Bishop Faber MacDonald, Clare Doyle, Mary Rose Garon, and Sandy MacDonald. Don's siblings are Sister Frances MacDougall, Peggy Forbes, Patricia Mella, Phil MacDougall, and the late Peter MacDougall.
McDougall Hall is a 50,000-square-foot building of red brick and burnished copper that houses top-tier teaching and research facilities designed to spark an entrepreneurial drive in students and business executives and to promote a commitment to lifelong learning. The very first students to take advantage of the new facility will begin classes on Wednesday, September 3.
Pictured on the front page of this website are Dr. Roberta MacDonald, Dean of Business; Marion McDougall, SDU '58; President Wade MacLauchlan; Don McDougall, SDU '58; and Fred Hyndman, Chair of the UPEI Board of Governors.
