Terry Stepien / Martyn Mallick
Martyn Mallick is a specialist in wireless solutions
who was able to turn a successful Guelph co-op work
experience into a full-time job. He works in the engineering
department of iAnywhere Solutions. A subsidiary of Sybase
Inc., the Waterloo company has hired 38 Guelph graduates
in the last five years. "Our team needs people
who have the ability to grasp our broader vision and
come prepared to make contributions to the Sybase team,"
says president Terry Stepien.
Perspective...Experience...Commitment...Expertise
University of Guelph students succeed because between
matriculation and graduation, they acquire a global
perspective, valuable work experience, a high-quality
education, a commitment to making the world a better
place and broad expertise on the issues most pressing
to today's society. As such, according to the 2000-01
Ontario University Graduate Survey, our graduates experience
a 98-per-cent employment rate two years after graduation.
Those not active in the labour market are pursuing graduate
or professional programs. Equally important, our 70,000
graduates can be found around the globe as leaders,
innovators, teachers, advisors and mentors.
Graduate grants beat the average
U of G graduate students again beat the overall national
average for successful Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council grants, with more than 68 per cent
of Guelph applicants winning the highly prized scholarships.
Valued at $17,300 to $19,100, the post-graduate scholarships
allow students to pursue studies in natural sciences
and engineering.
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Co-op program builds skills
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Third-highest enrolment in co-operative education
among Ontario universities, after Waterloo and Ottawa;
tenth largest program in Canada.
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Currently more than 1,600 U of G students enrolled.
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No other Ontario university has co-op programs
in child studies, hotel and food administration,
biological engineering and pharmaceutical chemistry.
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Co-operative Education Work Placements
The University of Guelph works closely with students
and employers to create work opportunities in a broad
range of programs, resulting in almost 700 work placements
in 2001.
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Veterinary graduate shares expertise
It's
been only five years since Kathleen Keil graduated from
Guelph's veterinary college, but she's already become
a leader in the veterinary profession and her community,
earning her the University's 2002 Alumni Medal of Achievement.
She works for Bayer Inc., leading a team of veterinarians
in providing customer service, monitoring field trials
and preparing regulatory submissions. She also chaired
Bayer's 2001 United Way campaign and serves on committees
that promote recycling, resource conservation and voluntarism.
Keil is working to advance her profession as a volunteer
for the Ontario Association of Industrial Veterinarians
and the Ontario Veterinary Medical Association. And
she shares her expertise with future veterinarians by
acting as coach and mentor for current DVM students
at U of G.
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Alumni
commitment recognized
The University of Guelph Alumni Association includes
1951 agriculture graduate Ken Hammill among its Alumnus
of Honour award winners. Hammill earned a national reputation
as vice-president and general manager of Blount Canada
Ltd. Under his leadership, the company became a North
American leader in "quality circles" and "just-in-time"
manufacturing, while building a strong profile of support
for the community and the arts.
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Prestigious prize for PhD student
Kirit Patel, a PhD candidate in the rural studies program,
is one of only two researchers in the world to receive
a 2002 Vavilov-Frankel Fellowship from the International
Plant Genetic Resources Institute based in Rome. The
$24,000 US fellowship aims to encourage the conservation
and use of plant genetic resources. Patel, a native
of India, will use the fellowship to study that country's
link between poverty and biodiversity and develop ways
of encouraging farmers to continue growing local varieties
of plants while boosting their incomes. Within the world
of plant conservation, the Vavilov-Frankel is considered
the most prestigious award for young scholars.
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Researcher
applauds Guelph experience
Mark Lautens says it was his undergraduate experience
at U of G that led him to pursue a research and academic
career. Now an organic chemist and professor at the
University of Toronto, Lautens has been awarded a fellowship
in the Royal Society of Canada, the country's highest
honour for scholars and scientists. "The experience
I had at Guelph the way in which faculty interacted
with students and the opportunity to work on real research
projects had a huge impact on the way I try to
interact with students here in Toronto," he says.
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Alumni receive accolades
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Graduating international development student Janet
McLaughlin and graduating engineering student
Brendan Munn received prestigious 2002 Commonwealth
Scholarships to study abroad.
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Cassie Campbell, a 1997 BA graduate, led
Canada's national women's hockey team to a gold
medal win at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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2000 B.Comm. graduate Darcy Van Wyck was
one of only four commerce graduates in North America
to be selected for the 2001 Hilton Hotel fast-track
management program. He went on to win Hilton's international
award for management trainees.
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John Harlim earned opportunities to attend
national and international workshops while completing
a master's degree in the Department of Mathematics
and Statistics. The 2001 graduate is now pursuing
a PhD at the University of Maryland.
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1995 fine art graduate Phil Irish represented
Canada at the Jeux de la Francophonie, an international
cultural competition involving more than 50 French-speaking
countries around the world.
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Community leadership begins at Guelph
Our students are up to their elbows in community activities,
involving themselves in everything from residence council
and University governance to volunteering on campus
and in the greater community. Bolstering this is U of
G's Citizenship Education Program which arranges one-day
service events, operates an on-line volunteer placement
service, and organizes the University's annual Project
Serve B named 2001 Program of the Year by the Canadian
Association of College and University Student Services.
"Cleaning conservation areas, helping out at the
Humane Society, delivering meals to seniors and sorting
food at the local food banks all help to remind us that
the community is there and that we can and should have
a significant impact within it," says student Mike
Stephenson, a Project Serve team leader.
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