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Éric Lapointe (BA '99)
alumnus

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Former Football Mountie Éric Lapointe continues to make his mark on Canadian football, 12 years after finishing his outstanding career as an unstoppable, all-star running back at Mount Allison. He will be inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a 2012 honoree in the players' category.


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Sheila Watt- Cloutier
Visiting Scholar


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Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Inuk climate change advocate and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, delivered a campus lecture entitled "Not the Time to COP Out," on the second day of the international UN COP-17 climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa.  Click below to view the lecture at Isuma TV.


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Matthew Wheaton
Chemistry/Biology


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Matthew Wheaton is a former two-sport athlete at Mount Allison. An ACAA cross-country all-star in his first two years, Wheaton also played Mounties' AUS soccer for his first three seasons. Also a triathlete, he was recently named the CCAA Men's Featured Athlete of the Week for his cross-country efforts this season.


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Sally Dibblee (BMus ‘88)
alumna


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Opera singer Sally Dibblee says all of her earliest memories are musical. She can remember sitting on a wharf as a small child, swinging her feet in the water and singing.

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Thaddeus Holownia
Department Head, Fine Arts


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Read the story and meet the artist behind Mount Allison’s unique handmade diplomas.
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An Allisonian Family in Honduras

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The Stymiest Family (Bev ‘78, Debbie ‘79, Laura ‘11, and Kate ’14) share their experiences with Global Brigades Mount Allison in Honduras.

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Dave Constable (BSc ‘70)
Alumnus

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Dave Constable has enjoyed a successful mining career, across Canada and internationally, in the field and the boardroom.

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Debbie Johnston (BA ‘90)
alumna

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International lawyer Debbie Johnston takes her work out of the courtroom and into the field in Latin America

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Alyssa Patterson
Student

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Honours biochemistry and chemistry student Alyssa Patterson has received the first-ever Carol Ann Cole Comfort Heart Studentship Award from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF), Atlantic Region.

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Dr. Nauman Farooqi
Commerce professor,
Ron Joyce Centre for Business Studies

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Dr. Nauman Farooqi has been awarded over $115,000 (US) from the Qatar National Research Fund for an international study to extend the understanding of Hawala — the transfer of money without using the formal banking system. He will be working with scholars from the Middle East and Australia on this international project.

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Flora Chung
Student

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Flora Chung is a Modern Languages and Literatures student who currently speaks seven languages (English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish, French, German, and Japanese). She recently took top prize in the Atlantic-wide Japanese Speech contest, held in Halifax this spring, and participated in the national competition in Calgary.

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Chelsea Dickie
Drama/Biology/Classics

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Q. – How did you choose your unique degree?
A. – In my first year I took a variety of subjects, ranging from astronomy to biology to English and Spanish. I loved them all! So I thought, why not continue to take them all?
Q. – Career Ambition?
A. – A high school teacher, hopefully moving my way up to being a university professor one day.

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Crystal Chettiar
Psych/Drama/music

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Q. – Favourite meal to eat in Sackville?
A. – Bridge Street Cafe’s Veggie Parisian baguette and a kiwi Italian soda
Q. – Extracurriculars?
A. – Garnet & Gold and Black Tie Musical Theatre Societies, Windsor Theatre, Choral Society, Global Brigades, President of the Drama Studies Society
Q. – Career ambitions?
I’ve always wanted to move to the New York City theatre scene, study Creative Art Therapy, and work with troubled youth through performing arts

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Pat Joyce
President, Mount Allison Students' Union 2011-12
Soc/Anth

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“Mount Allison students are fortunate to be part of a supportive and nurturing community with facilities and services
that are second to none.”


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