Fall/Winter 2011
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Regular readers are probably wondering where Chris Petty is. He’s been filling this editorial space with his musings about life and UBC for the past 22 years. Chris retired from our office in May, and at his leaving-do the staff gave him a nice little golf package. My guess is he’s been living it up [...]
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer.” (Harriet Tubman) What makes a university great? In forum after forum, we hear the same answer: the university’s endowment. World Bank economist Jamil Salmi has said it; New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author Thomas Friedman has said it; virtually all of my counterparts at universities [...]
“Every Great Movement Starts Somewhere” – that was the somewhat mysterious message on an invitation sent to the Vancouver campus community asking them to come to the War Memorial Gym on the morning of September 28. A large and naturally curious crowd of students, staff and faculty turned up to hear Professor Stephen Toope announce an [...]
When I was asked to join the efforts of the Alumni Association board in 2009, it was an easy decision to accept the role. As well as the personal affection I have for UBC (with many fond memories from student days that would take up this whole column if I were to list them now), [...]
