Movers & Shakers
LATITUDE
DEAN’S HOLIDAY RECEPTION A SALUTE TO SUCCESS
More than 200 business leaders, industry part- ners, donors, and alumni were on hand at the Dean’s Holiday Reception at the Schulich School of Engineering in December last year, bidding farewell to 2018 and usher in the new year. Dean Bill Rosehart, P.Eng., PhD , hosted the annual holiday gathering in Calgary, merging a warm nod to the year’s accomplishments with the eager anticipation of what’s to come. “Schulich is never at a standstill. The year ahead we will continue to drive efforts to promote student success, fostering diversity and high-impact research,” said Dr. Rosehart. “We are currently working to develop a new graduate employment initiative to ensure our students have support transitioning to meaningful engineering work. We are focused on expanding our industry partnerships to enable our researchers to grow their high-impact research. And we will continue to promote new diversity initiatives, including new pathways into engineering for under-represented groups, to welcome everyone into our profession.” As always, the highlight of the night was the presentation of the school’s top honours: the inaugural Schulich Leadership Excellence Award, the Canadian Engineering Leadership Award, and the Dean’s Award for Corporate Leadership. Elizabeth Cannon, P.Eng., PhD , is the first-ever recipient of the Schulich Leadership Excellence Award. The outgoing President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calgary played a huge role in bringing the University of Calgary to the world stage as one of Canada’s most entrepreneurial and dynamic post-secondary institutions. “It has been an extraordinary journey. We’ve seen the university take major strides, and we’ve been able to do that because of the quality of our faculty, staff, and of course, our students, but we also do it because of the community,” Dr. Cannon said. The Canadian Engineering Leadership Award went to Stephen Laut, P.Eng. , Executive Vice- President of Canadian Natural Resources and a former Schulich graduate, for his extraordinary
-photo by Brandie Sunley
SCHULICH PLAYS SANTA The Schulich School of Engineering capped 2018 with a holiday reception and a trio of awards. From left to right: Dr. Bill Rosehart, P.Eng., Dean of the Schulich School of Engineering; Stephen Laut, P.Eng., recipient of the Canadian Engineering Leadership Award, and Dr. Elizabeth Cannon, P.Eng., outgoing University of Calgary President and Vice-Chancellor, and inaugural recipient of the Schulich Leadership Excellence Award. efforts in championing postsecondary education and research. Mr. Laut has supported many University of Calgary projects, including a state-of-the-art psychology clinic and a renovated and expanded engineering complex. The third award, the Canadian Engineering Leader Award, went to Jason Balasch, the President of Plains Midstream Canada . The company has backed many education-based projects, including the creation of specialized workspaces where students can learn through hands-on work.
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