Past Events

Date:

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Time:

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Presentation at 7:00 p.m.

Location:

Room 2017

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The Seventh Annual
St. Jerome’s Feast

The 2007 Chancellor John Sweeney Award Recipient:
Craig Kielburger, O.C.

At the age of 12, Craig Kielburger read about the plight of child-labourers in Pakistan and took action.  A student in the York District Catholic School Board, Craig mobilized his classmates and took the first steps towards what would eventually become an international organization—Free the Children—devoted to empowering and educating children throughout the world. 

His life has been a testimonial to the value of acting to actualize personal values. “Raised in a family of faith, I was fortunate to attend Catholic schools and receive an invaluable education rooted in the church’s teachings. I grew up attending services and learning parables, but never entirely felt a deep connection to my religious identity.”

“It was only when I ventured overseas to explore the horrors of child labour that the lessons I’d been taught truly found personal resonance. In my travels throughout the developing world, I have witnessed first-hand the dark realities of extreme poverty and exploitation. From India to sub-Saharan Africa, rural China to war-torn Sierra Leone, all around the world I have encountered poor and disenfranchised people in need of compassion and support.  

“In the presence of such profound injustice, the principles of our faith never seem more apt: if cold, clothe; if hungry, feed. For many, like Mother Teresa, faith is what compels service. For me, the desire to serve led me to unlock and understand the true meaning of my convictions. I came to understand that practicing one’s faith means more than simply identifying with a community—it means giving back and living the message by reaching out to help others.  

“Meeting children around the world and trying to answer their hope for a better, healthier life has deepened my appreciation for my upbringing and shaped my life’s path. Through our organization’s many projects, I have been able to stay true to my goal of translating faith into positive social action.” I look forward to speaking about how communities of faith can realize their own beliefs through a life of compassion and generosity.”

Free the Children has grown into an organization that has harnessed the energy and goodwill of young people to build over 450 primary schools which provide daily education to more than 40,000 children world-wide.  Craig’s book, Free the Children, won the prestigious Christopher Award.  He and his brother, Marc, founded Leaders Today, which empowers young people through leadership education, and co-authored Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World, a New York Times best-seller.

Now 24, Craig has received many awards, including the Nelson Mandela Human Rights Award, the Order of Canada, the Human Rights Award from the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations and the World's Children's Prize for the Rights of Children, also known as the Children's Nobel Prize.  He and Free the Children have received three Nobel Peace Prize nominations and he has facilitated partnerships with organizations such as the United Nations and Oprah's Angel Network as well as working with world leaders such as Bill Clinton, Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama and Mother Teresa. 

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Ottawa "Meet and Greet" Alumni Reception

Vineyards Wine Bar & Bistro,
October 23, 2007

Ottawa alumni came out to meet the new President of St. Jerome's University, Dr. David Perrin, OMI, at a reception hosted by SJU graduates RoseMarie Morris (MA '69) and George Martin (BA '67; MA '71).  Everyone enjoyed the great wine, food, music and ambiance.

Niagara Alumni Dinner

Peninsula Lakes Golf Club ,
October 11, 2007

Niagara alumni were invited to attend a dinner with the new President of St. Jerome's University, Dr. David Perrin, OMI, hosted by SJU graduates Dave Augustyn (BA '95) Mayor of Pelham and wife Carol Berkhout (BA ‘95).

Frosh of '97
Reunion

Frosh '97 Group Photo
Saturday, Sept. 29th, 2007

It's been ten years and Kate Hano (BA '01, Psychology & Sociology) and Mary Drozd-Lutka (BA'01, Fine Arts & Religious Studies) hosted a reunion dinner, complete with a reenactment of the Frosh Dance.

The reunion coincided with UW's Homecoming '07.
Grads danced the night away making new memories and reminiscing about their time at SJU.

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Team SJU

We Helped Builded
Habitat for
Humanity

The SJU Graduates’ Association organized a two-day volunteer build program in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity Waterloo Region on July 12 and 13.

St. Jerome’s graduates, staff, faculty, students and U.C.C. members worked side-by-side to make a difference in lives of two families.
  
Not only did this team provide quality craftsmanship in laying laminate flooring, sub floors, putting up dry wall (mudding & taping), siding, and landscaping but they also raised over $4,000 dollars together as a team, which goes directly to the local Habitat for Humanity.

Click here for photo's of build
                                               

Graduates of
1964 to 1970
Reunion

Group Photo
Saturday, July 7, 2007

Margaret Downey (née Brown – BA ‘67, French) and Mary Fran Wallace (née Walter – BA ‘67, English) hosted a wonderful reunion for twenty-one graduates and their spouses on July 7, 2007.

The evening was filled with warm nostalgia and memories of college life 40 years ago at St. Jerome’s. Dr. James (Jim) Mitchell (BSc ’66) was presented with the 2007 Fr. Norm Choate Distinguished Graduate Award

Click here to see who atended the reunion

Click here for photo's of the reunion

The Fr. Norm Choate Distinguished Graduate
Award and Lecture

This year's recipient is
Dr. James (Jim) Mitchell
(BSC '66)

This year's recipient is Dr. James (Jim) Mitchell (BSC ’66).  He and his wife, Judy Wainwright, attended the reunion of graduates from the 1960s, where he was honoured for a forty-five year career that has involved ground-breaking research in computer programming and technology. Born in Kitchener Waterloo in 1943, Jim grew up in Galt, commuting to attend St. Jerome’s High School.  He lived at St. Jerome’s College during much of his time at the University of Waterloo.

His early fascination with computer programming resulted in his involvement, along with three other students, in a revolutionary development that helped establish UW as an international centre for computing excellence: the creation of the first WATFOR compiler.  Jim graduated in 1966 with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and pursued postgraduate studies, receiving a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.  In 1980-81 he was Senior Visiting Fellow at the Cambridge University Computing Laboratory and, in 1997, he received the J.W. Graham Medal in Computing and Innovation from the University of Waterloo.  Jim has been head of research and development for Acorn Computers (U.K.), President of the Acorn Research Center in Palo Alto, California and a Xerox Fellow from 1971-84 at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.

Since 1988, he has been a senior researcher and administrator with Sun Microsystems in Palo Alto.  He has been the Vice-President of Technology & Architecture in the JavaSoft Division; Chief Technology Officer, Java Consumer & Embedded products and Vice President in charge of Sun Microsystems Laboratories.  Jim is currently a Sun Fellow and Vice President of Sun's High Productivity Computing Systems Research project under contract with DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) which explores novel approaches to the hardware and software total system design leading to the next generation of supercomputers.