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Past Events



SJU Alumni & Family Sweetheart Skate

Student-Alumni Mixer

St. Jerome's Alumni Golf Classic

2009 Spring Convocation Activities at SJU

The Seventh Annual St. Jerome's Feast

Ottawa Alumni "Meet & Greet" Reception

Niagara Alumni Dinner

Frosh '97 Reunion

Team SJU: We Helped Build Habitat for Humanity

Reunion of Graduates (1964 to 1970)

The Fr. Norm Choate Distinguished Graduate Award



SJU Alumni & Family Sweetheart Skate

St. Jerome’s University Alumni Association invites you and your family to attend an afternoon of ice skating and hot chocolate on Sunday, February 14th from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. at the new Waterloo Town Square ice rink (King Street & Willis Way). This event is free and parking is also available. For more information regarding this event, please contact MJ Gaudet at 519-884-8111, Ext. 28277 or by e-mail at mjgaudet@uwaterloo.ca. We look forward to seeing you there!


Student-Alumni Mixer

The SJU Advancement Office, Alumni Association and 2010 Grad Class Challenge Chairs invite you to a fun and informative evening of networking with St. Jerome's Alumni and UW Career Services. Ask Alumni questions about their career paths and get helpful tips for your future.

All 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year SJU students are invited and encouraged to attend the SJU Student-Alumni Mixer

Date:

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Time:

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

Location:

Room 2017

RSVP:       to M.J Gaudet for your chance to win a raffle prize!

                 M.J Gaudet - 519-884-8111 ext.28277

 


St. Jerome's Alumni Golf Classic

Held at Merry-Hill Golf Club on Saturday August 15th, 2009, the SJU Alumni Association hosted its 1st Annual Alumni Golf Classic.  Alumni, students and guest enjoyed a round of golf and reconnecting with each other over dinner & prizes.

golf photo

golf photo

golf dinner


2009 Spring Convocation Activities at SJU

The 2009 spring convocation activities held at SJU were a great success for new grads, families, staff and faculty.   All guests were invited to take part in the celebratory convocation liturgy, luncheon and reception.   Those in attendance truly appreciated the extra hospitality that St.  Jerome’s offers to its students and families on special occasions like this.

convocation

Stephanie Martyres and family

graduate

Christopher Neal

graduate

Mellisa Howard

graduate and faculty

Cyntha Struthers, Dustin Gauci, Conrad Hewitt

David Perrin

Dave Perrin


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. 

Click here for a few photo's of the Feast

 


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.

Click here for photo's of the reunion


Team SJU

We Helped Builded
Habitat for
Humanity



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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

Picture of Archbishop Thomas C. Collins




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.

Fr. Norm Choate sent a message congratulating Jim on the award, confessing that, “that at the time you were involved with inventing WATFOR I did not have a clue as to what you were doing and the cyber world is still a mystery to me but a mystery for which I am profoundly grateful . Thank you for your contribution to information technology and your contribution to the millions of computer novices like me. I am very proud that you have been selected for this award.”

 

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