UCalgary Alumni Magazine - Feature

In 50 Years, Where Will We Be?

alumni — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 01:54:53 +0000

The future of Canada lies in entrepreneurship and technology.

Unlocking Skills: The Power of Brain Games

alumni — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 03:26:23 +0000

When her teenaged son, Noah, was just a little tyke, Lisa Garcia, BEd/BA’95, was ashamed to tell her friends how much time he spent playing video games — a few hours after school and up to eight hours a day over the weekends. “I lay awake at night and I hid it from my friends,” she says. “It was not acceptable to them and I know their attitude reflected society as a whole and they reflected what I believed in as well, yet . . . ”

Risky Business

alumni — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 22:54:20 +0000

If life is a moun

Transformations

alumni — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 05:13:59 +0000

On the eve of celebrating its 50th anniversary, the University of Calgary is taking stock of

Agents of Transformation

alumni — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 03:01:21 +0000

Think of this issue as a voyage. In some articles, you witnessed the sea change that’s rippling across the University of Calgary’s 50-year-old campus, while other stories bumped you up against current issues and debates, all of which are changing the way the world learns. Creating possibilities for self-discovery and academic excellence, while building an entrepreneurial culture, has always been at the heart of our mission here at UCalgary where we see ourselves as catalysts that trigger big reactions.

A Campus Transformation

alumni — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 03:02:45 +0000

Wouldn’t it be fun to take a student from 1966 and flash-forward them to the UCalgary campus in 2016? Hold tight, daddy-o, as we do that very thing.

A freshman hops off a green-and-white electric trolley bus at the University of Calgary stop. It’s a windy 1966 day and dust blows in from a nearby building site.

Shaping our world

tdroden — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 19:01:33 +0000

The world of design is not what it used to be.

Eyes on Design

alumni — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 03:48:51 +0000

The future success of most urban centres is largely reliant on those who plan, design and manage the shared spaces and functions of their city. Design has, therefore, become an increasingly fundamental tool in all levels of public and private development. For cities, design is at their very core and is utilized in business, with citizens, as well as in government, to make cities more attractive, more liveable and more efficient.

The Power of Great Mistakes

alumni — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 02:18:39 +0000

Can failure open the doors to discovery? Why being wrong might be likely to unleashing creativity

Standing at the podium in his brown leather jacket and multihued shirt, W. Brett Wilson, MBA’85 — maverick entrepreneur and author of Redefining Success: Still Making Mistakes — interrupts his speech on leadership to more than 230 students on campus at the University of Calgary. He’s taking a phone call.

Emergency? Prank? Epic fail?