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Huskies hockey star Mike Danton stands with the Grade Six class at Colby Village Elemetary School following a recent presentation. Danton has spoken at close to a dozen schools in the last year about the benefits of staying focused on an education.

Acting Dean of Science Steven Smith and University President Colin Dodds were on hand recently for a banquet honouring science students appearing on the Dean's list. At the table, from right to left, are Wilfried Beslin, Biology, Pauline McLeod, Physics, Damien Robertson, Astronomy and Alexander Mott, also astronomy.

Bedford-Birch Cove MLA Kelly Regan goes for a ride on a cushion of air during an MLA Orientation Day held September 22. Dr. Adam Sarty was one of the professors who spent time with the group, highlighting some of the research that is carried out.

Yarmouth MLA and former SMUSA President Zach Churchill gets pointers from Dr. Adam Sarty before takling a one man hovercraft for a spin during a recent tour MLA tour of the campus.

Dr, Jonathan Fowler explains to visiting MLAs the importance of the archeological work he undertakes with students. Six MLAs toured the University Sept. 22 to get a better understanding of the role Saint Mary's plays in the province's post secondary matrix.

Visiting MLAs made a pitstop in Dr. Jason Clyburne's lab during a recent tour of campus. Dr. Clyburne spoke about his work on carbon capture and the University's involvement with the Maritimes Centre for Green Chemistry.

Members of the 1988 Huskies football team were inducted into Sport hall of Fame during Homecoming Weekend. More than 150 people were in attendance as Dr. Colin Dodds handed recognition certificates to the players. Goalie Chuck Goddard and football and baskeball star Brian Burgess were also inducted.

The Goggles, a street theatre group, brought their sustainability message to campus with a performance September 15 outside the library.

Tropical storm Earl packed a punch. It knocked out power and downed trees around campus. Thankfully no one was hurt and power was restored Sunday evening, making it easier for students moving into residence.

A recruitment team from Mexico representing 100 students toured campus recently and met with President Dr. Colin Dodds. Dr. Dodds welcomed them to campus and told them the University has two established links with Mexican universities.

University President J Colin Dodds and Muchun Liu, Chair of the Beijng Wuzi University Council, review an agreement created to foster academic and educational co-operation between the two institutions.

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed recently between Saint Mary's University and Beijing Wuzi University in China. Front row: Prof. Liu Muchun, Chairman of the University Council, Beijing Wuzi University and Dr. Colin Dodds, President and Vice Chancellor, Saint Mary’s University. Second row (left to right):Dr. Alain Boutet, Director, International Activities Office at saint Mary's, Prof. Weiying Jia, Associate Dean, School of Business, Prof. Dehong Yin, Associate Dean, School of Economics, Ms. Liu Li, Associate Director, International Education Exchange Centre, Mr. Zhanjun Hu, Director of Communication and Mr. Bill Bu, President, Eastern Tide International Ltd, Nova Scotia.


The renovation work around the campus this summer reaches to some of the highest points on campus. Here, workers repair casing on the steeple at the back of the McNally Building.	A stone mason with Coastal Construction replaces bricks in a wall on the south side of the McNally Building.


Renovations to the pedway linking the McNally Building and the Science Building are nearing completion. Here, a worker drywalls a section that had been removed to accommodate insulation and wiring work.	The sidewalks and curb in front of the McNally Building are taking shape. Work has begun on landscaping and all the projects on the exterior of the McNally should be complete by early September.


Students and their families giving Saint Mary's a once over during a July 23 Family and New Student Open House and enjoyed a barbecue in the quad.	Several hundred students toured the campus and took in lectures during the Family and New Student Open House held July 23. Balloons marked the sites where activities were taking place.


Maroon and white balloons dotted the campus July 23 as new students and their families toured Saint Mary's as part of an Open House Day. Many groups on campus set up information tables.	A summer International Student Appreciation Luncheon on July 20 brought together more than 200 students for an afternoon of fun. Getting into the spirit of the event were TESEL Centre Director Michael Armour and student Fawaz Alshammari.


A number of Saint Mary's students are doing co-op placements this summer. Valerie Keast is one of them. Valerie is doing market research for LED Roadway Lighting in the Bayers Lake Business Park. The company uses LED technology to cut down lighting costs.	If you roll into Carleton University in Ottawa this fall, Dr. Malcolm Butler will have a cup in which to serve you tea. A complete set of mugs was one of the gifts the Dean of Science was given at a recent celebration marking his departure.


University President J Colin Dodds addresses a delegation from Hakodate, Japan on July 7. The group of 15 visitors was in Halifax to find ways to strengthen ties between the two cities.	A roller smoothes out crushed gravel in front of the McNally building to make way for fresh pavement. The work to improve the road and sidewalk in front of the university is on schedule.


Students and staff who built up an appetite doing laps of the track had lots of food to fill up on afterwards during the recent Wellness Walk and BBQ.	A small reception was held for Dr. Terry Murphy as he stepped down as Vice-President Academic and Research. He will take a year administrative leave and return to teach in the Religious Studies Department. Here, he receives a book on the architecture of a small British town.

A German sailor watches his team play the U.S. during a mini World Cup tournament held at Huskies Stadium during Fleet Week in Halifax.	Volunteers sort and fold flags following a Canadian Forces soccer tournament involving sailors from six ships that were visitin in Halifax for Fleet Week and celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Navy.

University President J Colin Dodds gets ready to attach the presidential seal to a new research Memorandum of Understanding with the Mainland Mi'kmaq. Keptin Ron Knockwood signed on behalf of the Shubenacadie District.	A Memorandum of Understanding signed between Gorsebrook Research Institute at Saint Mary's University and the Mainland Mi’kmaq will open the door to new research initiatives across all faculties on campus.

An agreement between Saint Mary's University and workers represented by the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union was inked on June 28. On hand to witness the signing , from left, Valerie Dubois, Heather Zinn, Rachelle Warner Tina Webber, Gabe Morrison, Kim Squires, Colin Sutton and Sarah Jayne Smith. Norm Latimer and Dr. J Colin Dodds, in front, signed the deal.


President Dr. J Colin Dodds chats with DeeDee Dyer, a guest attending the annual Time for Tea celebration held June 20. The annual fundraiser supports the Friends of Saint Mary's bursary for single parent students.	A worker surveys the job ahead as he takes a break from digging up the roadbed in front of the McNally building as part of on going renovations.

Work on the lawn and road in front of the McNally Building is moving forward. Work is still scheduled to be completed before the beginning of the Fall Term	Commissionaire Peter Campbell goes through a drawer of more than 50 flags of various countries to find the correct one to put on the flagpole on the main lawn. Last week in honour of various visiting delegations the flagpole sported flags from Hungary, Iceland, Thailand and Vietnam.


A load of wallboard is delivered through a window as part of ongoing renovations to the McNally Building.	Anyone home? Biology student Allison Hudson checks one of 44 bird houses on campus that are used to study the Starling population. The boxes are checked on a regular basis throughout the spring and early summer to find out when the eggs hatch. Some boxes have as many as seven eggs. The project is led by Professor Dr. Colleen Barber.


President J Colin Dodds led discussions with visiting members of the City of Xiamen, China. The topics discussed during their visit on campus included the establishment of a Confucius Institute at Saint Mary’s (partnership between SMU and Xiamen University) and a Sister City Agreement between Halifax and Xiamen.	Chris Miller of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society and volunteer Jesse McNichol consult both books and a computer to identify one of more than 180 species of plants found during a weekend BioBlitz at Crystal Crescent Beach.

Sydney Smith of Dartmouth shows Saint Mary's Biology student Harrison Moore a Red Bellied Snake that was collected as part of BioBlitz at Crystal Crescent Beach Provincial Park (June 4-5.	A delegation from the city of Xiamen, China was in Halifax recently to learn more about Halifax and Saint Mary's partnership with Xiamen University. Among the delegation standing with President Dr. J Colin Dodds for a photo were Dr. Zhu Chongshi, President, Xiamen University (left) and Mr. Pan Shijian, Vice Mayor, Xiamen Municipality (right).

Members of a Saint Mary's research group visiting China look for tadpoles in a local

river. The course focused on environmental and conservation issues in China. It

involved 21 Saint Mary's undergrads and 10 Shaanxi Normal University graduate students.

Twenty-one students from Saint Mary's spent their first three weeks of the summer in Xian China participating in a field course, Population and Community Ecology. Field work occurred in the first 10 days at a research station in the town of Xanyangba and then the analysis, report writing, and presentations were conducted during the last week in Xian at Shaanxi Normal University.

Deborah Leard of Prince Edward Island gets some last minute help from Elizabeth Smith of the Registrar's Office prior to Convocation May 21. Leard graduated with a Bachelor of Arts.

Television broadcaster and proud Saint Mary's Alumnus Paul Hollingsworth offered up words of advice to graduates attending the Baccalaureate Service May 20. University Chaplain Fr. Randy Hendriks presided over the service.

On May 14 Saint Mary's played host to a meeting of the Hong Kong-Canada Business Association. The meeting looked at trade opportunities in Hong Kong and Mainland China for Canadian companies. Although the challenges of exporting to a country half way around the world may appear daunting, Jiang Shan, Minister-Counsellor, Commercial Affairs, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Canada told the crowd there are lots of business support groups interested in helping make the effort easier.

The best way to start thinking about trading in China is to establish a presence in Hong Kong, Andrew Yui, Director of the Honk Kong Trade Development Council, told guests attending a May 14 meeting of business leaders held at the Sobey School of Business.

Saint Mary's played host on April 30 to the Sixth Annual East Coast Combinatorics Conference. The conference was designed to bring together mathematicians interested in all aspects of combinatorics. Guest speakers for the event shown here were Ben Hartnell, Saint Mary's; Gary MacGillivray, University of Victoria; Matt Walsh, Indiana-Purdue University at Fort Wayne; and Frank Bennett from Mount Saint Vincent University.

Members of the Residence Life group collected used books as part of a fundraising effort for the University Food Bank and a charity called Invisible Children, a group that helps young people in war torn nations. Packing up boxes of books are RA's Cody Doucette and Glence Glasgow and Residence Life Program Coordinator Michelle Madore.


The Saint Mary's Dance Team is seen here in Disney World in late April before performing for the judges at an international Cheer Competition held in late April.	The Saint Mary's Dance team made the finals at an international Cheer competition held in Disney World in late April, but did not make it into the top 10. Team captain Nikki Brown said the team learned a lot just by watching the 40 groups from across the U.S. perform.



A giant crane lifts barrels of adhesive onto the roof of the McNally Building as renovations on the historic structure begins in earnest in late April.	Workers secure barrels of adhesive that are to be lifted onto the roof of the McNally Building. The roofing replacement uses a cold process so there should be no odour as the work gets underway.

Deanna Bru, an Honors Biology student, helps plant four kinds of Solidago plants on the Green Roof above the Atrium. The initial planting took place on Earth Day. The garden will be used for a variety of experiments.

Members of the Saint Mary's EMBA program toured the Toyota plant in Guangzhou recently during a 12 day visit to China. The students represented Nova Scotia pharmacy firms, tourism operators, building supply dealers and consultants on the trip. The group had meetings with Chinese business leaders in Guangzhou, the biggest city in South China, and Hong Kong.

Geography professor Danika van Proosdij worked with a team of students recently to test a 3.5 metre helium balloon over Huskies Stadium. The balloon was purchased with the help

of CB Wetlands and will be used to monitor coastal erosion by photographing changes in ground cover. Dr. van Proosdij says aerial photos from the balloon can reveal more detail

than satellite images Some of the views from the camera are shown above.



Vice president Academic Dr. Terry Murphy welcomed an old friend onto campus April 14. Wendell Sanford (BA ’68, BEd ’70) is the Canadian High Commissioner to Brunei in Southeast Asia. The pair toured the renovations underway at the university and talked about the plans ahead.	Steven Estey with the Council of People with Disabilities chats with MP Peter MacKay following an April 16 celebration marking Nova Scotia's role in Canada's recent ratification of a U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Disabled.



Steven Estey, a Saint Mary's alum who helped draft the UN Convention on the Rights of the Disabled, lauded the government April 16 for its work on the project, but also reminded MPs the work to ensure the effort impacts the daily lives of the disabled has just begun.	MP Peter MacKay was one of a half dozen presenters during an April 16 celebration marking Canada's ratification of a UN Convention on the Rights of the Disabled.



The past, present and future of Atlantic Canada were scrutinized during a major conference on campus March 26-27. The event was co-sponsored by the Gorsebrook Research Institute. Organizers for the two-day get together were Saint Mary's History Professor John Reid, Jackie Logan(GRI), Donald Savoie (UdeMoncton), Sandra Irving, Royal Society of Canada and Gwen Davies (UNB).	Tough questions came to the floor during the Royal Society of Canada conference on Shaping an Agenda for Atlantic Canada.



Barbara Moore, President of CUPE Local 3912 and Saint Mary's University President Dr. Colin J. Dodds signed a three year contract for part time faculty April 6.	Members of the bargaining committee from both sides were on hand April 6 to see a new three year deal for part-time faculty inked.



A student does a last minute check on his robot prior to running it through an obstacle course at the Engineering Design Fair 2010 held in the McNally Main Auditorium.	More than 30 students from Saint Mary's University spent their Reading Week in Mississippi building homes for the less fortunate as part of a Habitat for Humanity building project. Here they are pictured in front of a home under construction.




Geography Professor Cristian Suteanu explains his work on earthquake patterns as part of Research Day events held March 4 . Several hundred people toured the presentations set up in the Loyola Conference Centre.	Masters Biology student Cynthia Kendall is studying the impact of the environment on moose biology. During Research Day she was showing off some of the teeth and anltler samples she uses in her work.

Scott MacIvor, a second year Masters student, used Research Day (September 4) to show off some of the insects he collected on the university's Green Roof. He has been working to see if there is any species difference between the insects that find their way to green roofs and those found at ground level.

A collection of bugs captured over a four month period on the Green Roof at Saint Mary's. The collection includes a rare Belgium fire fly. It is rare because it doesn't glow and it is flightless. Researchers speculate it must have hitched a ride to Canada aboard a container ship..




More than 160 people attended the President's Staff Breakfast February 24 in the Loyola Conference Centre. Among those attending, from left, were Trevor Adams, Continuing Education, Janet White, Biology Department, Mary Jane MacNeil, Chemistry Department, Susan Dauphinee, Finance, Information Systems & Management Science.	Acting Security Manager Don Poulter squats beside an Imobilizer the university has purchased to help solve parking woes on campus. He says the device will be used on any vehicle that has received three or more tickets for parking without a permit.




Physics Professor Dr. Adam Sarty explains how a sturdy metal can will crumple when air is removed from inside it. The effort was part of a Physics is Fun demonstration that was taped for a local television station.	Which will fall faster a ball or of a piece of paper? If the friction created by air is removed, Physics Professor Adam Sarty says they will fall at the same rate. He made that point by sucking air from some plastic tubes and then racing a ball against a feather. They fell at the same rate.



Astronomy and Physics technician Dr. Mike Dunlavy sets golf balls on mouse traps as part of a science demonstration for a television crew. The experiment - which includes dropping a ball into the middle of the table -, provides a visual explanation of how a chain reaction works.	Actor Anthony Sherwood kicked off a four- night film series as part of Black History Month. The Halifax resident talked about how his production company uses film as a way to advocate for equality. His projects have dealt with everything from discrimination during WWI to landmines and apartheid. He is travelling to Kenya in the fall to do a film about political genocides.

Margaret Abraham makes a point to students during her presentation of the Helen Ralston Annual Memorial Lecture. Ms Abraham has worked as an action researcher in South Asian communities in the U.S. for nearly two decades. She has been honoured for her work on domestic violence.

University of Toronto law professor Audrey Macklin served up her views on the Omar Khadr case during a recent presentation. She contends the Canadian government's treatment of Khadr has been unjust.



TESL Centre Director Michael Armour and former Prime Minister Jean Chretien shared a laugh during the International Exhibition for Higher Education in Riyadh recently.	In a February presentation Geary Sikich, a professor from Norwich University, offered tips to businesses and organizations on the most effective ways to implement a pandemic plan.



The Sobey Leadership Forum was a sold out affair that attracted speakers from across the region. Posing with conference organizers were, from left, George Fraser, President of Fraser & Hoyt Group,, Robert Orr, CEO Ocean Nutrition, David Wicks, Dean of the Sobey School of Business, Bill McEwan, President of Sobeys Inc., co-organizer Candice Johnston, Paul Sobey. Chair, Saint Mary's Hearts & Minds Capital Campaign and conference co-organizer John Keating.	Monique Collette, president of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, offered up the 10 tips for motivating staff that she developed as a result of her one-woman taskforce looking at practical approaches to improving the workplace environment in the public service. The event was presented by the Centre for Spirituality in the Workplace.

A crane removes a two decade old fuel oil tank from behind the Loyola Building.

Psychology professor Jason Ivanoff 's sleep research was featured in Progress

Magazine's December 2009 R&D Magazine.



Chemistry student Naomi Harper was part of a team of students that baked cupcakes and iced them with the symbols from Periodic Table as a way to celebrate National Chemistry Week	Archeology professor Jonathan Fowler explains the significance of a military jacket during a recent presentation where he unveiled the transcript of a diary that shed new light on the Deportation of the Acadians. His research partner Earle Lockerby looks on.