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Karen Autio (BMath '81) recently published Saara's Passage, a historical novel for ages 10+.

Reveille, a leading independent television studio, has appointed Menaka Swampillai (PDAcc '97) Vice President of Finance.

Optometrists Erin Axt, Deanna DiRenzo, Bradley Meldrew, Kimberly Collins and Jason Meyers (all class of '06) recently completed a mission trip to Nicaragua.

G. Howard Kroon (MACC '88), CEO of Palliser Lumber Sales Ltd., has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Canada.

The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) has appointed Kathleen (Kate) Beatty (BSc '75) Director of Equity and Quality.

Kunal Gupta (BSE '08), founder of Impact Entrepreneurship Group and Polar Mobile, contends there are plenty of opportunities for young entrepreneurs in this recession-hit market.

Judy Greenwood-Speers (BA '92) has been nominated as an Alumnus of Distinction at Conestoga College.

AET Group Inc., an environmental consulting firm led by Scott Freiburger (BES '97), has been awarded the 2009 Business Excellence - Environment Award by the Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce.

Claudia Y. Heinemann-Priest (BA '92) received a Research and Productive Scholarship Grant from the University of South Carolina Lancaster, where she currently works as an instructor of English and Catawba in the Native American Studies program.

Three works of fiction by Douglas Smith (BMath '75) are on the final ballot for the 2009 Aurora Awards, which recognize the best in Canadian speculative fiction.