Stephen Carpenter (BASc '78, Mechanical Engineering; MASc '80, Mechanical Engineering), president of Enermodal Engineering, was named to the inaugural class of LEED Fellows by the Green Building Certification Institute. He is one of only two Canadians to be awarded this designation.
Brandon McMillen (BSc '11, Kinesiology) has recently opened Velocity Sports Performance & Fitness in Owen Sound, Ontario.
Paul Van Oorschot (BMath '84, Computer Science/Combinatorics & Optimization; MMath '86, Computer Science; PhD '88, Computer Science) has been elected to the Royal Society of Canada for his exceptional contributions to Canadian intellectual life and advancing knowledge and scholarship in Canada.
The Board of Directors at Mosaic Counselling and Family Services announces the appointment of Susanne Gillespie (MA '92, Gerontology) as Executive Director, effective October 3, 2011.
Damber Thapa (MSc '10, Vision Science) is a finalist in the Optical Society of America's Emil Wolf Outstanding Student Paper Competition.
Jyhling Lee (BES '99, Pre-professional Architecture; MARCH '03, Architecture) discusses the inspiration behind her sculpture, "Origami Goose," which stands outside new library/YMCA in Waterloo.
John van Leeuwen (BSc '81, Applied Chemistry), CEO of EcoSynthetix Inc., talks about the company's $100 million war chest to finance expansion dreams after floating a share offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Jason West (MA '94; PhD '03, Philosophy), who has taught philosophy at Newman Theological College for the past seven years, has recently taken over as the new academic dean.
Laurel Victoria Gray (MA '76, History), Artistic Director of Silk Road Dance Company, received the Arash Award at the closing gala of Toronto's 2011 Tirgan Festival, the world's largest Iranian festival.
Archivist Myron Momryk (BA '69; BA '70; MA '72, History) was recently honoured for his long career in the national archives and advocacy for multicultural history. The new book Re-Imagining Ukrainian Canadians, History, Politics, and Identity is dedicated to Momryk.