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Betty Rozendaal (BES '83, MA '87, Geography) graduated in 2009 from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, and is a practicing Naturopathic Doctor in Markham, Ontario. Combining her passion for the environment with medicine, her special interest is in the impact that environmental toxins have on the body. She can be heard on CHIN 1540 AM radio every first and third Sunday of the month at 9:35 a.m.

Barry Triller (BMath '72, Actuarial Science) is co-owner of WeSellit, a business which sells (among other things) popular Bigfoot snowshoes to about 100 dealers across North America, Norway, Finland and Russia.

"I tell people it helps me bring out my inner Sybil," says Terry Barna (BSc '83), who plays 12 characters in the upcoming production of Harvest, at The Registry Theatre in Kitchener.

Matt Rendall (BASc '08, Mechatronics Engineering; MBET '09, Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology), CEO of Clearpath Robotics, talks about the trials and tribulations of running an early-stage technology company.

Chris Liscio's (BMath '03, Computer Science) startup, SuperMegaUltraGroovy, is developing both Mac and iOS applications that assist users with acoustics, audio recording and learning how to play music within their own iTunes collection.

Reanne Holden (BSc '10, Chemistry) named one of Ontario University Athletics (OUA) 2010-11 Women of Influence.

A publication co-authored by Nicole Bradley (BSc '06, Health Studies) has been selected by the Canadian Cancer Society as one of its top 10 research studies of 2010. Childhood cancer survivors have higher odds of hospitalization appeared in the European Journal of Cancer, September 2010.

Cathy Stevulak (BA '77) is producing a documentary film about a Bangladeshi artist who helped empower hundreds of destitute women by guiding them in the production of magnificent tapestries. Threads: The Art and Life of Surayia Rahman is due to be released later in 2011.

The iTunes App Store currently features a free workout app developed by Skimble, a company co-founded by Maria Ly (BASc '06).

Tony Jedlovsky (BASc '98, Electrical Engineering), Steve Brenneman (BASc '98, Computer Engineering) and Brian Orr (BASc '98, Computer Engineering) lead a team at the Sony Network Entertainment office in downtown Waterloo.