Dear alumni,
I wanted to take a moment to connect with you as we enjoy the remaining days of 2023 and prepare for the journey into a new year. It was so wonderful to see everyone at Homecoming, and to hear such heartwarming stories of what had brought you back to campus 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ whether it was reconnecting with old friends or showing your children (or grandchildren!) your old haunts, or just a longing to return to a place that felt like home. Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s pride was on full display.
I couldn카지노 게임 컬렉션™t chat with everyone, of course, and so I want to take this opportunity to underscore the many things that happened here at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s in 2023 that have been critically important to our mission and goals.
And I preface this by saying that although these have all been significant events for the university, I am well aware that they loom large, in part, because they rest upon a foundation of thousands of everyday acts of kindness, charity, and service that are truly at the heart of what it means to be Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s alumni. Whether you are a class volunteer, attended one of our many alumni events, gave your support to a bursary or fund, or came out to cheer on the Gaels, you gave of yourselves to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ please know that you have my gratitude, and that of the Advancement Leadership Team.
In February, Bruce Mitchell, Sc카지노 게임 컬렉션™68, DSc카지노 게임 컬렉션™20, made a transformative gift of $30 million with the goal of increasing research intensity and supporting graduate student recruitment. The gift will provide funding for research, the hiring of nine new faculty members and more than 50 postdoctoral fellows, and allow the university to increase the size of its graduate student body.
Also in February, we partnered with the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) and the Mastercard Foundation to transform health care in Northeastern Ontario and to expand education and employment opportunities for Indigenous youth through the creation of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s Weeneebayko Health Education Program. This program will provide programming and resources to enable Indigenous youth to envision, pursue, and succeed in careers in medicine, nursing, midwifery, and other specializations through culturally informed education.
In June, we celebrated the incredible news that Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s ranked first in Canada and third worldwide out of more than 1,700 participating institutions in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ a global ranking of universities that are advancing the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). What카지노 게임 컬렉션™s more, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s is the only Canadian university to achieve three top-10 placements since the rankings began in 2019.
And this fall, we were all so pleased to celebrate the grand opening of the Lang Pavilion 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ the final piece of the Richardson Stadium Revitalization project. This was the result of more than 300 donors coming together to make this possible, with alumni Stu Lang, Sc카지노 게임 컬렉션™74, and Kim Lang, Artsci카지노 게임 컬렉션™76, leading the way.
Last, but certainly not least, last month we announced a new name for the university's Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science in honour of an historic $100-million gift by leading Canadian philanthropist and financial services entrepreneur Stephen J.R. Smith, Sc카지노 게임 컬렉션™72, LLD카지노 게임 컬렉션™17. This is the largest gift made to an engineering faculty in Canada, one of the largest to any university in Canada, and one of the largest ever to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s.
At the event that celebrated this remarkable gift, Stephen Smith spoke eloquently about how his wish was not only to help Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s create one of the best engineering schools in the world, but also that it would act as a catalyst for others to give. In this season of giving, Stephen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s words have resonated with me as I have, time and again, been astounded by the generosity of our alumni. As I mentioned, I also include generosity of spirit, for we have been rich with gifts of volunteerism, collaboration, and participation. Each dollar, each hour, each extension of a helping hand is an act of giving, and an investment in the future of Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s.
I hope these reminders of the year we have just gone through together will give you hope, inspire you, and serve to remind us of the pride, so evident at Homecoming, that truly unites us all.
Karen Bertrand, Artsci카지노 게임 컬렉션™94
Vice-Principal (Advancement)
