April 10, 2006 Source: :
http://www.stfx.ca/media/04_2006.htm#awards McMillan, Stanley, Union's top seniors April 10
McMillan, Stanley, Union's top seniors Elizabeth McMillan and Ryan Stanley are StFX's female and male senior students of the year. McMillan, of Charlottetown, PEI, received the Sr. Carmel Losier Award as senior female, while Stanley of Summerside, PEI took home the Larkin Memorial Award as senior male student at the annual Students' Union awards banquet April 10, 2006. Other award winners included: Meech Memorial Award for male freshman of the year - Matt Edmonds, Halifax, NS Sr. Catherine MacNeil Award for female freshman of the year - Claire MacNeil, Glace Bay, NS Ellis Charters Award for sophomore of the year - Jocelyn Eggel, London, ON Paul Blizzard Award for junior student of the year - Barry MacKenzie of Napan, NB and Caitlyn Van Horne, Mississauga, ON St. Catherine Medal, for a second or third year student who has demonstrated leadership, scholarship and service to StFX - Barry MacKenzie Birk's Award for outstanding contribution to student government - Kristen Shea, Summerside, PEI Marcel Lussier Memorial Award for outstanding university and community contribution - Valerie Chisholm, Antigonish Co, NS Peter Foley Memorial Award for showing perseverance in the face of difficulty in striving for a university education - Lindsay Bolger, Markham, ON Jason Simmons Memorial Award to a member of council who enjoys life to the fullest both socially as well as extra-curricularly - Harrison Stevens, Nanaimo, BC Gold X - Heidi Martin, Kensington, PEI; Victoria Latchmore, Gananoque, ON; Sarah MacPherson, Bedford, NS; Charlene Stanley, Clarenville, NL; Sean Fraser, Merigomish, NS; Sarah MacLaughlin, Antigonish Co., NS; Kristen Shea, Summerside, PEI: and Stephanie Oliver, Kippins, NL. Silver X - David MacDonald, Sherbrooke, NS; Ryan Stanley, Summerside, PEI; Julia Casey, St. Peter's, NS; Laurinda Tracey, Glace Bay, NS; and Laura Wilson, Glace Bay, NS. Media X Awards - Stephanie Oliver, Kippens, NL; Olivia Gallant, Nepean, ON; Meaghan Campbell, Port-au-port, NL; Elizabeth MacMillan, Charlottetown, PEI; Katherine Boyce, Toronto, ON; David MacDonald, Sherbrooke, NS; Julie Stewart, Dartmouth, NS; Sarah MacPherson, Bedford, NS; and Colin Duggan, Antigonish, NS. Society of the Year - Women Positive and X-Cure House of the Year - Fraser and Lane AApril 4
Aliant Rings Up $250,000 Donation to StFX
Funds Will Support New Technology Initiatives ANTIGONISH, NS - Aliant, Atlantic Canada's leading information and communications technology provider, will donate $250,000 to St. Francis Xavier University. The funds will support the development of new technology initiatives at StFX's Antigonish campus. Planning for the development of the projects will begin immediately. "Aliant encourages innovation across the region and is thrilled to be partnered with StFX," said Chuck Hartlen, Chief Operating Officer, Aliant Mobility. "We continue to embrace partnerships that contribute to the growth of intellectual capital and leadership in the development of communications technology in the region." StFX is home to more than 4,300 students and nearly 900 faculty and staff. Sophisticated information technology is an increasingly important tool on the University's campus to connect students and faculty and to foster innovative research. "Universities like StFX need to keep pace with the rapid changes in technology. This donation will help StFX be at the leading edge of leveraging technology to support learning and teaching," said Dr. Sean E. Riley, President of St. Francis Xavier University. "Aliant is an outstanding corporate citizen and everyone at StFX is grateful for this generous donation." Further information about the Aliant-supported technology initiatives will be announced at a later date.
About Aliant >From its home base in Atlantic Canada, Aliant delivers a wide variety of innovative and traditional communications services, including local and long distance telephony, wireless, Internet, e-commerce, interactive multimedia, data and managed network services, to more than two million consumers and over 80,000 enterprises. In addition to serving residential, small-to-medium sized business and enterprise customers in its home market, Aliant also serves business customers located in other parts of North America. Aliant complements its industry-leading telecommunications business with strengths in information technology solutions and knowledge-services applications. Aliant's approximately 8,400 employees build on its 100-plus year history by collaborating to deliver the highest quality of customer service, choice, and convenience. Aliant has a market capitalization of approximately $3.7 billion. On March 7, 2006, Aliant and BCE Inc. announced the creation of one of the largest regional telecommunications service providers in North America. The organizations will combine Bell Canada's wireline operations in its regional territories in Ontario and Quebec with Aliant's wireline operations and Bell's 63.4 per cent interest in the Bell Nordiq Income Fund to form a new income trust. The trust, which will have 3.4 million local access lines and over 400,000 high-speed Internet subscribers in the Atlantic Provinces, Ontario and Quebec, will be headquartered in Atlantic Canada. As part of the transaction, Bell will acquire Aliant Mobility and Aliant's DownEast Communications retail outlets. The transaction, which is expected to be completed as early as the third quarter of 2006, is subject to several closing conditions, including certain shareholder, court and regulatory approvals. For more information please visit http://www.aliant.ca.
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