Gazette, 1997-01-23

              Memorial
University of Newfoundland
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Registration No. 551 988
Volume 29 Number 11
A MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND PUBLICATION
Jan. 23,1997
Bank of Montreal
gives big boost to
scholarships
Can a bank help? You
betcha.
On Jan. 20 the Bank of
Montreal announced it is donating
$250,000 for a new undergraduate
scholarship program at Memorial.
"I am a strong believer in lifelong learning," said F. Anthony
Comper, president and chief operating officer of the bank. "This
contribution establishing the Bank
of Montreal Undergraduate
Scholarships will give high school
graduates from Newfoundland and
Labrador the opportunity to continue their education."
the Bank of Montreal
announced it is
donating $250,000 for
a new undergraduate
scholarship program
at Memorial.
Mr. Comper spoke at a news
conference held in the Business
Building to announce the program.
He was joined by President Arthur
May, Chancellor John Crosbie,
Council of the Students' Union
president Robert Mendoza and
Education Minister Roger Grimes.
Dr. May observed that the
bank's gift will help Memorial
achieve its goal of increasing its
"scholarship and fellowship
endowment by $15 million over
the next five years." Scholarships
and fellowships mean that some
students will have to borrow less
money for their education, or none
at all; they enable other students
who simply could not have afford
ed to attend university the opportunity to receive a post-secondary
education. The president noted
that in 1994 only eight per cent of
Memorial's full-time students
received scholarships, while the
rate is much higher at other
Atlantic Canadian universities.
Mr. Mendoza pointed out that
the cost of education is a main
concern for students, and said the
Bank of Montreal's gift would be
a real help.
Chancellor Crosbie noted that
the Bank of Montreal has had a
presence in Newfoundland for 102
years. He called the bank's donation to the province's only university "magnificent." As governments withdraw public funding for
post-secondary education, he said,
Memorial will have to look more
to the private sector for support.
Interest gained from the Bank
of Montreal's $250,000 gift will
be used to fund one scholarship
annually, beginning in September
of this year. Candidates for the
award can be full-time undergraduates entering Memorial in any
field of study. Scholarship standing will be the main criterion for
choosing the recipient, although
financial need will be considered.
Each scholarship will cover the
cost of tuition for five courses for
two semesters — a total value of
approximately $3,000 per student
per year. Each award will be
renewable for up to four years,
provided the student maintains
first-class standing. By the year
2001 — if each scholarship is
renewed in each available year —
the Bank of Montreal Undergraduate Scholarships will have
the potential to support five scholars every year. The scholarships
will be administered by Memorial
University.
Bank of Montreal president F. Anthony Comper (C) delivered
welcome news to Memorial on Jan. 20. (L-R) President Arthur
May, Robert Mendoza, Chancellor John Crosbie and Education
Minister Roger Grimes were on hand to hear him announce that
the bank would donate money for undergraduate scholarships.
Surveying students about smart cards
Photo by Chris Hammond
(L-R) Classmates Suanne McGrath, Lori King and Kristin Doyle were curious to find out how their
peers feel about using smart cards at Memorial University. To find out what they learned, see
story, page seven.
Graduate scholarship established
By Jean Graham
generous bequest from an honorary graduate
means Memorial University now has a new
scholarship for graduate students.
Dr. Anna Catherine Templeton was a St. John's
native known for her work with the Jubilee Guilds
(later renamed the Newfoundland and Labrador
Women's Institutes), and for her enormous contribution to the development of the crafts industry in the
province. Dr. Templeton worked with the guilds,
inspiring rural women to improve their lives by learning new skills — particularly the making of high-
quality crafts — from 1938 until 1965, when she
resigned her job as organizing secretary to supervise
the newly created craft training division of the
Department of Education.
Memorial University awarded her an honorary
doctor of laws degree in 1985 in recognition of her
role in fostering the development of the crafts industry.
"Under her leadership in communities all over this
province women were taught how to preserve life in a
harsh geographical and political climate, and in the
process shaped a visible heritage that embodies the
values of a distinctive people," Dr. Annette Staveley
said of Dr. Templeton in an oration in her honor at
convocation.
Dr. Templetondied on Oct. 2, 1995, at age 79; in
her will, she left $ 70,000 to Memorial University.
The Dr. Anna C. Templeton Memorial Graduate
Scholarship, which will be valued at between 75 and
80 per cent of the expected annual interest on the
bequest, will be awarded annually to resident of
Newfoundland and Labrador who is a full-time graduate student. Preference will be given to students who
have demonstrated leadership in the teaching, promotion or development of craft or home economics in
the province; the award will normally be made to a
student from either the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of
Science, the School of Nursing, the School of Social
Work, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, or the Marine
Institute.
"It's marvellous that such a prominent Newfoundlander would make such a generous gift to the
university, particularly to graduate studies, where
there are very few designated name funds," said Dr.
Greg Kealey, dean of the School of Graduate Studies.
The scholarship will be awarded by the dean of
Graduate Studies upon the recommendation of the
head of the appropriate academic unit. While
the award is not renewable, re-applications will be
considered.
Master's degree in marine
studies to be offered this fall
By Pam Frampton
In September Memorial will
begin offering a new graduate degree which embraces
many academic disciplines and
was more than a decade in the
making. The masters of marine
studies degree with a specialization in fisheries resource management was approved by Senate
on Jan. 14.
Dr. Hugh Miller is the associate
executive director of the Marine
Institute. He said a master's program of this nature was conceived
back in the 1980s.
"The university's Ocean Studies Task Force, chaired by Dr.
Fred Aldrich (then head of Graduate Studies), had recommended a
degree in resource management.
Shortly after I joined the Marine
Institute, in 1994, we set up a
working group that had representatives from across the university.
We sat down and spent some time
looking at what was available at
Memorial in term of fisheries, and
what was offered at other
universities. We soon determined
that we would have to start from
scratch. After a year or so we
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