Posts Tagged ‘ Robert Strachan ’

Vaccinating Mount Royal

Oct 21st, 2009 | Category: News

By Robert Strachan & Julie C. Vincent
The EnCana Wellness Centre made 1,200 seasonal flu vac­cinations available on Mount Royal University’s campus over the week of Oct. 19 to 23, but they will not be providing vac­cines for the H1N1 strain of in­fluenza.
Health Canada announced on Oct. 19 that they have already shipped millions of doses [...]



Reflecting on time well spent

Oct 7th, 2009 | Category: Columns

I don’t really do the whole crying thing.
In fact, ask those who know best and few will tell you they have ever seen me shed tear; so you can imagine my surprise as a few well up in my eyes while writing my final arti­cle as an editor at The Reflector.
Now I know what you’re [...]



Council in session

Oct 7th, 2009 | Category: Web Exclusives

After just two weeks in their new roles, the SAMRU Students’ Council have eagerly put the wheels in motion to shape the future policies, bylaws and direction of the Students’ Association.

On Oct. 5, council members joined committees to review the SAMRU by­laws and review the election poli­cies. They have also consolidated a general group [...]



Mount Royal goes green

Sep 23rd, 2009 | Category: News

Mount Royal and the Students’ Association are mak­ing the effort to become more environmentally sustainable and threw two sustainability events on Sept. 21 and Sept. 22 to raise student awareness of several initiatives.
Beginning on Sept. 22, the Sustainable Mount Royal club joined forces with the Student Club and the university’s sus­tainable committee to throw the [...]



Mount Royal to open doors as university

Sep 3rd, 2009 | Category: Web Exclusives

Just one week before fall semester classes begin, it was announced in an emotional ceremony Thursday that Mount Royal College is now Mount Royal University.
The much anticipated “historic milestone” was finally revealed to a packed house of past and present Mount Royal students, faculty and staff at Kenyon Court by Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach.
“When we [...]



News editor bids farewell

Apr 1st, 2009 | Category: Columns

The first story I wrote for The Reflector was published on March 8, 2007. It was about a Students’ Association referendum on increasing the cost of the Universal Transit Pass.
As a bright-eyed first-year journalism student, the process of interviewing people, compiling information and presenting it in an interesting way was still foreign to me. Seeing [...]