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Policing the Games

Olympic athletes are on a constant quest to achieve higher, faster, stronger results. University of Lethbridge alumnus Tim Takahashi (BA ’94) helps to make sure they do so fairly.

They may be from Lethbridge, Calgary, Milk River or Okotoks, Alberta, but for the next week, 20 University of Lethbridge students will have to believe they are from Mozambique, a former Portuguese colony on the south-east coast of Africa - or the Marshall Islands, a tiny republic located near the equator in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Buchanan knew early what career path lay ahead

As seen in The Legend

It’s likely your first job did not spawn a career choice.

Whether it was selling lemonade, delivering papers, doing yard work, shoveling snow or repeating the phrase, “Do you want fries with that?”, most first jobs only inspire us to head in a completely different direction. That was not the case for Daniel Buchanan (BA, BEd ’02).

“Growing up in Hanna, Alta. I had a job as a summer camp counselor in high school,” remembers Buchanan. “That helped me realize right then that I enjoyed the energy of working with kids and they seemed to relate to me also. So becoming a teacher fit me quite well.”

Co-op program provides valuable experience

By ERICA LIND

Gone are the days when simply having a degree meant getting the lead on the best entry-level jobs upon graduation.

Unfortunately, in today’s economic climate, the one thing students can be certain of once they graduate is that they’ll face fierce competition the minute they step out into the workplace. With employers forced to quickly adapt in rapidly changing markets, they are looking for employees with skill sets that reflect their business position – adaptability, ingenuity, and most of all, previous experience in addition to degree qualifications.

Rotary support provides shelter

A web-based fundraising opportunity spearheaded by a local Rotarian is paying off big time for an international organization that is providing emergency shelter and basic survival supplies to the residents of earthquake-stricken Haiti.

Lethbridge resident and long-time Rotarian Elsa Cade (wife of U of L President Bill Cade) blogs on the topic of science education on a website that primarily deals with US-based political issues.