The transition from campus community to broader community has taken many of our grads down a path of public service.
From U of G grads to Civic Citizens
Category: Features
Leaders for a sustainable world
Business school receives transformative gift, the largest-ever in U of G history.
Lang gift rooted in desire to improve life
Stu Lang wanted to put his dad’s name on U of G’s business school. But how to square that name recognition with Gordon Lang’s lifelong business ethos grounded in humility?
Shooting For The Stars
She’s Got Game aims to provide new scholarships, opportunities, role models
Alina’s superpowers
Kislenko says conditions like ADHD and Asperger’s confer “superpowers” such as hyper-focus, curiosity, innovativeness and humour – not to mention higher-than-average IQ.
Sustainable Solutions
How U of G is helping rid the world of plastic? The fight against “Throwaway Living”.
Aggie in War Time: Alumnus remembers OAC as World War II broke out.
Now “almost 99” years of age, Henry “Hank” Orr, a retired University of Guelph professor, was an Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) student during one of the most tumultuous times on the Guelph campus and in the world. “I started at OAC in ’39, the year the war broke out,” says Orr, a ’43 OAC alumnus
Trivia Buff Grad Is Jeopardy! Champ for a Day
U of G grad Jordan Nussbaum, a Toronto lawyer, had a brief but lucrative reign as champion of the long-standing gameshow Jeopardy!
Esther Rhee: The Philosophy of Helping Others
What can you do with a philosophy degree? Well, you can use it to make a big shift in the way you think, and change the course of your life, says Esther Rhee. The national program director of Autism Speaks Canada is the 2018 Young Alumni Award recipient for U of G’s Alumni Awards of
Tim Lambert: Champion of the Humble Egg
Quick and strong on a pair of skates and tough in the corners, Tim Lambert wanted to be a hockey player.