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The year 2009 was certainly a memorable one for Mount Royal, which of course we can now proudly call Mount Royal University. While Sept. 3 was historic — we have the T-shirts to prove it — it wasn’t the only day worth remembering.

So many great things have happened over the past 12 months that we could only highlight some. Enjoy your trip down memory lane.

In April 2009, women's long-time soccer coach and founder of the Mount Royal women's soccer program, Ian Fuge retired with an astounding 121 wins and only seven losses to his record.

January

The annual Canadian University Survey Consortium (CUSC) survey results show students hold a high level of regard for Mount Royal

Wyatt Artist in Residence Concert Series — Stephen Kovacevich

Students, faculty and staff attended a Parking Open House in the Starbucks area

More than 100 employees and students gathered in front of a small TV on Main Street to watch U.S. President Barack Obama’s inauguration

Ten faculty members were chosen as 2009 Teaching and Learning Scholars

Faculty and staff were invited to be models for Mount Royal ads and publications

Body of Knowledge Lecture Series — Dean Ornish

February

Minister of Advanced Education and Technology, Doug Horner, proposed amendments to the Post-Secondary Learning Act that would allow Mount Royal to apply to use “university” in our name

To celebrate the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, Jay Ingram, the host Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet, came to Mount Royal and gave the talk Darwin, Natural Selection and SEX: 150 Years of Getting It On.

Theatre MRC (now MRU) presented You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Mount Royal held its first Majors/Minors Fair — which helps students decide on their majors

The Library added a chat feature to its website

Body of Knowledge Lecture Series — Michael Holick

Students’ Association’s new Sustainability Centre opened

March

Native Awareness Month included many great activities including a lecture series hosted by the Iniskim Centre

Theatre MR C (now MRU) presented The Gift of the Coat

The Alberta Weekly Newspaper Association (AWNA) ranked Mount Royal's student newspaper, the Calgary Journal, as the best campus newspaper in the province. Journalism student Joe Burima also won for best overall feature story in the Campus Division category at the AWNA awards

Mount Royal received a Canadian Forces Liaison Council's National Employer Support Award

Body of Knowledge Lecture Series — David Perlmutter

Students interacted with people who’ve worked in high levels of government at the Strategic Market Expansion in the NAFTA Nations symposium

Four stained glass windows that have a 50-year history at Mount Royal are hung in the staircase of the East Arts building

Cougars men's basketball team won the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association National Championship — first time in 30 years

Cougars men's and women's hockey teams narrowly missed out on provincial gold medals, losing in Game 5 of each series. Both teams earned silver medals

April

Mount Royal This Week retired and Face Time was launched

The Centre for Child Well-Being opened

Women's Soccer coach Ian Fuge retired after 14 seasons behind the Cougars bench with an impressive 121-7-13 mark in Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference regular season play
Wyatt Artist in Residence Concert Series — Ian Swensen

The winner of Mount Royal’s centennial logo design contest is named — Gustavo Del Castillo, an international student

Dave Marshall and professor Roger Saint-Fort talked to Face Time about their trip to Cameroon, Africa. The humanitarian trip included Marshall’s work with ICA Canada and Saint-Fort putting his research into action and providing accessible and affordable clean drinking water to villages

Mount Royal hosted Degree Information Night, which highlights our different degrees for prospective students

The Board of Governors approved Mount Royal’s campus expansion masterplan

Mount Royal began implementing strategies for dealing with the H1N1 influenza

May

The annual Employee Awards honoured Mount Royal staff, faculty and retirees

The 25th annual Holocaust Education Symposium was held. It enabled students to learn about the Holocaust by talking with Holocaust survivors

The Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education named an article by Dave Marshall as the best scholarly paper to be published in its flagship journal during 2008
Mount Royal’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team placed fourth at the national SIFE competition in Toronto

Body of Knowledge Lecture Series — Judith Orloff

June

Mount Royal’s first bachelor’s degree grads crossed the convocation stage

In Sept. 2009, ill Scarlett rocked the Trans Canada Amphitheatre helping roughly 1,000 students, staff and faculty celebrate our name change a bit more ... informally.

The 12th annual Pearls of Wisdom event and lobster feast was held in the Triple Gym. The popular event raised money for scholarships

Canadian Rahaf Harfoush gave an interesting talk at Mount Royal about her experience as a member of Barak Obama’s social media election campaign team

Big Bob’s BBQ Picnic was a success

The Criminal Justice Research Lab was officially launched

July

Shakespeare in the Park — one of Calgary’s most popular festivals — began its 22nd season

Mount Royal students took centre stage at the Calgary Stampede — Kerri Williamson reigned as Stampede Queen; Tara Sergerie served as Stampede Princess and Calum Graham won the Calgary Stampede Talent Search

Youngsters filled the campus as part of College Kids

Funding from the federal, provincial and municipal governments was announced for a new home for the Mount Royal Conservatory

Broke ground on two major construction projects on campus — Science building and expansion of the Roderick Mah Centre for Continuous Learning

August

Mount Royal’s neigbours enjoyed themselves at the Community BBQ

Business student Dave Hardman cycled nearly 1,000 kms to raise money for a Stavely-area farmer who was paralyzed in a truck accident

The Mount Royal community raised funds for the Heart & Stroke Foundation by riding the Big Bike

Former Director of ITS, Doug Dunwoody, was among those honoured at the annual In Memoriam ceremony in the Dr. John H. Garden Memorial Park

September

Mount Royal was officially named a university

Mount Royal University conferred its first honorary Bachelorof Arts degree on the Honourable Norman Kwong, Lietenant Governor of Alberta

New Student Orientation was held to help first-year students

Students, staff and faculty made a huge human U at the We are U event. The 30°C day also included a concert by the JUNO and Much Music Video Award-nominated illScarlett

The Future Alumni Network (FAN club) held its annual recruitment drive with a fun day on Main Street

The Bright Dental Health Centre opened in Wyckham House

The Learning Skills Centre changed its name to Student Learning Services. The services within Student Learning Services also changed their names — Writing and Learning Services and Accessibility Services

The Creative Aging Symposium is held in the Ross Glen Hall

October

The Legacy Awards Dinner honoured distinguished alumni — Ryan Correy, Wayne Wiebe, Michael Kim, Sid Marty and Erin Delmount

In Nov. 2009 Mount Royal University proudly celebrated it's first convocation as such.

Mount Royal University joined forces with the University of Calgary, SAIT and the Alberta College of Art and Design to enter the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon. Their solar home — SolAbode — was built in Calgary and shipped to Washington, D.C., for the international competition. The first all-western Canadian team finished sixth overall

The Faculty of Science and Technology showed off its new scanning electron microscope

The Iniskim Centre hosted a day trip to Old Sun College on the Siksika Reserve

The 18th annual Feast of Sound and Song was held at the Hyatt Regency

Enmax Thomas Wood Distinguished Speaker Series — Sir Robert Swan

Cougars men's soccer team won Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference gold medal — finished fourth at Canadian Colleges Athletic Association

Cougars men's golf team won Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference gold medal — finished third at Canadian Colleges Athletic Association Golf Championship in Ontario

November

Mount Royal University was named a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)

Construction began on the parkade by the RMCCL and the expansion of the U wing

Theatre MRU presented The Marriage of Bette and Boo

Wyatt Artist in Residence Concert Series — The Vogler Quartet

Mount Royal held its first Convocation as a university

Open House was held to allow prospective students the opportunity to learn about MRU and the programs we offer
Renowned Canadian poets Carmine Starnino and Christian Bök squared off in a literary cage match
Bissett School of Business hosted the sixth annual Human Resources Advisory Breakfast

The Integrative Health Institute hosted the panel discussion H1N1 Pandemic Flu: The True Story

December

The Faculty in the Field initiative began

Christmas in Song — featuring the Mount Royal choirs — was held at the Jack Singer Concert Hall

MRU found many ways to give back to those less fortunate during the holiday season

We’re looking forward to what is to come in 2010.