This fellowship is made possible by Meloche Monnex and TD Bank Financial Group.
Biographical notes on the recipients of the 2005 TD Meloche Monnex Fellowships in Advancement
Janet N. Chong
University of British Columbia
In June 2005 Janet Chong graduated from two of the University of British Columbia’s largest faculties with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and a minor in Commerce. Mastering more than one area is not new to Janet, who has balanced her achievements as a top student – holding five scholarships and a place on the Dean’s Honour List – with extensive volunteer work and community service.
Fluent in Mandarin, Janet gained new insights from a term as an international exchange student to the National University of Singapore. Her interests and voluntary service experiences run the gamut from pottery, football, sailing and choral music to tutoring, social justice and affordable housing. She has been an active participant in many aspects of UBC campus life, and last year designed her own summer volunteer project in alumni programming at the university.
Janet Chong will benefit from a very comprehensive program as a 2005 Meloche Monnex Fellow at the University of British Columbia. She will work concurrently in Public Affairs, Alumni Affairs and Student Recruitment, with three outstanding mentors. Janet will assess UBC’s messaging and serve on the Communications Council; help create, from the ground up, an Alumni Association at UBC’s new campus in Kelowna, while conducting research on young alumni leadership development; and assist with both international and local student recruitment and the Student Send-Off Programs.
Andrew Christie
Carleton University
His background in economics, community and provincial politics, and environmentalism has clearly enriched Andrew Christie’s undergraduate studies, which culminated recently in a Bachelor’s degree in Public Affairs and Policy Management from Carleton University. Andrew was the volunteer co-chair of the Class Act Campaign to raise donations from Carleton’s current graduating class, while serving as a mentor to other students. He was also a youth leader in the Canadian delegation to a sustainable development conference in Denmark.
Serving as Education Assistant to the Town of Oakville, Ontario, and later as a special assistant to the Ontario Minister of Consumer and Business Services, Andrew still maintained a stellar academic record. A member of the Dean’s Honour List, he held several scholarships, including a prestigious Millennium Scholarship.
As a Meloche Monnex Fellow, Andrew will serve as the Coordinator of Carleton’s Alumni Student Awareness Program, where he will put to use his superior research and communication skills and proven volunteer leadership. He will develop linkages between current students and the alumni association, identify and profile prominent alumni for the Alumni Wall of Fame, develop an alumni mentorship program, and create a marketing plan for the Class Act Campaign. Andrew’s work will lead to the establishment of a formal Carleton University Student Alumni Association to further strengthen the ties among current students, alumni and the university.
Rosa Duran
George Brown College
Holder of a Diploma in Business Administration and Marketing from George Brown College in Toronto, Rosa Duran has demonstrated an uncommon commitment to voluntarism and communications. As a teenaged parent, Rosa served on the Board ofJessie’s Centre for Teenagers and as volunteer Event Coordinator for the JC Foundation, also lending her support and her personal story as Campaign Coordinator tothe United Way of Greater Toronto. On the George Brown campus, she has beenPresident of the college’s Business Association and a member of the executive oftheMarketingAssociation.
Rosa Duran’s aptitude for the advancement profession has been evident from her first days at George Brown. Working and volunteering in the departments of Cooperative Education, Marketing and Communications, Alumni Affairs and the College Foundation, she developed a marketing and communications program aimed at full-time students, while she also trained and oversaw campus tour guides. At the same time Rosa maintained an excellent academic record, receiving a Millennium Excellence Award.
As a Meloche Monnex Fellow, Rosa will work in both the Alumni Affairs Department and the George Brown College Foundation to prepare for Homecoming 2007, celebrating GBC’s milestone 40th anniversary. Planning and promoting George Brown’s first ever college-wide Homecoming in a small advancement shop will involve Rosa in marketing communications, events planning and management, volunteer recruitment and training, alumni tracking, and fund raising.