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Campus Kudos

trevor.kenney — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:35:24 +0000

Campus Kudos

Lisa Doolittle (Theatre & Dramatic Arts), with Anne Flynn from the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Calgary, is presenting the paper "Assimilating and Accommodating: Bodies and Dancing, Canada's Choreography of Multicultural Nationhood in the 20th century" at the British Association of Canadian Studies international conference "Being, Becoming and Belonging: Multiculturalism, Diversity and Social Inclusion in Modern Canada" at Oxford ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ, UK, Mar. 28-30.

Mary-Anne McTrowe (Art) has received an Alberta Creative Development Initiative grant to produce work for a solo exhibition in the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria's contemporary space, the LAB. The exhibition opens in October 2009.

Richard Epp (Theatre & Dramatic Arts) appears in Theatre Calgary's production of An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, Mar. 3-22.

Jim Steacy (kinesiology student) and Heather Steacy (music student) brought home three gold medals from the Canada West track championship meet in Regina recently. Jim Steacy won both the men's weight throw and shot put, giving him eight career Canada West gold medals. Heather Steacy won her third consecutive Canada West women's weight throw gold medal. Both athletes were named top athletes of the meet and Jim Steacy was also named top male track athlete for the year.

Dr. Arlan Schultz (Music) has received a Community of Research Excellence Development Opportunity from the U of L Research Office to support his development of tools for electroacoustic composition in the form of audio spatialization software and unique audio-sample databases. Schultz recently returned from Paris, France where he was studying and designing audio spatialization algorithms and studying advanced MAX/MSP programming techniques at the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM) in the Centre Georges Pompidou. During this spring/summer, he has been awarded a research residency and has been appointed a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CIRCA) in La Jolla, California. He has also received a Canada Arts Council grant for the composition of two new works of interactive acoustic/computer music. One is a commission from New Works Calgary's "Rubbing Stone" Ensemble for soprano, chamber orchestra, real-time audio spatialization and computer processed audio, which will be premiered in 2010.

Ryan Pottruff (education student) and Dustin Moore (pre-management studies) of the Pronghorns men's hockey team, won silver medals while representing Canada at the 2009 Winter Universiade in Harbin, China.

Deanna Oye (Music) performs a solo piano recital at Lakehead ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ on Mar. 17, as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations for Lakehead's Department of Music. She was a graduate of their B.Mus.(Honours) program during its first decade.

Trio Amaranth (Peter Visentin, violin; Tido Janssen, cello; and Deanna Oye, piano) performed at Convocation Hall at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Alberta on Feb. 27.
Dana Inkster (New Media) has been invited to be a discussant in the "The Role of the Employer and Legal Implications For Foreign Workers" plenary, Mar. 19 at the 11th National Metropolis Conference in Calgary. She will speak about her 2007 documentary "24 Days In Brooks" as well as her current projects in development, "Los Invisibles" and "Ladies of the Saturday Night". In March, she also speaks on the Collaborative Research in Ethnicity, Social Care and Health program in Faculty of Nursing, ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Alberta, where she will use her film 24 Days in Brooks as a case study for the use of documentary film as a facilitation tool in intercultural exchange.

Peter Visentin (Music) presented "Violinist's Cool Move" to music majors at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Alberta recently. The presentation explores his research with biomechanics researchers to gain insight into the art and science of playing the violin.

Lani Maestro (Art) is among 50 artists from around the world to participate in the Sharjah Biennial 9, this spring.

Ed Wasiak (Education/Music) was elected president of the Canadian Music Educators' Association (CMEA). CMEA provides leadership for music education in Canada and is also the national affiliate to the International Society for Music Education. Wasiak's term as president runs from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2011.

Dr. Rolf Boon's (Music) composition "First Light" has been selected for publication in the Canadian National Conservatory of Music's Northern Lights Level 5 piano syllabus. Several of Rolf's works are also under consideration for publication for their Grade 6 and 7 piano repertoire.

Silver lining to China trip

trevor.kenney — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:48:33 +0000

��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns men's hockey players Ryan Pottruff and Dustin Moore captured silver medals for Canada as the 2009 Winter Universiade concluded in Harbin, China this past weekend.

Pottruff, a second-year defenceman from Woodstock, Ont., and Moore, a second-year forward out of Red Deer, were part of the Canada West all-star squad that was chosen to wear Canadian colours at the Universiade. The Canadian squad advanced to the gold medal game after sweeping through the round robin portion of the event with a perfect 4-0 record and then thumping Slovakia 8-1 in Friday's semifinal game.

In Saturday's final, Canada fell behind 2-1 to unbeaten Russia after 20 minutes. A scoreless second period was followed by Canada's tying goal early in the third period. Russia eventually earned the win with a pair of goals 46 seconds apart in the game's final three minutes.

Both Pottruff and Moore return to Lethbridge this week to rejoin their Pronghorn teammates as they prepare to host the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of British Columbia Thunderbirds in the first round of the Canada West playoffs. The best-of-three series is set for this weekend, Mar. 6-8 at Nicholas Sheran Arena. All three games of the series, if necessary, are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

Moore leads Canada into semis

trevor.kenney — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:38:15 +0000

��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns forward Dustin Moore had a pair of assists as Canada clinched a spot in the semifinal round of the 2009 Winter Universiade men's hockey tournament with a 7-2 victory over Kazakhstan on Tuesday.

Moore assisted on a pair of second period goals, including the game-winner, and posted a plus-two rating as Canada swept through the preliminary portion of the event with a perfect 4-0 record. Defenceman Ryan Pottruff, Moore's Pronghorn teammate, also was a plus-two for the Canadians, who will now wait for a semifinal opponent to be determined from the other pool.

The Pronghorns are representing Canada as part of the Canada West all-star squad that was elected to play in the bi-annual event. This year's games are being held in Harbin, China.

Canada, as the top seed out of Group A, will meet the second seed from Group B, in Saturday's semifinal round. Kazakhstan is the second qualifier out of Group A. The top two seeds in Group B will be decided Wednesday as Russia, Slovakia and the United States all have one game to play to determine order. The gold and bronze medal finals will be held Sunday.

Horns host Golden Bears

trevor.kenney — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:29:12 +0000

��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns will be playing for an opportunity to move up to third place in the Canada West standings this weekend but the heavy lifting was done last week.

The Horns men's hockey team clinched a post-season berth as well as a home playoff date in the first round when they split with ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Calgary Dinos a week ago. Now, with no chance of dropping from their fourth-place standing, the Horns will look to sweep visiting Alberta Golden Bears to overtake idle Manitoba for third spot in the conference standings. Games are Friday and Saturday nights, 7 p.m. at Nicholas Sheran Arena.

The Horns (14-12-0) do not yet know whom they will host in the first round of playoffs, Mar. 6-8, but look to go into the post-season on a winning note. The Bears (20-4-2) have clinched top spot in the conference and, along with ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Saskatchewan, will have a bye in the first round of playoffs. Ranked second in the country, U of A has won three of the four previous meetings with the Pronghorns this season with all four games in Edmonton.

Universiade

Both the Pronghorns and Golden Bears will play this weekend's series shorthanded due to the Winter Universiade in Harbin, China. The Horns are without defenceman Ryan Pottruff and forward Dustin Moore, while the Bears have seven players on the team, including the conference's top goaltender, Aaron Sorochan, and leading scorer Chad Klassen.

Friday, Canada ripped host China 13-0 with Pottruff netting the game-winning goal just 4:24 into the first period. Moore also added a second period power play tally. Canada plays Great Britain Saturday as the preliminary round continues.

Swimming

The Horns swim team has five members representing the program at the CIS Championship meet in Vancouver this weekend. Having qualified a third male swimmer last weekend, the Horns were able to add a men's relay team to the championships and will have four men and one female swimmer compete in the championship event.

With only five swimmers at the meet, it is unrealistic for the Horns to compete for the team titles, but with all five swimmers eligible to return next season, they will gain a great deal of experience.

Pottruff, Ballendine earn awards

trevor.kenney — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:16:57 +0000

Ryan Pottruff took care of a little local business before jetting off to China this week.

Pottruff, a second-year defenceman out of Woodstock, Ont., was named Pronghorn Male Athlete of the Week after guiding the Horns men's hockey team to a weekend split with ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Calgary Dinos. His four-point effort, including a power play goal and three assists, was the offensive spark in Saturday's 5-2 victory that clinched a Canada West playoff spot for the Pronghorns.

On the season, Pottruff leads all Canada West defencemen in scoring with five goals and 15 assists. Pottruff, along with Horns' forward Dustin Moore, is now off to Harbin, China, as the duo will represent Canada at the World ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Games. The pair will miss this weekend's final two games of the Canada West regular season (Friday and Saturday home tilts against ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Alberta) but will return for the start of playoffs, Mar. 6.

The Pronghorn Female Athlete of the Week is Horns' hockey forward Shelby Ballendine. The second-year, Quesnel, B.C. native finished off the Canada West season with a pair of excellent games. In the Horns' weekend split with the UBC Thunderbirds, Ballendine scored four times and added two assists.

Saturday afternoon, Ballendine scored once and added an assist in the Horns' 6-4 loss to the T-Birds. In her final game of the season, Ballendine recorded her first career hat trick in a 7-3 win over the T-Birds.

Ballendine led the Horns in scoring this season with 12 goals and five assists.

Pronghorn duo to represent Canada

trevor.kenney — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:19:22 +0000

Ryan Pottruff and Dustin Moore came to the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge for a quality education and to continue their hockey careers. Getting an opportunity to travel to China and represent their country — that's just an added bonus.

The Pronghorn duo will join the Canada West all-star squad that's slated to compete in the 2009 Winter Universiade in Harbin, China, Feb. 18-28, providing another highlight in what has been a turnaround season for the men's hockey program.

"I can't even describe how excited I am," Moore, a right wing out of Red Deer, Alta., says. "When (coach Greg Gatto) told me, it didn't even set in until about two days later, and I couldn't sleep at night. The opportunity to go and put on a Canadian jersey all the way over in China is going to be an unbelievable experience."

It will be the first time either player has laced up for Canada, something that evokes a unique feeling of national pride.

"I'm really looking forward to experiencing what it's like to go play overseas," Pottruff, a defenceman out of Woodstock, Ont., says. "It'll be amazing to see China and feel what it's like to put on the red maple leaf and play for your country."

The two arrived on campus just over a year ago with similar backgrounds. Each came to the Pronghorns after concluding junior hockey careers (Pottruff with London and Guelph of the Ontario Hockey League and Moore with Red Deer of the Western Hockey League) and each had a brief look at the pro game. While Moore seems more interested in taking another crack at professional hockey, Pottruff has already mapped out a career plan away from the rink.

"I had a pro experience and it wasn't really what I wanted to do at the time," he says of a playoff stint with the Central Hockey League's Corpus Christi IceRays in 2007. "Right now, all I have my mind set on is getting my degree and becoming a high school gym teacher."

While he wouldn't rule out looking at a professional opportunity following the completion of his degree, Pottruff is squarely focused on life after hockey.

"You've got to know when it's time to shut it down, and I'm not going to waste away in the East Coast league or somewhere else. I'm here to get my degree first," he says.

Moore, in his first year of pre-management studies, would like to see his university hockey career dovetail into a pro contract overseas. To that end, playing for Canada on the world stage could be a springboard.

Coach Gatto, a member of the Pronghorns 1994-95 CIS national championship squad, did just that when he wrapped up his university career. He played two-plus seasons of professional hockey in Britain, then another four seasons of minor pro in the United States, all of which came on the heels of his appearance in the 1997 Winter Universiade in South Korea.

"For me, it was something I'd never thought of, going on a trip or holiday to Korea and I'm sure they are thinking the same way, now they get to go to China and that's a cultural experience they otherwise never would have had," Gatto says.

"It's also a good opportunity to open some eyes to go play in Europe when they're done."

Canada is coming off a gold medal victory at the 2007 Universiade in Torino, Italy as a group of players from the Atlantic ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Sport conference took the title. Moore likes the challenge of defending the crown.

"You expect to win a championship every time you put on a Canadian jersey," he says.

GET THE FACTS

• Moore is sixth in Canada West scoring with 17 points in 16 games

• Pottruff is tied for second in Canada West defenceman scoring with 12 points in 16 games

• Canada West, Atlantic ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ and Ontario ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ conferences rotate sending players to Universiade, meaning a conference only represents Canada once every six years

• ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Alberta leads all Canada West schools with seven players on the Canadian squad

• Gatto's 1997 Universiade team won bronze for Canada in Chonju, South Korea

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