Two strokes and a sprawling campus couldn’t keep Gary Tam from getting his UBC degree – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 55 | No. 5 | May
7, 2009
Degree of determination
It’s 14 years in the making, but when Gary Tam walks across the Chan Centre stage this May to pick up his Bachelor’s degree, he’ll know that not even two strokes and a sprawling campus could keep him from realizing his dream.
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 Student’s legacy is over the wall
Ask Katie Jeanes about her greatest accomplishment during her time at UBC, and she’s quick to answer, “Storm the Wall.”
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For the love of chemistry
“I love chemistry” is hand-written down the front of Jessica Pilfold’s lab coat.
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 Couple drops everything to pursue law degrees
At an age when many successful professionals are settling in to a comfortable lifestyle, Bob Kucheran and Brenda Osmond made an unusual choice.
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 Africa feeds Pharmacy grad's compassion
Kristin DeGirolamo’s family has shaped her passions in life. Her interests have taken her from Victoria, B.C., to Uganda, and from competitive golf to pharmacy studies.
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 Engineering an Olympic performance
Matthew Tunnicliffe, a hopeful for Canada’s 2010 Olympic snowboard team, spent his UBC studies learning how materials are made. This year, he learned what he was made of.
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 Exploring nature, music with passion
Passion underscores everything Marisol Valerio does, be it collecting soil samples by helicopter in the Northwest Territories or playing the violin dressed as her alter ego.
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 A brave new media world
You might think Dan Haves would be worried about his future. Think again.
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Grad studies loss of traditional identity
Kyle Bateson’s Master’s thesis paints an artful portrait of a landless First Nations people and the strong spiritual connection its younger generation – including himself – has to a land they have yet to call home.
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 Medicine grad helps others start over
Nailyn Rasool recalls something her father, a family doctor, told her one night after they helped a recently landed immigrant family with their sick child.
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 Dentistry grad committed to service
For Michelle Lauwers dentistry is more than a science: it’s a charitable calling and an art.
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 Graduating with a patent
UBC graduating student Crystal Hung hopes a reality television show will help turn a class project into a successful new consumer product.
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 Homework is the best medicine
Jocelyn Harris is the first to admit that the research she undertook for her doctorate is a “no brainer.”
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Studying the past to build a better future
Aaron Derickson’s heritage has influenced his passion for historical knowledge, particularly regarding Canadian and Aboriginal history.
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 Staff receive top UBC honour
Five members of the university community are being recognized for outstanding contributions to campus life and for personal achievements.
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