Marianopolis College's Robotics team scored big in the 2010 Canadian Robotics Competition on Feb. 18-20, placing first in the competition's website component and second in the journal section.
Stephanie Antoniades, left, and Sydney Baran do their part to celebrate Carnival Week, Feb. 8-12, an annual Marianopolis event that this year included a trip to Mont Tremblant and musical performances as well as inflatable air bouncers on the College's front lawn. (Adam Reider)
Prof. Monique Polak, right, with Bishop’s University Principal Michael Goldbloom, middle, and her journalism students, from left, Lia Calderone, Tania Tautkus, Yi Qing Xiao, Jacqueline Di Bartolomeo and Alisha Khan. The former Gazette publisher's talk wrapped up the College’s Centennial Speaker Series. (Owen Egan)
Montreal fiction writer Neale McDevitt reads from his Quebec Writers’ Federation prize-winning book One Day Even Trevi Will Crumble on Feb. 11 during one of dozens of Activity Period events each week at Marianopolis. (Kathryn Haralambous)
Marianopolis students participating in this year’s Quebec-wide literary jury Prix littéraire des collégiens, are: left to right, Emmy Cai, Hao Tian, Nora Simard-Saint-Cyr, Élodie Favier Bouchard, Sajeda Hedaraly, Qin Ping Li, Alex Park, Xing Jian Liu, Lina Jineth Rodriguez, Kathryn Verville-Provencher and Yu Xuan Jin. (David Prince)
Alumni band The Potholes, from left, Prof. Jean-Michel Cohalan, Juno winner Antoine Gratton and Josh Beitel, all class of ’98, regale the crowd at last year's St. Patrick’s Day parade. To join the fun on the Alumni Association's float at this year's parade, email the Alumni Affairs Office. (Anneliese Papaurelis)
Accepted at the College? Congrats – and confirm
Have you been accepted at Marianopolis for Fall 2010? Congratulations! Your acceptance letter included a confirmation deadline. Please fill out your confirmation form online – and in time, so you don’t risk having your spot given to someone else if we don’t hear from you by your confirmation deadline. If you wish to pay the $200 confirmation fee online, please be sure to enter the last five digits of your student ID number in the transaction code box of the Omnivox payment module. You may also drop off in person or mail in your signed confirmation form and cheque before your deadline.
Marianopolis offers 10 new merit-based full scholarships
Marianopolis is pleased to announce the creation of 10 new merit-based academic scholarships that will cover 100 percent of the tuition for students studying at the College next year. If the students maintain their grades, the awards, called the Director General’s Merit Scholarships, will be renewed in the second year, and an additional 10 awards will be given for incoming students. “A year from now we will be offering 20 scholarships in all, a free college education at Marianopolis for excellent students,” said Director General Len Even.
Marianopolis the only Canadian college at Harvard Model UN in Taipei
A dozen Marianopolis students are set to participate in the Harvard World Model United Nations 2010 in Taipei, March 14-18. The other Canadian students at the so-called Olympics of the Model UN are from Brock, Dalhousie and York universities and the University of British Columbia. “Attending is a great achievement for the entire Marianopolis Model UN Club,” said club member Abdaal Mazhar, a Health Science student. “It is a great honour and privilege to be representing Marianopolis at any conference, and doing so in Taipei will be all the more special as it is the culmination of our fundraising efforts that began last summer." The club is one of more than 80 at Marianopolis.
DECA students qualify for provincials
Marianopolis College's MYLO/DECA team qualified for its third consecutive provincial tournament in Toronto against a field of 5,200 competitors on Feb. 8 and 9. "Congratulations to our winners and to the MYLO team for qualifying for this event after successfully competing at the regionals in Barrie," said Faculty Advisor and Marketing Professor Peter Elenakis.
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