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Thandiwe McCarthy
Posted: Feb 16, 2021
Category: Young Alumni , Inspiring Stories , UNB Fredericton
My name is Thandiwe Jelani McCarthy and I graduated from UNB in May 2020 with a degree in Recreation and Sport Studies with a major in Community Wellness. I think my graduation was unique in that due to the pandemic outbreak myself and many other students didn’t get to have one. Not only that but moments after finishing my degree in recreation and community wellness the entire recreation...
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Dr. Mary McCarthy-Brandt
Posted: Feb 16, 2021
Category: UNB Fredericton , Inspiring Stories
I write this essay with much pleasure and feelings of gratitude. I am a 2007 graduate from UNB Master's of Education in Critical Studies program. I am also a Black woman, 6th generation and my roots go back before the province was formed, to 1783. The province was formed in 1784. Taking the Critical Studies program and writing my thesis was a very gratifying and important time in my life,...
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Olive Ozoemena
Posted: Feb 15, 2021
Category: Inspiring Stories , UNB Saint John
My name is Olive Ozoemena and I am from Nigeria where I worked in the banking sector. I received my Master's degree in Human Resource Development in the United States and then in 2015, I moved to Saint John. I firmly believe that business ultimately boils down to human capital management. Because of this, I began searching for an MBA program that was relatively affordable, but most importantly,...
Read the full postFrom the Backyard Book Club to the Promise Partnership
UNB Alumni
Posted: Jan 26, 2021
Category: Inspiring Stories , UNB Saint John
“Huge things can happen, even when you start with a small idea.” That’s what UNB alumni Dr. Leah Richardson (BSc’10), Dr. Taryn O’Neill (BSc’10, MSc’12) and Stephen Stone (BSc’10) say as they reflect on the 10th anniversary of UNB Saint John’s Promise Partnership, a program that sprouted from a summer book club and has evolved into a...
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UNB Alumni
Posted: Jan 26, 2021
Category: Engineering , UNB Fredericton , Inspiring Stories
One of the most challenging tasks Travis Bergin (BScCE’02, D-TME’02, MScCE’04) is faced with as a UNB Associated Alumni councillor, also happens to be the one he values and cherishes most of all. He says serving as chair of the scholarships and awards’ committee, and learning about the remarkable accomplishments of UNB students and alumni, has been one of greatest...
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UNB Alumni
Posted: Jan 26, 2021
Category: UNB Fredericton , Inspiring Stories
Alicia Noreiga-Mundaroy (BEd’11, MEd’16) came to New Brunswick from Trinidad and Tobago in 2018 to pursue her PhD in education at UNB. Two years later, she says that she could see herself making the province her new home. “It’s so quiet and peaceful here.” She does admit though, that moving to New...
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UNB Alumni
Posted: Jan 25, 2021
Category: Inspiring Stories , UNB Fredericton
Jason Goldlist (BPHIL’06) has always been someone who wanted to do things differently. It was the reason he chose to leave Toronto and head to New Brunswick for university when his friends were going to Western or McGill. He was looking for a different kind of program, and the new Bachelor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Leadership at Renaissance College fit the...
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Christos Papadopoulos (BSc'09)
Posted: Jan 25, 2021
Category: Young Alumni , Inspiring Stories , UNB Saint John
This is the story of my UNB family. Back in 1973, my father Nicolas immigrated to Canada at the age of 17 from Greece. Having no family in New Brunswick, he worked multiple jobs to pay for his university studies and attended both the UNB Saint John and Fredericton campuses. In 1980, he graduated with his electrical engineering degree from UNB. Throughout my childhood, he and my mother Rosa...
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UNB Alumni
Posted: Jan 25, 2021
Category: Inspiring Stories , UNB Saint John
For physiotherapist John Gonzales (BSc’00), people and building connections are at the heart of everything he does. It’s this concept that he lives by everyday as CEO and founder of his New Brunswick-based business, Rehab1 Performance Center. Launched in 2016, Rehab1 offers core services of physiotherapy, massage, and chiropractic, in addition to nutrition, counselling services,...
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Josée Richard (BA'17)
Posted: Jan 25, 2021
Category: UNB Fredericton , Young Alumni
Since graduating from UNB Fredericton in 2017, young alumna Josée Richard (BA'17) followed her love for fashion, health and fitness. In August 2020, she launched Forty Luxe the Label, an online leisurewear brand. Here, she shares more about her inspiration behind the clothing line, what it's been like as a new entrepreneur and her future hopes for the business. Tell us a little bit...
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