A Homecoming 125 Years in the making

A 125th anniversary Homecoming

Hundreds of Queen’s Engineering alumni and friends gathered in Kingston between October 19 and 21, 2018, to celebrate Homecoming in our 125th anniversary year. New was the first-ever Dean’s Homecoming Breakfast, held under a giant tent behind Beamish-Munro Hall. Student representatives from the design teams and student clubs were on hand to chat with alumni and showcase their projects. Feedback was very positive, and we look forward to the 4’s and 9’s joining us October 18-20 this fall. This year, the Dean’s Homecoming Breakfast will be in the new Mitchell Hall at 69 Union Street.

Plan your trip for Homecoming 2019 at queensu.ca/alumni/homecoming

“I thoroughly enjoyed the Dean’s pancake breakfast at Homecoming 2018. It was a fantastic opportunity to hear from current students about their enthusiasm for their program. I was particularly impressed with the extracurricular activities that were presented, from the concrete toboggan, to the biomedical innovation, to the women in STEM activities. The students were so engaged and it clearly demonstrated the heart of Queen’s—the collegial sense of belonging, along with innovation and engagement. The passport with free socks for completion was a great way to get those attending involved.”

—Pamela Eisener-Parsche Meds’90, via Michael Parsche Sc’88

Congratulations Science 1968: Our first inductees into the Faculty of Engineering’s Millionaires’ Club!

At Homecoming 2018, the class of Science 1968 reached an incredible milestone: surpassing the $1 million mark for The Science ’68 Entrance Bursary in Applied Science. Thanks to the many efforts from class leaders and support from classmates, Sc’68 is now able to offer a renewable award that will provide over $10,000 of support to a student during each year of their studies. This is a remarkably generous and impactful gift that will help make an engineering education more accessible for many recipients. In honour of their accomplishments, the Faculty was pleased to recognize the class as the first-ever inductee into our Millionaires’ Club. This is a new distinction that will be awarded to all classes with funds with over $1 million. We thank Sc’68 for their continued generosity and the life-changing gift they are giving our students.

Rick Dobson Sc’68, models the inaugural Millionaires’ Club scarf.