Alumni News

Randy Elzinga '01, who majored in mathematics at Redeemer, obtained his PhD at Queen's University, Oct. 25, 2007. In his thesis "The Minimum Witt Index of a Graph" he acknowledges his mathematics courses at Redeemer "opened my eyes to the beauty of mathematics and provided the foundation for success in graduate studies." Randy is currently teaching at Queen's University.

Alan Meijer '94, who majored in biology at Redeemer, has since obtained an MSc in crop science from North Carolina State University. He is currently an Extension Associate: Tillage and Soil Management at the Vernon G. James Research and Extension Center of NCSU.

Felix Lam '06, is pursuing a MSc in biology at the University of Western Ontario. He is studying octopamine receptors in the cabbage looper, Trichoplusiani, and is becoming proficient in molecular biology as he identifies, isolates and sequences gene fragments.

Lisa Scully '01 obtained her PhD from the Department of Biological Sciences at Brock University. She has co-authored several articles with her supervisor based on her microbiology research. Her studies were funded in part by a prestigious NSERC postgraduate doctoral scholarship.

Aart Smit '07 and Dr. Schuurman presented a paper in Montreal, based on summer undergraduate student research sponsored by NSERC and subsequently published "Robust Subspace Position Measurement Using Localized Sub-Windows," Proceedings of the Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, May 2007, pp. 282-288.

Jakob Van Dorp '06, is pursuing a Master's degree in urban and regional Planning (MPl) at Queen's University. Jakob obtained a BSc with majors in environmental studies, history and English and has continued his interest in urban issues, particularly related to improving access to food and growing food in cities. His research currently involves looking at how community garden programs are developed and maintained in Toronto.