Award for Brach of the Year
We are very pleased to announce that the McGill Alumni Association of
Northern California has been honored with the Charles Peters Branch of the
Year Award. The Award is presented to a branch that "has put on a varied and
creative program attracting a wide range of alumniSwith a large, diverse
board of volunteers who take on projects with new volunteers joining
regularly." See details
Many thanks to so many of you who have attended our events and a
special thank you to our terrific executive team who has worked very hard to
make our events successful! If you would like to get involved in helping to organize events for McGill Alumni in the Bay Area, please contact us at events@mcgillnorcal.com
New Planning
Committee
After a decade of incredible leadership, Robbie Cook has passed
on the baton onto a new team led by Rie Shigematsu Collett
and an enthusiastic group of Members-at-Large. Click here
to see the new team. If you would like to get involved with
any of the planning, please email us or find us at one of
the upcoming events!
Read our press
releases by clicking here.
McGill
University in the News
Canada courting
U.S. college students
McGill has always attracted out-of-province prospecters with
its name, quality of education and commitment to enhancing
the lives of its students. Montreal's McGill University has
lured nearly 1,600 Americans north of the border with students
choosing McGill over many "local" schools. Read
the article by clicking here.
McGill University
is one of this year's "Hottest Colleges"
For the first time, a university outside of the United States
has been named one of the "Hot Schools" for 2003
, published by Newsweek
and Kaplan and released on August 26. Read the entire story
by clicking here.