Welcome to 2009! We left a memorable 2008 and look forward to a 2009 being a good year. To all our members, we look forward to your participation in UCAM to make this a great year for UCAM as we look forward to a closer cooperation with the administrators of the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Dear UC Alumni & Friends,

We would like to notify you of the following events:

21 Sept - "Bright Star" Book Launch for Christine Cole Catley's biography of Beatrice Hill Tinsley

Canterbury alumna Beatrice Hill Tinsley was a brilliant astronomer, recognised worldwide as a leading thinker in cosmology. This new biography by fellow Canterbury graduate Christine Cole Catley sheds greater light on an exceptional New Zealander.

Time: 5.30-7.00pm

Venue: UBS (University Bookshop, University Drive, Ilam)

RSVP: to the Alumni Office by 18 September

30 Sept-1 Oct – Overnight Visit to Mt John University Observatory

Dear UC Alumni

Just a reminder that the Alumni Association AGM is coming up next week (see details below and attached pdf). Also there are a number of reunion events coming up in the next 12 months which may be of interest to you or other alumni you know. For regular updates on these events and more see www.canterbury.ac.nz/alumni.

With sadness, we announce the passing of Ter Leong Yong on Tuesday, 27th September 2005.

Ter Leong Yong was born in 1952 and passed away at the age of 53 years after battling cancer for almost a year. The disease had started from the neck and had spread to the spinal cord which ultimately affected his liver.