Gala 2021
Our First Online Nursing Gala
The first online UBC Nursing Gala took place on May 13, 2021 via Zoom. Fred Lee, Director of Alumni Engagement at Alumni UBC. was Master of Ceremonies while Director Elizabeth Saewyc, and Dean James Olson offered words of welcome, news, and announcements. Presenters of awards included the new co-chairs.
The event included a slide show of recent nursing events, introduction of new faculty, and an overview of the plans for the new Gateway Health building. A moment was set aside to contemplate the loss of friends and colleagues since we last were able to congregate in 2019.
Of course the event was capped off with presentation of Alumni and Preceptor Awards. Many attendees remained after the formal event to chat in breakout rooms.
Most notable about the 2021 Gala was the presentation of new preceptor awards.
Two of these were made available through a generous donation from Mr. Martin Kline and Mr. Mitch Erickson (class of 1989), in memory of Mitch’s mother, Bonnie Moerike.
