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SUMMER 2016 9 SFU.CA 8. (L-R) Bard on the Beach artistic director Christopher gaze; Burnaby mayor derek Corrigan; SFU president Andrew petter; SFU professor paul Budra; Simon Fraser Student Society president Enoch Weng; Leslie Murray Beck, SFU charter alumna (who was one of the University's town criers in the early days); hon. Andrew Wilkinson, minister of advanced education, and SFU chancellor Anne giardini at the Sept. 9 Celebrate & Savour event. 9. SFU's Surrey campus executive director Stephen dooley addresses students and faculty gathered at the Surrey campus to kick off SFU's 50th Anniversary celebration. 10. SFU vice-president of advancement and alumni engagement, Cathy daminato, with architect geoffrey Massey who, with Arthur Erickson, designed the SFU campus. 11. during SFU's sold-out run of the Western Canadian premiere of 887 at goldcorp Centre for the Arts, theatre star Robert Lepage hosted a talkback for SFU's School for Contemporary Arts stu- dents. the talk was moderated by Michael Boucher, director of SFU Woodward's Cultural programs & partnerships. Students were given a tour of the state-of-the-art theatre set by Lepage's award- winning company Ex Machina. 12. SFU 50th Anniversary associate project director, Adam Brayford, stands at the site selected for the installment of haida artist Bill Reid's Black Eagle Canoe, a gift to SFU from the Bill Reid gallery. 13. the Sept. 9 anniversary celebration ended with a bang as more than 2,000 guests witnessed a light show and fire- works atop Burnaby Mountain. 14. Vp of research Joy Johnson stands in front of the gordon Smith Mosaic Mural that inspired the artwork for the 50th Anniver- sary campus décor and banner campaign. Smith's design, com- missioned in 1964, symbolizes diversity, energy and growth. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

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