Vanier Science student Andrea Petrucci won first place with her partner Sylvain Carpentier at the Quebec Junior Figure Skating Championships which were held November 10, 2001. Next year, Andrea and Sylvain will compete in the senior division with the likes of Shae-Lynne Bourne and Victor Kraatz. If you have high-speed access, you can see videos of their winning programs. Click for more.

Vanier star quarterback Jabari Arthur was the second Vanier athlete in a month to be selected by the Montreal Gazette and Global TV as Athlete Of The Week. (The other was David Zilberman. See below.) Jabari has shown immense talent, leading the Cheetahs to an almost perfect season. Click for more.

Kathy Malas was presented the top prize at the Vanier Entrance Scholarships Awards ceremony held on October 17, 2001 in the auditorium with the top average of 96.2%. The event was hosted by Academic Dean Peter Ross. Congratulations to Kathy and all the winners! Click for the whole story.

David Zilberman, a first-year Vanier student, who won his third consecutive National Wresting Championship in May was selected by Global TV and the Montreal Gazette as outstanding Athlete Of The Week. As well as being featured in a piece on Global TV, David was the subject of an article in the Gazette.
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Vivienne Lemos, who graduated from Health Science last spring and went on to attend McGill in Microbiology, was awarded first prize in the Canadian Association of Authors' Annual Writing Contest for her short story, "Fugue."

On April 20, 2001, Vanier College Athletics saluted their best at this year's annual Athletics Awards Banquet.
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Standing: Jerry Wong, Andrei Moskvitch, Audrey Laurencelle, Mulanda Kayembe.
Sitting: Jonathan Hayon, Matthew Scott, Igor Perez

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Two recipients have been selected to receive this year's Lloyd Elder Scholarship. Maria Constandinou and Jessica Koury are both second year students in Health Sciences.
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Vanier DDMT students who are participating in a bilingual exchange program with CEGEP Saint-Laurent were profiled in a front-page story in the Saint Laurent News.
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Brahm Solomon, Maryse Bouchard, Anthony Di Carlo and Kyle Gervais (left) were featured in a Gazette article on strategies to succeed in CEGEP.
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Eighty-eight students received entrance scholarships ranging from $100.00 to $500.00. These scholarships were awarded to students beginning full time diploma studies in the Fall of 2000. They were awarded on the basis of highest academic average and need. Julie Claveau won the $500 scholarship for her top-rated 95.8% average. Congratulations to Julie and to all the other winners! Click here for the whole story and more winners.

Francesca Kanapathisinnaiaha, Vanier Health Sciences student, comes from Polyvalente Lucien Page where she won a special certificate of merit for her high standing in The Canadian Chemistry Olympiad, sponsored by the The Chemical Institute of Canada. Congratulations, Francesca!

Congratulations to our team for doing a wonderful job representing Vanier at the competition held at CÉGEP Édouard-Montpetit over the Easter Break.

This is the first time in the history of this event that Vanier wins first place!

Vanier Architecture Technology Students Storm Paris!

During the March Spring Break a group of Arch Tech students had the unique opportunity to view the architecture of Paris up close. With the support of the college, they were able to organize a trip with the goal of appreciating the marvels of Paris landmarks from an architectural perspective. For more information on their exploits and to view many more photos, click on the following link to see their page on the "Vanier In Photos" site.

Arch Tech Trip To Paris in "Vanier In Photos"

Ex-Cheetah, Richard Mercier Featured in Sports Pages

For the fourth time, a former Vanier Cheetah football star has been selected in the NFL draft. LE JOURNAL DE MONTREAL of Monday, April 17, 2000 had an extensive article on Richard's selection in the NFL draft, as well as a chart detailing all 4 of the Vanier football alumni who have been drafted by the NFL in the last 5 years. These include Frank Yeboah-Kodie, Hicham El-Mashtoub, and Tshimanga Biakabutuka (whose exploits are listed further down this page). Richard was also the subject of two other stories in the press which you can view now.

Mercier Heads Canadian Contingent at NFL Draft (CP, April 11)
Hat Trick For Canadians (Toronto Star, April 17)

Lloyd Elder Scholarship Recipient Announced

April 12, 2000. The first recipient of the Lloyd Elder Scholarship, presented for excellence in both sports and the field of mathematics, is Ligeo Kattackal, a second year Vanier student in the Commerce Honours program. He was involved in competitive volleyball at the high school level and in community badminton, basketball and soccer. He continues to participate in competitive soccer and is a soccer referee with the Pointe-Claire Amateur Soccer Association. Ligeo has been a participant in various mathematics competitions at both the elementary and secondary level. He has achieved excellent results in his mathematics courses here at Vanier. Ligeo was a Dean's Honor Roll student in H-99. This scholarship has been established in memory of Lloyd Elder who was a faculty member of the Physical Education Department at Vanier College from 1973 until his unfortunate passing in 1997.

The Vanier College Men's AA Basketball Team won the CEGEP AA Provincial Championship the weekend of March 25-26, 2000 in Trois-Rivières in what was a grand farewell party for coach Andy Herzog who will move on to the AAA ranks next season. Chris Reid led all scorers in the semi-final victory (102-91) against Collège Francais with 21 points. Chris had another strong outing in the final victory against Séminaire de Sherbrooke (93-73) with 27 points. Keith Delabastide tallied 25.

Captains Chris Norville and Dilip Naayar accepted the championship banner for a team which Coach Herzog described as "a great bunch of kids that were always ready to play."