A sold-out crowd of 500 UBC alumni took over the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre on September 16 for an evening of food and beverage pairings from Vancouver’s most awarded celebrity chefs to celebrate 100 years of UBC’s alumni association.
Guests at the UBC Welcome Home Party 2017 mingled at the food stations on all three floors before Vancouver’s favourite house band Dr. Strangelove took over the Century Bar for an evening of dancing. Guest were encouraged to wear UBC’s colours of blue and gold.
UBC’s alumni span over 140 countries with more than 325,000 former graduates.
Steve Kennedy, alumni UBC director, marketing and communications; and Angus An, Maenam and Fat Mao Noodle Bar executive chef
Sheri Pak, archaeologist; and Kevin Fisher, UBC Archaeology professor
Laurielle Penny, World Wide Quest Travel partner; and Jaymie Matthews, UBC astronomer
Ai Mizuta, UBC Department of Language and Litercay Education PhD; Henry Yu, St. Johns College UBC principal; Melissa Jacques, UBC Okanagan faculty of creative and critical studies senior instructor; and Michael Treschow, UBC Okanagan faculty of creative and critical studies associate professor
Howard Mickelson QC, Gudmundseth Mickelson LLP partner; and his wife Anne Marie Corrigan, writer
Elizabeth Crittenden, former UBC professor; and Stephen Carey, UBC professor emeritus
Jonas Hamre, UBC Alma Mater Society executive chef; Greg Chun, kitchen supervisor; and Ed Sy, off site catering sales
Krista English, Complexity Science Lab UBC senior research scientist; and Lance Rettinger, CNA Canada underwriter
Former track & field Olympians Diane Clement, food consultant, cookbook author; and her husband Doug Clement, UBC professor emeritus
Anne George, UBC professor emeritus; Gail Davidson, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada executive director; Anthony Des Lauriers, Powerex marketing manager; and Mary George, EY national health care manager
Joshua McViety, UBC department of geography GIC assistant; Fred Lee, UBC Welcome Home Party chair and director of alumni engagement; and Paul Duchart, BCBusiness columnist
Lawrence Chew, Nicola Wealth Management marketing & communications; and Hayley Gordon, Adventures in Cakery principal
Steve de Wolf, Black Tusk Realty real estate specialist; and Nicola Fairweather, StoryTap director of partnerships
Janice Sun, Evolution Sport Therapy business owner; Shannon Hui, Grover, Elliot, & Co.Ltd. appraiser; Tiffany Yeung, Sodexo district manager BC Health Authorities; and Jenny Yang, BCIT assistant to VP advancement
Torafuku Modern Asian Eatery serves up “The Chick Flick” consisting of miso butter, confit chicken with burrata, heirloom tomatoes, thai basil and salsa verde
UBC Homecoming Welcome Home Party 2017
Lori Joyce, Betterwith Foods Inc. founder & CEO, had the longest lines for her farm-fresh traceable ice cream
Vancouver's favourite party band Dr. Strangelove performs
UBC Homecoming Welcome Home Party 2017
UBC Homecoming Welcome Home Party 2017
Fred Lee, UBC Welcome Home Party chair and director of alumni engagement