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Ruolun “Roland” Xing

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  • HBA 2010 University College
Inside the Classroom

Alongside the Classroom

  • Summer School in Siena, Italy; Tours, France; Berlin, Germany; and Jerusalem, Israel
Outside the Classroom

  • Volunteered at various student activities
  • Model UN
  • Volunteer at the Royal Ontario Museum as a program coordinator
  • Volunteer at the NGO “Ten Thousand Villages”
Further Education

  • MBA, China Europe International Business School
Career Description

  • Graduated from University and went back to China for as a salesperson for a pharmaceutical company in Beijing, China
  • After two years of sales, responsible for annual sales of $130 million USD in 2012 and a team of 500 salespersons
  • Worked at Novartis AG, a Swiss pharmaceutical company, while studying for MBA
  • Joined Baxter International, an American medical device company, through various positions and locations: Country marketing in Shanghai, China; global business portfolio management in Chicago, USA; and Asia-Pac marketing in Singapore.
“Broaden the scope of your academic and personal development as much as possible while at school.”

 

Zheng Song

Zheng Song

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  • BSc 2017 University College
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Outside the Classroom

  • Part of a Chinese dragon boat training group
  • Led a team in UC fireball planning
  • Executive member of the pre-dental society
  • Choir student club
  • Two years working in plant laboratory research
Further Education

  • Master’s candidate at the Schulich Dentistry and Medicine School in the University of Western Ontario
“Learn who you are and what you want in life, and make good use of your time.”

 

Paul Walker

Paul Walker

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  • BA 1961 University College
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Outside the Classroom

  • Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship (Became president at the all-campus level for final year)
  • Hart House Glee Club
  • Led and played piano for a noon-time sing-along at Hart House weekly in third and fourth year
Further Education

  • MDiv, Westminster Theological Seminary
Career Description

  • Student minister for three full summers: Kitimat, BC; Bradalbane, PEI; and Wabush, Labrador
  • Worked in Vancouver and the Fraser Valley with high school and junior high students for Inter-School Christian Fellowship
  • Ordained as a Presbyterian minister and served in three different congregations, 3rd in Vancouver
  • Worked 2 years founding and teaching at a Christian School in Vancouver
  • Remainder of worker years served as Chaplain in two different hospitals
“Enjoy the friends made on and off campus, but keep the focus on doing an excellent job on the studies.”

 

Kris Wong

Kris Wong

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  • HBSc 2009 University College
Inside the Classroom

Further Education

  • MScPT Queen’s University, 2012 – Physiotherapy
Career Description

  • Worked at physiotherapy clinics since 2012
“Pursue co-op.”

 

Chester Sadowski

Chester Sadowski

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  • BA 1957 University College
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Outside the Classroom

  • Polish Students’ Club
  • Chemistry Club
  • House League Basketball
Further Education

  • University of Toronto PhD in Chemistry 1961
  • Colorado University Department of Chemistry Post-Doctoral Fellow 1961/62
Career Description

  • 1957 to 1961 Post Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
  • 1961/62 Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A.
  • 1962 to 1967 Defence Services Scientific Officer, Defence Research Board, Valcartier, Quebec
  • 1967 to 2002 Professor, Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto
  • 1973/74 Sabbatical leave at NOAA, Boulder, Colorado, USA
  • 1981/82 Sabbatical Leave, University Chemical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, U.K.
  • 1982/83(?) Vice President of York University Faculty Association (YUFA) during certification and member of (YUFA) Tenure and Promotion Committee preparing the T&P section of the first collective agreement
  • 1989/90 Associate Dean, Atkinson College, York University
  • 1995/96 Sabbatical Leave, Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Oxford, U.K.
  • 2001/02 Sabbatical Leave, Department of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, U.K.
  • 2005, 2006 Research, University Chemical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, U.K.
    July 1,1995 to December 31, 1999 Chairman of Chemistry, York University
  • Served on numerous departmental, faculty and university committees, including T&P, University Senate, Nominations, Examinations and Academic Standards, etc.
“I worked very hard and strove to meet the highest levels of academic performance. I was poor and could not socialise as much as I wanted to, but nevertheless I might have extended my extra-curricular interests a bit more.”

 

John Toffoli

John Toffoli

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  • HBSc 2005 University College
  • HBA 2013 University College
Inside the Classroom

HBA degree

HBSc degree

Switched programs from:

Outside the Classroom

  • Vice President, Microbiology Undergraduate Students’ Association (Defunct)
Further Education

Career Description

“If there’s something that you really want to do but are scared of how long it will take, or how much money it’s going to cost, or how far it will set you back, just forget all of that and go for it. None of those concerns that seem really important when you’re working on your undergraduate will matter in five years. Find your passion, and go for it with everything you have.”

 

Christina Luckyj

Christina Luckyj

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  • BA 1978 University College
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Alongside the Classroom

  • Studied in Quebec for over a year
Further Education

Career Description

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“Do as many extracurricular things as possible, and especially take any opportunities to study elsewhere.”

 

Sylvia Urbanik

Sylvia Urbanik

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  • HBSc 2017 University College
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Switched programs from:

Alongside the Classroom

Outside the Classroom

Further Education

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Paul McLean

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Graduation Year

  • BA 1984 University College
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Outside the Classroom

  • Intramural sports
Further Education

  • University of Chicago, M.A. 1987 (Political Science)
  • University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1996 (Political Science)
Career Description

  • I have pursued a career in higher education, transitioning to Sociology from Political Science because of the nature of my training in grad school. I continue to have a humanistic bent in my social science research, and I think that orientation arose from taking history, philosophy, and literature courses at U of T as an undergrad. I taught for three years at the University of Chicago after completing my Ph.D., then was offered a tenure-track job at Rutgers in 1999. I have been here ever since, becoming tenured in 2006, being promoted to Full Professor this year, and serving as Director of Undergraduate Studies and then Department Chair over the last five and a half years. Going through U of T, along with my time at Rutgers, another great public university, and the fact both of my parents were public school teachers, have together made me strongly committed to the goals of public higher education.
“1) Live on campus. You were offered the chance, but thought it more important to save money. That was wrong.
2) Get involved in more activities on campus. You would have made more friends, developed a stronger identity with the school, and had more fun.”