Friends for Life

This Tuesday, on the other side of the country, a friendly, vibrant group of 11 UTS alumni gathered for a night of bonding and reminiscing at the Calgary UTS Alumni Branch Event, proof positive that the UTS connection extends far beyond our students’ days at UTS into their future, no matter where life takes them.

Even temperatures dropping into the double digits didn’t deter alumni from coming out to the event, at the Calgary Petroleum Club, arranged through the connections of our alum Greg Turnbull K.C. ’73.

I had the pleasure of attending, along with Martha Drake, Executive Director, Advancement, and meeting alumni ranging from the classes of 1953 to 1988. Decades may have passed since their graduation, but they are still keen to be involved with UTS. We shared updates on the new UTS Strategic Plan, the recent endeavours of our students such as the Lunar New Year celebration and the Winter Classic Volleyball Tournament, as well as the latest bursary statistics.

Some of the alumni were old friends, and some became new ones with the common ground of genuine fondness for UTS. Our school  is a phenomenal lifelong hub, where alumni who have never met before can often feel an instant connection and commonality.

In our conversations, alumni often mentioned how, many years later, they still have enduring friendships from their UTS days. The academic rigours and the love of learning they share at our school forge deep bonds that endure long after graduation. Our alumni travel far and wide and achieve great things, but UTS stays with them as the connections made at our school transcend time and place to last a lifetime.