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FDU-Vancouver — Olympics

FDU-Vancouver is located one block away from BC Place, the venue for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, and although classes were cancelled during the games, the campus remained open. The campus community participated in the Olympic events in a variety of ways.

Susanne Green, English/University
Core (Van), carries the Olympic torch
in Northern British Columbia, Canada.

Susanne Green, English/University Core (Van), was an official torchbearer. She ran in Northern British Columbia, in Powell River. She said, “Carrying the 2010 Olympic Torch for Canada was a powerful and lasting experience for me. As I carried the flame down my hometown streets of Powell River, B.C., during sundown, with friends, family and students cheering me on, I believed anything was possible. As a mother and educator, I know the importance of encouraging goals and dreams, and this feeling was contagious during the Torch Relay. I was chosen to carry the torch for Canada by writing a community pledge. I pledged to work diligently in my community to educate others about chronic illness. For me, the Olympic flame represented a cure for diabetes, a life-threatening condition my daughter deals with everyday.”

Left photo: FDU-Vancouver student Janny Francisca, right, with her friends at the Olympic Rings in Whistler Blackcomb, the alpine skiing venue for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Right photo: The Olympic Cauldron.

Left photo: FDU-Vancouver student Ailton Schoemberger at the Vancouver 2010 Countdown Clock.

Right photo: Neil Mort, right, director of enrollment/student services (Van), with one of the Olympic torchbearers near FDU-Vancouver.

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