Winning a White Hat award is an honour for any Calgarian, but to India-born SAIT alumnus Nitin Parswani, the news was exhilarating. “It was a shocking moment,” says the Business Administration graduate. “I felt that I must’ve done something really good when I was nominated.” Opportunity in the west...
The daredevil mentality. It’s inspired tightropes strung between skyscrapers, barrels plunging over falls … and for culinary innovators like Sean MacDonald, new taste sensations. “Honestly, I’m not afraid to do anything at work. I’m a very creative person, a very hands-on person, and I want...
Photojournalism alumnus Gavin John (JA’13) knew he wanted to work in conflict zones taking pictures and telling stories long before he ever graduated. “My mom asked me a while back, ‘when is that moment when you’ll realize you’ve made it?’ I told her it would be me putting...
To tell a story through film, one must be creative with both the camera and the calculator. Matt Watterworth (FVP ‘08), SAIT’s 2015 Outstanding Young Alumnus, knows this all too well and he credits SAIT for providing him with many of the skills and connections that not only launched his career...
SAIT Alumnus John Dumonceaux loves a parade, specifically the Calgary Stampede Parade. Dumonceaux, BA ’94, has been a volunteer with the event for the past 27 years. “I have always been a fan of the parade especially because it kicks off the Stampede week. I love everything about it, particularly...
Mortarboards fly, the crowd cheers and families huddle around their gown-wearing grads as they proudly clutch crisp diplomas. It’s convocation season. In the sea of SAIT’s School of Information Communication and Technology graduates, one student in particular is crossing the stage after overcoming...
SAIT alumnus Troy Fleischhaker is no stranger to a life on the go. “I’m extremely free-spirited. I like challenge and adventure,” he says. So when a few spur-of the-moment connections landed him a job as one of three head chefs on CBS Television Network’s highly successful reality...
As a journeyman plumber, David Hornstein (PBP ’03) has had his share of ripping out old toilets. The heavy lifting, splattered toilet water and soggy socks have always bothered him, so Hornstein came up with a tool called The Trunk that sucks out residual toilet water and blows...
Ron Tarrant is breathing some extremely rare air. At just 27, the radio production wunderkind from Calgary has already reached the summit of his chosen profession. On April 4, he walked into Sirius XM Radio studios in Manhattan as the new director of imaging for the Howard Stern Show—producing “audio...
Sarah Erasmus has been quite busy since receiving the Outstanding Young Alumni Award last fall. Not only has business been booming at her clothing shop, Erasmus Apparel, but she’s also been volunteering as a mentor for In.Business: A National Mentorship Program for Aboriginal Youth. The program,...
