When The Honourable Don Oliver (LLB ‘64), retired Senator, met businessman Wade Dawe at a conference more than a decade ago, it was the start of a great friendship — and of a journey that would lead to a donation for a new, state-of-the-art practice space in Dal's Arts Centre expansion.

From the day the Masstown Market opened, Eric Jennings made his customers his top priority. His family legacy extends to É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥, with an endowed bursary to support Agriculture students who aspire to start or expand a family business in Atlantic Canada.

With an interest in the rehabilitation properties of cannabis, Alex Buckley turned to Dal's plant science program for his undergrad studies. Now, after graduation, he's worked with the Faculty of Agriculture to develop and launch a new online extended learning course on Cannabis Production and Management.

Working on an alumnus's sheep farm, Dal student Erica Sullivan spent her summer developing a business plan for a new sheep-milk ice cream brand.

Conventional methods of removing rings are often painful and destructive, but emergency room doctors are now taking a new approach to the problem, using a device called RingRescue created by four Dal alumni to treat patients.