By Tony Keller
University of Calgary vice-president external relations Roman Cooney was recently quoted throwing around some numbers that I couldn’t quite follow. Referring to the Maclean’s University Student Issue, published in June 2006, Cooney said that “the data are four years out of date since they were first published.” The article also paraphrased Cooney as having said… Continue reading Letter: Roman Wrong
By Sara Hanson
The University of Calgary is expanding its frontiers westward. The master plan for the development of West Campus was revealed at two open houses, held Thu., Jun. 14 and Tue., Jun. 19. U of C vice-president external Roman Cooney explained the land was given to the university by the province in 1995 and the plans… Continue reading West Campus plans unveiled
By Sara Hanson
After almost five-years of deflecting media criticisms, University of Calgary vice-president external Roman Cooney is nearing the end of his term. Since chief development officer Gary Durbeniuk’s term is also due, U of C president Dr. Harvey Weingarten established an advisory committee, which includes administrative, faculty and student representatives, to review both Cooney and Durbeniuk’s… Continue reading Top U of C admin reviewed
By Tony Keller
Editor, the Gauntlet, [Re: “Maclean’s wrong?” Letter, Sept. 21, 2006] So let’s see if I’ve got this right: Roman Cooney is criticizing Maclean’s for conducting a survey of U of C graduates, despite the fact that Maclean’s never conducted a survey of U of C graduates. According to Cooney, the existence of this non-existent survey… Continue reading Letter: Survey? What survey?
By Roman Cooney
I am used to Maclean’s taking data out of context, so I was not surprised to see Tony Keller, managing editor of special projects at the magazine, take my quotes out of context as well in last week’s Gauntlet. The comment regarding data being four years out of date refers, of course, to the survey… Continue reading Letter: Maclean’s Wrong?
By Roman Cooney
Editor, the Gauntlet, [Re: October 13th editorial] As promised last spring, these [“brown bag lunch”] sessions were set up some time ago and Dr. Weingarten plans to have at least one a month for the rest of the academic year. While students are well represented in the major decision-making bodies on campus–The Board of Governors,… Continue reading Brown bags
Editor, the Gauntlet, Re: “Choice vs. Life,” Mar. 24, 2005, In the last edition of the Gauntlet, U of C Vice-President Roman Cooney claimed that “no students were banned” from university grounds during last week’s Campus Pro-Life event. For those who are interested, here’s what really happened: Campus Security followed our postering group, tearing down… Continue reading CPL actually ejected
By Roman Cooney
Editor, the Gauntlet, Re: “Staying abreast of sexual awareness,” Mar. 3, 2005. I write to express the University of Calgary’s deep concern and disappointment with the publication of the gratuitously graphic photograph on page 5 in the Mar. 3 edition of the Gauntlet. By any reasonable benchmark of responsible journalism, it exceeded community standards and… Continue reading The university responds
By Natalie Sit
Maclean’s magazine has ranked the University of Calgary fourteenth for the second year in a row, however some see a rise in the future. U of C Vice-President External Roman Cooney said the university is not satisfied. “We have to improve and we’re going to challenge Maclean’s to have weighting that’s more fair to students,”… Continue reading U of C ranked 14th
By Natalie Sit
Perhaps the best phrase to describe Roman Cooney’s attitude towards his new job is enthusiastic and excited. As of Nov. 4, 2002, Cooney will become the University of Calgary’s first Vice-President External Relations, a new position that includes duties such as alumni relations, marketing, public relations and government relations. Cooney is currently the Vice-President Communications… Continue reading U of C’s new VP External Relations