USSU Engaged Alumni Excellence Award
Congratulations to the 2011-12 winner, Bryan McCrea, BComm '09.
Bryan is co-founder and CEO of 3twenty Solutions, an innovative Saskatoon-based company that builds modular camps and offices for the mining, oil and gas and industrial sectors. Bryan appeared on CBC’s hit TV show Dragons’ Den where 3twenty successfully slayed the dragons, gaining W. Brett Wilson as an investor.
Bryan is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan’s Edward School of Business and a recent Certified Management Accountant. He plays a leading role in developing Saskatchewan’s young business community and is committed to building the “new Saskatchewan” through entrepreneurship. Bryan was named the North Saskatoon Business Association’s Member of the Year in 2010, and currently sits on their Board of Directors.
Bryan is an avid whitewater kayaker and loves to backpack on a budget with his fiancé Carmen, who is a high school teacher. Bryan and Carmen are both proud to be born and raised in Saskatoon and look forward to building their careers, businesses and family here.
Congratulations to the 2010-11 winner, Brea Lowenberger (BA'09)
Brea currently serves as the Learning Communities communications coordinator at the University of Saskatchewan's Learning Centre, where she builds the program’s profile through collaboration with various partners, both on and off campus.
As a student at the U of S, Brea was involved in student governance, starting as first-year representative, then academic affairs director on the Arts and Science Students’ Union, as a member of University Senate and University Council, culminating in her position as USSU vice-president of academic affairs in 2008-09.
In the community, she has worked with the elderly as a special care aide and has helped grant wishes for children with high-risk illnesses at Children’s Wish.
Over the past year, Brea has contributed to conferences involving both the international and university communities, including the Engaging Hearts and Minds – Equity, Social Justice, and Global Citizenship in Education Conference in Toronto, ON.
The USSU Engaged Alumni Excellence Awards is for alumni that:
- have graduated in the past 5 years,
- are 35 years of age or younger,
- are actively involved in the community, and
- have maintained a strong connection with the University of Saskatchewan.
This award was established in 2010 through a partnership between the University of Saskatchewan Alumni Assocaition and the University of Saskatchewan Student's Union (USSU).
