Alumni and Friends

Your affiliation with the University of Regina affords you many personal benefits. As an alumnus you can access valuable services offered exclusively to you by our affinity partners - Manulife, TD Home, Auto & Small Business Insurance, and degree frames from Milburn Universal Designs. The U of R offers many opportunities for alumni and friends to keep in touch, learn, and make new connections.

Learn about all the benefits of being a U of R alum!

Have you ever considered sharing your passion for your career with an engaged group of students? We encourage you to sign up for our Alumni in the Classroom Speaker Series.  

Alumni in the Classroom is an engaging volunteer initiative that brings accomplished alumni back to campus, in-person or remotely, to share their experiences and insights with current students. These speakers, who have excelled in various fields, provide valuable perspectives on career paths, industry trends, and personal growth. It is a fantastic opportunity for students to connect with successful professionals and gain inspiration for their own journeys. 

The speaker series will run from February 9th to 13th, 2026. 

Every year, the University of Regina celebrates the achievements of its nearly 95,000 alumni through the Alumni Awards. Established in 1992, these awards honour our exceptional alumni for their dedication to excellence, community engagement, leadership, and their significant impact on the social, cultural, and economic well-being of our communities.

In 1995, the University of Regina Sports Hall of Fame was established to recognize outstanding athletes, teams, builders, and contributors to the Athletics Program. 

Starting in 2025, we are excited to announce the merging of these two prestigious events into one: the Alumni Awards & Sports Hall of Fame. This unified event will truly honour our outstanding recipients.

Lisa McIntyre, BBA'12, MAdmin'18, grew up in a business family. Around the dinner table and at family gatherings, Lisa listened to business conversations and learned the importance of customer service, treating employees with respect, and how to be resilient in the face of challenges. These lessons would serve her well as she got older and delved further into business studies at the University of Regina and began her own business at The Optical Shoppe in Regina’s Cornwall Centre.

After an eventful year of 50^th anniversary celebrations, the University of Regina continues to recognize the golden anniversaries of our graduating classes. This month, the U of R is celebrating the Class of 1975 and its Golden Aluminaries.

Dr. Merlin Thompson BMus‘75 is a life-long musician, musical educator, and the founder of Teach Music 21C. Fifty years ago, he graduated with a Bachelor of Music from Luther College. Hailing from rural Saskatchewan, Thompson began his post-secondary education at the U of R and studied in the Department of Music and Conservatory of Performing Arts. It was here that Thompson found his biggest inspiration: his classmates.

When he talks about his years at the University of Regina, Bill Stevenson, BHJ’09, MCert Public Management’19 explains that his education journey wasn’t linear. “Each step gave me tools to think critically, engage communities, and stay grounded in my values as an Indigenous person.”

His university experience gave him permission to imagine better answers and helped him believe that change isn’t just possible, it’s our responsibility.

Mike Abramson BSc'02, owner of Mikey's Awards and Promotions Inc., took a rocky road toward his U of R Bachelor’s degree, switching majors three times and managing a learning disability, which, during the 1990s, was mostly a foreign concept. He’s a patient man who keeps getting up when he’s knocked down: for those of you who remember the UROC concept, Mike was one of the U of R radio heads who attempted to create the student-run radio station on campus that unfortunately never got off the ground. With supportive university professors, Mike, who has difficulty with language, was able to graduate with a Computer Science degree and went on to buy an existing Regina business that he easily turned into his own: Mikey’s Awards and Promotions. Mikey’s serves Regina with care and excitement to turn your vision into reality.

Jennifer Dubois CA '10, CCE '12. DADMN '12, CICA '12, BBA '16, opens up about her humble beginnings and what she has achieved as a FNUniv graduate, an entrepreneur, and an Indigenous business owner. Her dreams came true in 2017, when she opened her very successful salon spa in Regina, Miyosiwin, a Cree word meaning “being beautiful”. Jennifer’s goal was to create meaningful change as an entrepreneur and an advocate for Indigenous excellence. Through her professional work at Miyosiwin and her passion and dedication to economic and personal growth, Jennifer strives to inspire and uplift Indigenous entrepreneurs and professionals throughout Canada.

Lynn Armstrong BA ’94, BAJC ’96, is a force to be reckoned with. Since graduating from the U of R, this journalist, businessperson, and “relentless entrepreneur” has been on a continuous rinse-and-repeat cycle of learning and mastering a wide variety of things. Her never-ending energy and thirst for knowledge has garnered several communication awards including two Auditor General's Awards and the Award of Excellence in Communication four years in row from the International Association of Business Communicators. A local business owner, Lynn operates ZÖE Shoes + Objects, a women’s boutique in Regina's Cathedral neighbourhood that will soon make room for Inspiraré, an in-house yoga studio. In this Degrees article, she discusses her university experience, her communications work, and her quest to follow her own path.