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<\/p>\nChiChi Cameron has been with the University for 16 years and is the administrative assistant in the Arts & Science Dean’s office. However,\u00a0her work here isn’t all that defines her. If you ask around a little, you’ll discover that she’s well known for serenading the community with the\u00a0Southern Accord Chorus, and for introducing friends and family to tastes of the world through her culinary expertise.<\/p>\n
“I moved to Lloydminster from the Philippines in April 1993 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in communication arts. After moving to Lethbridge in 2000 and volunteering at the Galt Museum for a while, I started working for the University in 2002 on (what was) a temporary one-year contract. It\u2019s been a good experience working in this office because I get to meet so many people, interact with students, and work on multiple tasks at once. Between working here and volunteering elsewhere, I feel like I\u2019m always developing as a person.<\/p>\n
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Outside of work, I\u2019m part of the Southern Accord Chorus. It\u2019s an all women\u2019s acapella group, a chapter of Sweet Adeline\u2019s International and I\u2019m the treasurer.<\/p>\n
It was difficult to get in. There were auditions, but I just thought I would give it a try and I\u2019m so glad I did. We get to perform at community events and we compete every year against other groups from British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. We came in fourth last year and came in second two years ago. We\u2019re hoping to make first place in our category in future regional contests so we can compete\u00a0in the international competition. It\u2019s a great opportunity to sing with others and I can use my administrative skills to help the group succeed.<\/p>\n
I would tell anyone who\u2019s interested in it, \u2018Just give it a try. You won\u2019t know what it\u2019s like until you give it a try. And it\u2019s worth giving up your free time if you really enjoy it.\u2019 It\u2019s so good to try things outside of work. If you\u2019re volunteering and trying other things, it does help you get better at your job and develop as a well-rounded person.<\/p>\n
When I go\u00a0home at the end of the day, I transform into a chef. I like trying new recipes, food from other cultures, and keep trying something different. I don\u2019t stick to just French cooking or Spanish, if I can find something that looks good to me and is easy enough to get ingredients \u2013 I\u2019ll try it.\u00a0 To me, cooking is like life. You can try things, you can make variations and decide what works for you and doesn\u2019t work until you discover the flavour for the dish (or combination of work, hobbies & volunteering) that\u2019s the right fit for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ChiChi Cameron has been with the University for 16 years and is the administrative assistant in the Arts & Science Dean’s office. However,\u00a0her work here isn’t all that defines her….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":240,"featured_media":1250,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1249","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/inspiring-lights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/inspiring-lights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/inspiring-lights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/inspiring-lights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/240"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/inspiring-lights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1249"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/inspiring-lights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1266,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/inspiring-lights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions\/1266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/inspiring-lights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/inspiring-lights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/inspiring-lights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/inspiring-lights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/inspiring-lights\/files\/2018\/09\/Chichi-kitchen-300x169.jpg\")
\u00a0I\u2019m always experimenting, and I like the recipes from Viking River Cruises since it\u2019s my goal to go on a Viking River Cruise someday. One of my favourites is the Beef Stroganoff<\/a> since it\u2019s delicious and easy to make.<\/p>\n