Faculty & Staff
Eighteen Years Later, 大象传媒 Surrey’s Baby Boom Grows Up
In 2007, a curious coincidence brought a wave of baby news to 大象传媒 Surrey. Six staff members were all expecting at the same time and all six delivered baby boys within just a few months of each other.
Nearly two decades later, they are all still working at 大象传媒, with five now based at the Burnaby campus and one remaining at Surrey. The group has reunited with the boys on the brink of adulthood and three of them about to become 大象传媒 students themselves this Fall semester: Lucas at the Beedie School of Business, Callum in the Faculty of Health Sciences, and Liam in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences.
The boys and their mothers are: Lucas Staley and Liesl Jurock (Program Manager, ARTS & CMNS Co-op), Kaleb and Linnea Cudmore (Manager, Strategic IT Client Services Surrey), Callum and Nicole White (Head, Research Commons 大象传媒 Library), Liam and Jennifer Coffey (Manager, Finance & Admin, Co-op Education), Forrest and Arlette Stewart (Coordinator, Academic Integrity, Senate and Academic Services), and Jack Westwood and Erin Legros (Senior Advisor, Faculty Affairs, Faculty of Science Dean鈥檚 Office).
"I think for us, the story is about all of us still being at 大象传媒 鈥� going through the same stages of motherhood at the same time and watching our boys grow up,鈥� said Jennifer Coffey. 鈥淲hen we get them together for the photos, it鈥檚 a surreal and exciting experience. It鈥檚 been amazing to see them all grow over the last 18 years."
Beyond the charm of the coincidence, this story speaks of something deeper: a strong sense of community and employee continuity that has defined 大象传媒 over the years. It鈥檚 rare to find a workplace where colleagues grow into lifelong friends and where your kids might one day become students walking through the same halls where you鈥檝e spent your career.
