● January - Scott Griffin, class of 1960, DCL 2002, becomes Bishop’s University’s 18th Chancellor
● February - Air Sherbrooke takes flight: “Air Sherbrooke is the result of a significant cooperative initiative. For several years now, Townships business people have expressed interest in a direct Sherbrooke - Toronto link. As a consequence, 18 representatives from the City of Sherbrooke, the Quebec Ministries of Transport, Regional Development and Tourism, the SDÉS, the Regional Conference of Elected Officials of the Eastern Townships, the Université de Sherbrooke and Bishop’s University met to financially support an air link project.” Source: Air Sherbrooke
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● May - The Friends of St. Mark’s Chapel Committee announces the completion of several important projects in the Chapel which have taken place over the last 5 years. Beginning with the restoration of the stain glass windows, and continuing with the repainting of the Chapel interior, the work finished with the addition of new lamps to replace the old fixtures. The ten new lights, designed and built by Robert Peloquin of Stoneart, incorporate architectural themes from the Chapel. As well as greatly improving the illumination inside the chapel the lights contribute to the beauty of this historic site. This project was supported through the generosity of the many friends of St. Mark’s and Bishop’s University. 
● Summer – the Periodical Room in the University
Library is transformed to provide a comfortable and
relaxing place to read journals and newspapers –
the carrels are replaced by comfortable couches and armchairs creating a calm, quiet and inviting atmosphere.
● August 20-25 - The Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, leads a retreat at Bishop's. A large white tent in the quad was the site of a 5-day retreat attended by over 750 people, many of whom feel the monk’s teachings of peace and hope complement their own religious beliefs.
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● Fall ’05 to Winter ’06 – the Massawippi Bridge is under repair – closed to vehicle traffic for almost six weeks (pedestrians and cyclists were able to use the bridge). The province of Quebec uses new technology, SPS (Sandwich Plate System) which greatly reduces the weight of the bridge. Instead of covering asphalt over a concrete base for the road, a lightweight elastomer core is enclosed by two layers of stainless steel and then covered with asphalt. The technology has been used in Europe, but this is only the second time it has been used in Quebec, and work on the Lennoxville bridge is even featured on a Discovery Channel segment. The restored bridge is more pedestrian friendly, and a bicycle path on Bishop’s side is added.
● October – the first fall flood in Lennoxville in 100 years. On October 17 the bridge was completely closed even to pedestrians – one hundred and twenty-five people, mostly Bishop’s students living in off-campus apartments on College and Reid Streets were evacuated. Two of the three entrances to the campus were under water and the Coulter Football field was partially flooded. No one was evacuated from the campus.
Flood of 1942
