SCHOLARS ACADEMY YEAR END EVENT
Saturday, April 9th 2016 5:30 – 7:00 pm Ranchmen’s Club, Calgary
This event has been kindly sponsored by ALICE CHAN & DR. CHEN FONG
The Scholars Academy would also like to thank and acknowledge the following people for their tremendous support: Alan Moon, Alexis Berezan, Alice Chan, Allan Bell, Andrea Robertson, Audrey Taylor, Barbara Burgraff, Dr. Bill Rosehart, Dr. Brenda Kenny, Charlene Anderson, Charlie Fischer, Dr. Chen Fong, Cheryl Sandercock, Christopher Fong, Colin Jackson, Dr. Cynthia Mannion David Weyant, David Wright, Dr. Dianne Maier, Dr. Dru Marshall, Gary Durbeniuk, Gary Gelfand, Geoffrey Quick, George Brookman, Gillian Robinson, Glen Schmidt, Jack Crawford, Jackie Sheppard, Dr. Jennifer Hatfield, Jennifer Quin, Jim Dinning, Joanne Cuthbertson, John Seigner, Dr. Juliet Guichon, Dr. Kabir Jivraj, Karen Lynch, Kathi Kerbes, Kim Follis, Dr. Lara Cooke, Linda Hohol, Dr. Mary Anne Moser, Dr. MayLynn Quann, Megan Robinson , Dr. Michael Giuffre, Monica Sloan, Nancy Foster, Pam Holberton, Pat Carlson, Dr. Paul Beck, Randy Findlay, Richard Boyer, Dr. Richard Sigurdson, Rita Egizii , Dr. Robert Schulz, Dr. Robert Thirsk, Roxanne Ross, Sandy Ens , Sharon Huckell, Shiobhan Goguen, Sonia Tibbatts Dr. Sonny Belenkie, Steve Fagan, Terry Allen, Tim, Bowes, Dr. Tom Feasby, Dr. Tom Keenan, Dr. Tony Russell, Vlad Dhillon, Dr. Walter Hader, Wilfred Golbert, as well as ATB Financial.
Schedule of Events 5:30 pm
Reception
6:15 pm
Welcome Note Jessica Cohen
6:20 pm
Guitar Showcase Celina Pablo
6:25 pm
Cohort Presentation Amanda Lee – Cohort 3 Ainna Randhawa – Cohort 5
6:30 pm
Mentorship Recognition Tom Keenan
6:35 pm
Talent Showcase Various Scholars
6:40 pm
Graduating Reflection James Thorogood & Mark Lee
6:45 pm
Graduating Scholars Recognition Jessica Cohen
GRADUATING SCHOLARS 2016
Amanda Lee BACHELOR OF HEALTH SCIENCES IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
Amanda will be travelling to Korea and Hong Kong in May, while aspiring to study medicine and research soon.
Anita Lazurko BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Anita will be traveling to Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia over the summer before starting her Master’s in Water and Environmental Policy and Management at Oxford.
Colin Brown BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL & BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (HONOURS)
Colin will begin a Master’s program in engineering at the University of Waterloo.
Connor Scheu BACHELOR OF SCIENCE WITH DISTINCTION IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, SPECIALIZING IN ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT (INTERNSHIP)
Connor has entered the new graduate program at Shell Canada in the role of Project Controls Engineer.
James Thorogood BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
James is moving to Nairobi, Kenya to work with a hydroponics start-up that provides low cost cattle feed for the dairy sector.
Lindsay Delmar BACHELOR OF HEALTH SCIENCES IN HEALTH & SOCIETY
Lindsay has applied to medical school and is waiting to hear back. Until then, she is working downtown at an engineering firm doing document and cost control for a pipelines group.
Lindsay Jones BACHELOR OF COMMERCE IN FINANCE
Lindsay will be travelling to Nepal and Tibet this summer, and will start full time as an Investment Banking Analyst at Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets.
Mark Lee BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PHILOSOPHY (HONOURS) BACHELOR OF COMMERCE IN FINANCE
Mark will be travelling to Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Australia, Korea, and Japan this summer before starting work in New York City as an investment banking analyst at RBC Capital Markets in August.
Michael Tom BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Michael will be completing the MD program at Harvard Medical School and MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Michelle Au BACHELOR OF HEALTH SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES, MINOR IN MUSIC
Michelle’s goal is to attend medical school in the near future, to continue traveling, and to continue her work both at the Autism Asperger’s Friendship Society of Calgary, and as a piano instructor.
Mohit Vohra BACHELOR OF HEALTH SCIENCES IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
Mohit is still waiting to hear back from Medical schools, and has also applied for a Master’s in cancer research.
Rachel Malone BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CHEMICAL & BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Rachel will be starting a Master’s of Science in Chemical Engineering in May with Dr. Milana Trifkovic at the University of Calgary.
Sabrina Poonja BACHELOR OF HEALTH SCIENCE (HONOURS) IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
Sabrina is looking to attend Medical School next year.
2015-16 HIGHLIGHTS September 19 – 20
Fall Retreat
September 30
Mark Lee: The End of Poverty
October 5
Mentor and Mentee Meet-and-Greet
October 22
Jonah Zankl: Designing Digital Experiences
October 26
Speaker Series, Dr. Tom Keenan
October 29
FYS Mentee Meet and Greet
November 18
Erika Friebe: Camping with Zebra
November 20
Liza Hartling: Dancing for Health
November 23
Speaker Series, Lourdes Juan
December 4
End of Term Celebration
January 15
Leah Schmidt: Gendercide
January 16
Winter Retreat
January 26
George Wang: Learning from Cambridge
February 22
Speaker Series, Nan Eskanazi
March 21
Ainna Randhawa: 12 Days in New York
March 21
Speaker Series, Maureeta Percy
March 24
Mayesha Tashnil: Storing Musk’s Power
March 30
Gates Cambridge Scholarship Presentation
April 1
Colin Brown: Optimizing the Biomechanics of Skates
April 9
Year End Celebration
GRADUATION SONG To the tune of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’”!
‘Nother year is done It flew by, what a run Congrats to our scholars Goin’ everywhere
Some studying a master’s degree Others are going overseas Doin’ lots to keep giving back To commun-it-y
Now with six cohorts Planning is so much effort Congrats to our scholars Goin’ everywhere
Some will stay, some will leave (Come visit us in Mc-Kimm-ieee) Oh, and share with us your success It goes on and on and on and on
It started with the fall retreat Service projects now complete Journal Club and Spea-kers It goes on and on and on and on
Raise our, glasses To the whole A-ca-de-my Med school, travel’n Next ye-e-ar To the, Coun-cil Keeping us all on track To-night, let’s all celebraaaate
Congrats, scholars For everything you have done Congrats today For your work Thank you, mentors Bringing us experience To-night, let’s all celebraaaate!
Don’t stop believin’ Hold on to this feelin’ Scho-lars, Con-grats (oh oh oh) Don’t stop believin’ Hold on to this feelin’ Scho-lars Con-grats (oh oh oh)
WELCOME COHORT 6! Alex Wong | Biomedical Sciences
Igor Stukalin | Biomedical Sciences
Branden Cave | Economics
Jennifer Le | Chemical Engineering
Bryton Hewitt | Finance/Psychology
Lisa Manners | Commerce
Claire Gjertsen | History/Law & Society
Logan Haynes | Biomedical Sciences
Clare Hickie | Psychology/Development Studies
Luke Gagnon | Chemical Engineering
Connor Venables | Education
Manisha Bharadia | Biological Sciences
Daniel Geary | Psychology
Manpreet Deol | Mechanical Engineering
Daniel Moussienko | Biomedical Sciences
Mariam Bello | Civil Engineering
Doug Kondro | Mechanical Engineering
Rahul Arora | Biomedical Sciences
Elena Rousseau | English
Sarah Park | Biomedical Sciences
Elliott Reichardt | Biomedical Sciences
Shannon Giorgini | Kinesiology
Emily Boucher | Biomedical Sciences
Shelby Montgomery | Development Studies
Erin Knight | Geoscience
Sophie Hu | Biomedical Sciences
Claire Gjertsen | History/Law & Society
Steven Avery | Oil & Gas Engineering
Fariha Khaliq | Biological Sciences
Tingting Yan | Biomedical Sciences
Frank Finley | Law & Society
Zeyu Liu | Mechanical Engineering
We’ll be formally welcoming the new scholars during our Annual Retreat at the Banff Centre, September 17-18, 2016.