South Cariboo | 2014
unbc.ca Williams Lake Graduates
Award Recipients
Stephanie Coates
Maigann Relkov
Ashley Abercrombie
Sharon Kipfer
Joanne Ranson
Master of Education
Bachelor of Science
Shoppers Drug Mart/Imasco Community Involvement Bursary
UNBC Scholars Award
Annita Caswell Memorial Bursary
Cassandra Fayowski
Jennifer Rich Bachelor of Science
Caitlin Langford
Nakita Rowat
Bachelor of Science
Tyler Basran UNBC Scholars Award - renewed
Clark Grieve Bachelor of Arts
Ian Higgins Bachelor of Science
Davee Palmantier Bachelor of Commerce
Gerald Pinchbeck Bachelor of Arts
Allan Prest Bachelor of Science - Honours
Joanna van der Kraan
Stacey Bulow
UNBC Scholars Award - renewed
UNBC Scholars Award
Gerald Pinchbeck
Bridget Russell
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Canfor Annual Awards
William Dow Ferry Scholarship - renewed
Emily Watson
Tabitha Campbell
Allan Prest
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
UNBC Scholars Award
Brendan Youds
Eilish Engelhart
Bachelor of Commerce
Kacie Young Bachelor of Science
UNBC Transfer Student Award and West Fraser Bursary
Marli Froese UNBC Scholars Award - renewed
UNBC In-Course Award
Raven Scholarship
Devon Strohschein
Analog Investments Ltd. Scholarship, Anthony Karpicius Scholarship, Canfor Annual Awards, Cariboo Woodlot Education Society Bursary, Doug Little Scholarship, and Northern Interior Cruising Committee Scholarship
Maigann Relkov of Williams Lake
Scott Matlock of 108 Mile Ranch
John Tailbone-Potter TD Undergraduate Bursary
Ashley Zacharias Eileen Williston Bursary Joanna van der Kraan of Williams Lake
Danaya Rankin UNBC Scholars Award - renewed
Ashley Zacharias Bachelor of Arts
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100 Mile House
Graduates
Award Recipients
Graduates
Award Recipients
Scott Matlock
Scott Matlock
Sherri Latimer
Jerry Doffe
Bachelor of Science Honours
UNBC In-Course Scholarship
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Graduating Class Gift Bursary
Kenneth LePage
Benjamin Mowbray
Chelsea Dunk
Master of Education
UNBC Scholars Award
UNBC Scholars Award - renewed
Kelsey Hadden Canfor Legacy Awards
150 Mile House
Kacie Young of Williams Lake
Congratulations
Award Recipients Quinn Abrahamse UNBC Scholars Award - renewed
GRADS!
Tracey Beauchamp UNBC Scholars Award
Jesse Chamberlain
Lone Butte Graduates
Award Recipients
Heather Sawatsky
Allison Matfin
Bachelor of Science
UNBC Scholars Award - renewed
Heather Sawatsky UNBC In-Course Scholarship
Prince George Doctors Bursary and Raven Bursary & UNBC Leadership Award
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Harrison Siwek
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Tamara Sommer
820 students graduated from UNBC this year, bringing the total number of UNBC alumni to 11,167. Convocation ceremonies took place in Prince George, Quesnel, Terrace, and Gitwinksihlkw.
UNBC Merit Award
Alex C. Michalos Award and Steadman Family Matching Grant Bursary
Gerald Pinchbeck of Williams Lake
Sherri Latimer of 100 Mile House
Lac La Hache UNBC Scholars Awards
Award Recipients Benjamin Bedford
First-year students Benjamin Mowbray of 108 Mile Ranch,far left, Nakita Rowat of Williams Lake, Sharon Kipfer of Williams Lake, Tabitha Campbell of Williams Lake, and Tracey Beauchamp of 150 Mile House have the chance to earn a UNBC degree tuition-free after receiving UNBC Scholars awards this past year. UNBC Scholars can have their tuition waived for an entire bachelor’s degree program, provided they maintain a B average.
UNBC Scholars Award - renewed
Gian-Carlo Gunther Raven Bursary
Mario Gunther Raven Bursary
William Stacey UNBC In-Course Bursary
Benjamin Mowbray of 108 Mile Ranch
Nakita Rowat of Williams Lake
Sharon Kipfer of Williams Lake
Tabitha Campbell of Williams Lake
Tracey Beauchamp of 150 Mile House
2014
UNBC 2013/2014 Year in Review From faculty and student research awards to athletic and cultural milestones, it has been another busy and successful year at UNBC.
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• UNBC’s Bioenergy Plant received Platinum certification in Leadership in Energy, and Environmental Design from the Canada Green Building Council. It became the first university building in the province and only the fourth in the country to garner the prestigious sustainability designation. • In September, Lheidli T’enneh elders launched a traditional cottonwood dugout canoe in the Nechako River for the first time in about 60 years. The canoe was built by students as part of a First Nations Studies course at UNBC. • UNBC student Mireille Rizkalla received a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship worth $50,000 a year for up to three years to continue her study of diseases associated with aging, such as Alzheimer’s and dementia. • UNBC tied for third with the University of Lethbridge in the Maclean’s rankings of primarily undergraduate universities. Strong marks in the student awards, student/ faculty ratio, and research funding categories helped boost UNBC’s score. • UNBC professors Brian Menounos and Natalia Loukacheva were named Canada Research Chairs. Dr. Menounos researches glacier change, while Dr. Loukacheva’s work focuses on Aboriginal governance and law. • UNBC’s basketball and soccer teams moved from probationary to full members in the Canada West conference of Canadian Interuniversity Sport.
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Travis Routtu and Michael Pascas, both of Williams Lake, were among the 33 graduates of the Northern Medical Program Class of 2014. This year marks the seventh group of doctors to complete their training through the program and Northern Medical Program Regional Associate Dean and Vice-Provost Medicine at UNBC Dr. Paul Winwood said there are signs that having a program in the north is helping to meet the needs for physicians in rural areas in BC and across Canada.
“We know from the results of national exams, feedback from the physicians across the country and the practice outcomes of our graduates that we are producing well trained, highly competent, committed and rounded physicians who are successfully practising in all fields of medicine,” Winwood said.
2015
More than two thirds of this year’s graduating students will be going into family practice residency.
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unbc.ca Dr. Travis Routtu and Dr. Michael Pascas of Williams Lake
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