Year End Celebration Program

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.