Honouring Trent’s Faculty, Staff & Retirees David Glassco Prize Family, friends, former students and colleagues of Dr. David Glassco, longtime faculty member in the Department of English Literature and former principal of Champlain College, came together to raise more than $50,000 to create a prize in his name. The initiative was spearheaded by Stephen Brown, Kathryn Chittick, Orm Mitchell, Goodith Heeney and Paul S.B. Wilson, along with the enthusiastic support of the Glassco family. The David Glassco Prize recognizes students who have demonstrated outstanding generosity of spirit in a range of activities outside the classroom, including music, athletics or theatre, in the Trent and Peterborough communities. The prize will be awarded by the Trent University Alumni Association for the first time in 2014.
John Fekete Visiting Speakers Support Fund Distinguished Research Award winning professor emeritus Dr. John Fekete has ensured his legacy at Trent will live on after colleagues, friends and family joined him in creating the John Fekete Visiting Speakers Support Fund. Established to honour Prof. Fekete’s dedication to the academic life of Trent University in general, and, more specifically, to the development of Cultural Studies at Trent, the John Fekete Visiting Speakers Support Fund aims to support activities around the John Fekete Distinguished Lecture, which will be sponsored by the Ph.D. program in Cultural Studies. Funds will be used to support promotion and publication of the lectures and other related events.
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“Trent University has provided me with rich and promising opportunities. Completing my undergraduate degree at Trent was an amazing experience. I graduated with a B.Sc. Hons. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with an emphasis in Health Sciences, and I could not have imagined completing my degree at any other institution. I am grateful for the opportunity to complete my Master’s degree in an environment I am so familiar with, and with people whom I have the greatest respect for. I would like to thank you again for providing students, such as myself, with the opportunity to continue their education without financial worry. Your understanding of the financial hardships graduate students face is greatly appreciated. More than you may know.” Jessica Longhi, Master’s candidate, Environmental & Life Sciences, recipient of the Stephen Stohn & Linda Schuyler Graduate Award