2013 South Cariboo Regional Report

University of Northern British Columbia

UNBC2013 South Cariboo

2013 NMP graduate Dr. Annika Klopp of Williams Lake

150 Mile House

100 Mile House

Clearwater

Graduate

Award Recipients

Graduates

Award Recipient

Quinn Abrahamse

Jessica Blewett

Jerry Doffe

Award Recipient

Nicole Mobbs

UNBC Scholars - renewed

MA NRES -Geography

Cariboo Bar Association Bursary

Tamara Sommer

Teresa Brewis

Chelsea Dunk

MSc NRES - Environmental Science

UNBC Scholars - renewed

Becky Cadsand

Kiara Jorgensen

MSc NRES - Biology

Cariboo Bar Association Bursary

BSc Psychology

UNBC In-Course Scholarship

108 Mile Ranch Graduate

Award Recipient

Sheena Larson

Sheena Larson

BSc Biology

UNBC Scholars - renewed

Shane Doddridge BA Geography

Amy Ziorio Ivor Killy Scholarship & Marumi Scholarship

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Kiara Jorgensen BComm Accounting & Marketing

Lone Butte

Williams Lake

Award Recipient

Graduates

Allison Matfin

Dustin Batty BA English

Kate Knuff BSc Biology

Storme Sandy

Christa Cook

Kayla McCallum

BSW Child Welfare Specialization

Jordan Crosina BHSc Biomedical Studies

BComm General Business & Marketing

Kallie Smith BSc Psychology

Destiny Mulvahill BScN Nursing

Cory Smithson BA History

Ryan Doverspike

Colleen Patenaude

Celia Sterritt

BScN Nursing

MScN Family Nurse Practitioner

Harriet Hird

Lea Prosofsky

UNBC Scholars - renewed & Nemeth Family Scholarship & UNBC Scholars - renewed

McLeese Lake Graduate Coral Atchison BA English

BSW Child Welfare Specialization First Nations Specialization

BSW Child Welfare Specialization

MBA Business Administration

Alisa Watts

BEd Elementary Education

BSW Child Welfare Specialization

Anahim Lake

Award Recipients Ashley Abercrombie

Gerald Pinchbeck

Ashley Zacharias

Graduate

UNBC Merit Award & UNBC Faculty and Staff Bursary

William Dow Ferry Scholarship

UNBC In-Course Bursary

Leanna Leon Certificate First Nations Language Carrier Language

Tyler Basran UNBC Scholars Award

Lac La Hache Graduate

Award Recipient

Wendy McRae

Benjamin Bedford

BComm Accounting

UNBC Scholars Award

Kourtney Chingee Minerva Foundation Award for Aboriginal Women

Jordan Crosina TD Bursary

Karmen Fisch UNBC Transfer Student Award

Big Lake Ranch

Marli Froese

Graduate

Award Recipient

Kate Knuff

Terena Snodgrass

Terena Snodgrass

BSc Biology

UNBC In-Course Bursary

UNBC Scholars Award

UNBC In-Course Scholarship

Caitlin Langford UNBC Scholars - renewed

Allan Prest

Gerald Pinc

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Vancouver Airport Authority Annual Scholarship, Industrial Forestry Service Ltd. Scholarship,Scotiabank Scholarship & David Hoy Memorial Endowed Scholarship, Anthony Karpicius Scholarship & Weyerhauser Scholarship

Danaya Rankin UNBC Scholars Award & Raven Scholarship

Bridget Russell Raven Scholarship

Kallie Smith UNBC Scholars - renewed

Kathleen Young UNBC In-Course Bursary, One World Scholarship & UNBC International Study Abroad Award Jordan

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CONGRATULATIONS GRADS! 775 students graduated from UNBC this year, bringing the total number of UNBC alumni to 10,363.

Convocation ceremonies took place in Prince George, Quesnel, Terrace, Gitwinksihlkw, and Fort St. John.

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UNBC Scholars Awards First-year students Tyler Basran of Williams Lake and Marli Froese of Williams Lake 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 Marli Froe

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UNBC 2013 Year in Review UNBC has had another fruitful year full of faculty, student, and research success.

• UNBC Forestry Professor Kathy Lewis was named Academic of the Year by the Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC – the second UNBC professor in a row to receive the honour after Dr. Chris Opio received the distinction last year.

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UNBC names recipient of Northern Exposure Award Lukas Bosch, a Grade 12 graduate from Regina, Saskatchewan, will be UNBC’s Campus Correspondent for the 2013/2014 academic year. The Northern Exposure Award recipient will use a number of social media tools, including a blog, facebook and video, to document the student experience at UNBC from his unique perspective as a first-year student. Follow Lukas at: blogs.unbc.ca/unbc-campus-correspondent

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• UNBC‘s Dezene Huber, who was part of the inter-university effort which attracted international headlines this year by successfully decoding the genome of the mountain pine beetle.

• UNBC’s soccer and basketball teams played their first-ever matches in the Canada West conference of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), the highest level of amateur sport in the country.

• UNBC Environmental Engineering student Stephanie Doherty was awarded one of only ten 3M National Student Fellowships this year after two UNBC students took home the honour last year in the Award’s inaugural year. Only days before, Doherty was part of the UNBC engineering team that took home a top prize at the national Canadian Engineering Competition in Ottawa.

• UNBC tied its highest position ever in Maclean’s Magazine’s annual university rankings, placing second in the primarily undergraduate category, and retaining its spot as “best in the west” for the eighth straight year.