Ontario Agricultural College's Fall Awards Celebration (Undergraduate and Diploma)

FALL AWARDS CELEBRATION Associate Diploma and Undergraduate Students

Message from the Dean of OAC Welcome award recipients, donors and guests to the Ontario Agricultural College’s 2023 Associate Diploma and Undergraduate Fall Awards Celebration.

This event is a special occasion for recognizing our students’ success in their academic and extracurricular endeavors.

Tonight, we acknowledge their dedication and hard work and thank them for their contributions. Their achievements continue our college’s longstanding tradition of excellence, giving back and community spirit.

This year, we are pleased to award the BASF Agricultural Solutions Solutions Scholarship, BASF Agricultural Solutions BIPOC Scholarship, Brian Ellsworth Memorial Scholarship, Canadian Agri-food Marketer’s Alliance Scholarship, Glenn and Shirley Copeland Scholarship, Morton Eddy Scholarship in Agriculture, and the Telfer Wegg Scholarship for the first time.

All the awards presented this evening were made possible through the generous support of alumni, donors and sponsors. A sincere thank you to these important members of our OAC community. Scholarships and awards have a tremendous impact on the educational experience of our students, as they enable our students to pursue their ambitions.

Congratulations to the award recipients and thank you for celebrating with us this evening.

Dr. John Cranfield Acting Dean, Ontario Agricultural College University of Guelph

November 29, 2023

Associate Diploma and Undergraduate Fall Awards Program 3:30 p.m to 5:00 p.m.

RECEPTION WELCOME - Dr. John Cranfield, Acting Dean, OAC NEW AWARD PRESENTATION - Academic Heads AWARD RECOGNITION - Dr. John Cranfield, Acting Dean, OAC STUDENT THANK YOU - Lauren Hoonaard CLOSING REMARKS - Dr. John Cranfield, Acting Dean, OAC RECEPTION RESUMES Photos will be available for download at: flickr.com/uofguelphoac

New Awards BASF AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS BIPOC SCHOLARSHIP Donor: BASF Canada Inc. Recipient: Nidhi Nidhi BASF AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS SCHOLARSHIP Donor: BASF Canada Inc. Recipient: Cory Barstow BRIAN ELLSWORTH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: OAC Alumni Foundation Recipient: Kiara Driscoll CANADIAN AGRI-FOOD MARKETERS ALLIANCE SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Canadian Agri-food Marketer’s Alliance Recipient: Katelyn MacGillivray GLENN AND SHIRLEY COPELAND SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Diana Pitfield Recipients: Jessica Ferguson MORTON EDDY SCHOLARSHIP IN AGRICULTURE Donor: Mr. Edward (Ted) Eddy Recipient: Lauren Miller TELFER WEGG SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Telfer Wegg Recipient: Kristy Blankers THOMAS J. EDDY SCHOLARSHIP IN AGRICULTURE Donor: Mr. Edward (Ted) Eddy Recipients: Jacklyn Simonson

2023 Associate Diploma and Undergraduate Fall Awards

Associate Diploma Awards NORMAN E. MCCOLLUM TURFGRASS DIPLOMA ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP Donor: The late Norman McCollum, OAC Alumni Foundation, Ontario Golf Course Superintendents’ Association Recipient: Dalton O’Brien ASSOCIATE DIPLOMA (ADA) 125TH ANNIVERSARY SCHOLARSHIPS Donor: OAC Alumni Foundation Recipients: Lara-Nicole Cochrane, Brydon Dickie

Undergraduate Awards B.SC.(AGR.) ALFRED MCINROY CUDDY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: The Estate of Alfred McInroy Cuddy Recipients: Jean Hough, Emma Lewis GLEN (ANDY) W. ANDERSON SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Anderson Family Recipient: Jillian Ohm JOHN A. ARCHIBALD MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Friends and Associates of the late John A. Archibald Recipient: Nora de Vos VERA BEZEREDY MEMORIAL B.L.A. DESIGN SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Ontario Diploma in Horticulture Graduates Association Recipient: Jiaxin Yan

BLACKBURN SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Dr. Donald J. Blackburn Recipient: Zain Hussain DAVID F. BOYES APICULTURE SCHOLARSHIP Donor: The Apiculture Club Recipient: Sarah Morris WILLIAM A. BRECHIN SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Maryon Brechin Recipient: Jenna Scharnowski DR. JACK BRITNEY SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Friends and Associates of the late Jack Britney Recipients: Sarah Lawrence CANADIAN HERITAGE GARDEN FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP Donor: The Canadian Heritage Garden Foundation Recipient: TBD FRANCIS E. CHASE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: The late Mrs. Jane M. Chase Recipient: Julie Sueaquan CLASS OF OAC '59 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING TRAVEL GRANT Donor: Alumni Foundation/OAC '59 Recipients: Trevor McBrayne, Sara Zanarini CLASS OF 1967 OAC CENTENNIAL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Class of OAC 1967 Recipients: Rhiannah Gallagher, Megan Haralovich OAC 1973 SCHOLARSHIP (BBRM) Donor: Class of OAC 1973 Recipient: Claire-Marie Harrower

2023 Associate Diploma and Undergraduate Fall Awards

CLASS OF OAC 1983 SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Class of OAC 1983 Recipient: Lauren Hoonaard J.D. CUNNINGHAM INDUSTRIAL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Mary and Nancy Cunningham Recipient: Isabelle Wickert DAVID J. BEST SCHOLARSHIP Donor: David J. Best Recipient: Benjamin Fluttert DEAN'S SCHOLARSHIPS Recipients: Sean Balogh Sarah Bannon Cara Braun Abby Campbell Braelin Collins-Robb Faline Darling

Jennifer Gao Abby Giffen Zhihan Guo Joudi Hassunah Faustine Liu Ethan Luce

Virginia Matheson Peyton Nailor Emma Sceli Kateryna Trepyshko Lucie Weiland Anna Zandvliet

JOHN DEERE FOUNDATION OF CANADA SCHOLARSHIP Donor: The John Deere Foundation of Canada Recipient: Priscilla Dyck OAC 1966 ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Class of OAC 1966 Recipient: Unlisted recipients HOWARD B. DUNINGTON-GRUBB SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Sheridan Nurseries Ltd. Recipient: Alex Feenstra MARY JO FIELD/GRASSROOTS GROWERS ORGANIC \ AGRICULTURE SCHOLARSHIP Donor: David Field/ GrassRoots Growers Recipients: Jamie Gaiser

ERIC MCLEOD MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Dairy Farmers of Ontario Recipient: Lauren Miller FOODLAND HYDRO SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Foodland Hydro Committee Recipient: Matthew Whittemore FIRST NATIONS, MÉTIS, AND INUIT FOOD AND WATER SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Michael von Massow & Sheryl Howe Recipient: Jacklyn Simonson GARDEN CLUB OF TORONTO SCHOLARSHIP Donor: The Garden Club of Toronto Recipient: Tori Collicutt GFTC LEGACY FUND HEALTH AND NUTRITION SCHOLARSHIPS Donor: Class of OAC 1973 Recipients: Christina Anand, Eric Goetz, Niko Ivosevic, Megan Rohde WILLIAM GODFREY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE Donor: The late Mrs. Lisabel Godfrey Recipient: Chelsea Martin RALPH GOODWIN-WILSON SCHOLARSHIP IN HORTICULTURE Donor: Estate Gift Recipients: Lauren Miller GLENN WEBB EDUCATION OAC SCHOLARSHIP THE GROWMARK FOUNDATION Donor: GROWMARK Inc. Recipients: Gracie Goodhill, Ben Vehof

2023 Associate Diploma and Undergraduate Fall Awards

ROBERT HARCOURT SCHOLARSHIPS Donor: Mr. John Harcourt Recipients: Ethan Luce, Melissa Parlette MANFRED HERMANN AGRICULTURAL BURSARIES Donor: The Hermann Family Recipient: Unlisted Recipients BARRY AND CHERYLE HILL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Barry and Cheryle Hill Recipient: Emily Lin DR. R.J. HILTON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Robert E. Hilton Recipient: Megan Haralovich H. PAUL JOLLY SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Mr. Richard Sutin Recipient: Michael Cornish CHRISTINA VICTORIA KENNY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Clare and Stirling Kenny Recipient: Avery Pick HELEN KIPPAX MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: The late Ruth Kippax Stedman Recipient: Faustine Liu GARY KNECHTEL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology, Ontario Section Recipient: Unlisted Recipients DURANTE KREUK SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Durante Kreuk Ltd. Recipient: TBD

LAND ART DESIGN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE INC. SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Jacqueline Vander Velde Recipient: Grace Grimminck LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIPS Donor: Landscape Architecture Alumni Recipient: David Debono JOERG AND FRANZIS LEISS HORTICULTURE SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Mr. Joerg Leiss, OAC ’63 Recipient: Ethan McDonald PETER LINDLEY MEMORIAL LEADERSHIP HORTICULTURE SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Joan Lindley Recipient: Lauren Hoonaard JAMES AND SHIRLEY MACDONALD ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Shirley MacDonald and the late James MacDonald Recipient: Eliza Batchelor JAMES MACMILLAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Mr. Paul MacMillan Recipient: Sarah Lawrence MACSON SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Trillium Mututal Insurance Company Recipients: Valerie Moore, Braelin Collins-Robb JANE & CRAIG MCMULLAN LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Jane and Craig McMullan Recipient: Nidhi Nidhi REAL ONTARIO FARM INSURANCE BURSARY Donor: Maclaren Property Recipients: Unlisted Recipients

2023 Associate Diploma and Undergraduate Fall Awards

ROBERT MCCANN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Edward McCann Recipient: Katelyn MacGillivray NESTLÉ CANADA SCHOLARSHIP IN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD Donor: Nestlé Canada Inc. Recipients: Ryan Gill OAC “BLA CLASS OF ’82” PEER MENTOR SCHOLARSHIP Donor: OAC “BLA Class of ’82” Recipient: Andrew Marumoto OAC’45 PUBLIC SPEAKING SCHOLARSHIP Donor: The late Aubrey Hagar Recipient: Emma Wells OAC ’51 LEADERSHIP ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Class of OAC 1951 Recipients: Douglas Archer, Faith Farquhar, Emma Rieg, Briar Shepherd, Kaylee Wells OAC 1955 SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Class of OAC of 1955 Recipient: Katelyn MacGillivray OAC 1968 SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Class of OAC 1968 Recipient: Unlisted Recipient OAC 1973 SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Class of OAC 1973 Recipients: Emma Sceli OAC 1973 INTERNATIONAL ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Class of OAC 1973 Recipient: Joudi Hassunah

OAC ’63 ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Class of OAC 1963 Recipient: Jordan Duff OAC 90 & 91 MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: OAC Class of 90 & OAC Class of 91 Recipients: Lexi Johnston ONTARIO AGRI BUSINESS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Ontario Agri Business Association Recipient: Ben Vehof ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS SCHOLARSHIP Donor: The Ontario Association of Landscape Architects Recipients: Kelsey Moore, Alex Feenstra ONTARIO FRUIT & VEGETABLE CONVENTION SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention Recipient: Tucker Goodman OTTAWA VALLEY AGRI BUSINESS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Ottawa Valley Retail Feed & Seed Dealers Association Recipient: Quinn McTernan RB PALMER HORTICULTURAL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: The RB Palmer Horticultural Trust Recipient: Megan Haralovich PARRISH AND HEIMBECKER SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Friends and Associates of the late Herb Heimbecker Recipient: Emma South JOHN PARTANEN SCHOLARSHIP Donor: The late John Partanen Recipient: Julianna Tindall

2023 Associate Diploma and Undergraduate Fall Awards

R.W. (BOB) PAWLEY SCHOLARSHIP Donor: The late Robert W. Pawley, OAC '39 Recipient: Chelsea Martin PMG LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS SCHOLARSHIP Donor: PMG Landscape Architects Recipient: Mathijs De Graaf QUINN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Friends and family of the late Ron and Helen Quinn Recipient: Ei Thet Wein THOMAS H. PETERS SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Friends and Associates of the late Thomas H. Peters Recipient: Delaney McTavish-Mchugh SHIFT DIVERSITY IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Donor: SHIFT Landscape Architecture Recipient: Kyla Barnes SCANDRETT FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP IN INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Donor: Mr. W. Bruce Scandrett, Mrs' Saralie Scandrett, Dr. W. Brad Scandrett, & Ms. Stephanie Scandrett Recipient: Ava Trefiak LORENA KARLI SEARS SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Mark Sears Recipient: Nora de Vos SHUR-GAIN, NUTRECO CANADA INC. SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Shur-Gain Recipient: Chloe Bannon STANTEC LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Stantec Consulting Ltd. Recipient: TBD

JIM AND GERTRUDE STOKMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Nick Stokman and the late Jim & Gertrude Stokman Recipient: Joanna Vellenga ROBERT THOMPSON SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Mrs. Sarah Jane Fiske Recipient: Emma Lewis TILECROFT FARMS WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Jeff and Eleanor Robinson Recipients: Rhiannah Gallagher AMBER UNDERWOOD MEMORIAL COMMUNICATIONS SCHOLARSHIP Donor: The Gibbons and Underwood Families and the Class of OAC 1979 Recipient: Johanna Treur VAN ACKER - NICHOLLS SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Rene and Susie Van Acker Recipient: Laura Gillis DOUG WAKELY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Harriston Feed Dealers Association Recipient: Jillian Ohm WARREN STEIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Canadian Swine Breeders Association Recipient: Ben Vehof DR. RALPH AND JOANNE WATT SCHOLARSHIP Donor: Dr. Ralph and Joanne Watt Foundation Recipient: Chloe Bannon DOROTHY WRIGHT ENTRANCE BURSARY Donor: Mr. R. Ivor Wright Recipients: Unlisted Recipient

2023 Associate Diploma and Undergraduate Fall Awards

OAC Alumni Foundation Awards NORMAN MCCOLLUM DAIRY SCHOLARSHIP Donor: The late Norman E. McCollum and OAC Alumni Foundation Recipient: Serena Hinz BRUCE W. MINSHALL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: OAC Alumni Foundation on behalf of the late Dr. W.H. Minshall Recipient: Julianna Tindall W. HAROLD MINSHALL SCHOLARSHIP Donor: OAC Alumni Foundation on behalf of the late Dr. W.H. Minshall Recipient: Karen Reymer OAC ’49 BACHELOR OF BIO-RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP Donor: OAC Class of 1949 and the OAC Alumni Foundation Recipients: Eliza Batchelor, Sophie Helfenstein OAC ’49 BACHELOR OF BIO-RESOURCE MANAGEMENT EQUINE ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS Donor: OAC Class of ’49 and the OAC Alumni Foundation Recipients: Victoria Durance, Anabelle Menard CLAYTON AND DOROTHY SWITZER LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP Donor: OAC Class of ’70 and the OAC Alumni Foundation Recipient: Lexi Johnston

Congratulations to our students!

Ontario Agricultural College Photos will be available for download at: flickr.com/uofguelphoac