ee at) Humphrey Kevin Gillanders . CONGRATULATIONS GRADS! ; Local Graduates The Terrace Standard, Wedn ds y, lune 18, 2003 - Al5 Award Recipients e Melinda Bahr MSc Natural Resources & * -Environmental Studies -* @ Edison Bolton -BComm Accounting -eStacey-Lee Campbell BSW Social Work -. «Amanda Cavalbeiro.. BSc Mathematics « Stacey Clark BA History ~e Andrew Cooper BA English Kevin Gillanders BComm Marketing ¢Irlanda Gonzalez- Price - BSW Social Work «Tamara Humphrey _ BA English _ s Erica Lloyd BSN Nursing « Satnam Manhas BSC Forestry © Joanne McKay BSW Social Work - _.* Lindsay Smith -isnabAWistory - e Patricia Squires © Kathy Watmough | -. BA English «Wanda Wyatt «Jill Rempel _ BSN Nursing «Brenda Sissons BSW Social Work ¢ Lindsay Smart BSN Nursing BSW Social Work ~ eLillian Tugwell BSW Social Work BSc Psychology _ eKeith Azak Certificate in General First Nations Studies & Nisga’a Studies —_ + Marvin Morgan Certificate in Nisga’a Studies .@Niva Percival Certificate in Nisga’a Studies _ Carey Stewart . Certificate in General First Nations — Studies & Nisga’a Studies | Success Stories «Judith Wheeler - Anthony Karpicious Scholarship Erica Lloyd ~ PG Regional Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship . « Jody Stuart UNBC Graduate Scholarship _ Amy Hayduk President's Scholarship and ° "> UNBC Scholars Award -.« Gene Wolff e Jill Rempel Jane Layhew Nursing Bursary -e Douglas Burnip ‘Rotary Clubs of Terrace Bursary «Heath dela Giroday Steadman Family Bursary Athletic Award Dan Chapman ‘UNBC Scholars Award ~e Brenda Sissons UNBCScholarship We're Still Growing . The 650 students who crossed the stage as UNBC's tenth grad class have helped to push the total number of alumni to just over 3500. While #10 is an important milestone, new developments keep UNBC look- _ ing forward. The Northern Medical Program is only a year away from accepting its first 24 students and 19 northern BC communities, including Terrace, have partnered with UNBC to support future northern medical students. UNBC AWARDED MORE THAN S1MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS . AND BURSIARIES THIS PAST YEAR. Graduation Ceremonies were held this year in New Alyansh and Terrace, recognizing students who have completed coursework locally. The Terrace group included 6 Bachelor ‘of Social Work grads (plus one from — Kitimat) who were the first Social Work cohort ever to graduate | in the: . Northwest. _ UNBC has variety of courses through the Northwest this summer, and offerings this fall will include courses in English, History, Sociai _ Work, and First Nations Studies. For - ~ details, visit the Terrace campus or see www.unbc.ca/courses. . ‘Monty Paimantler “Northwest Campus ae 47a Park 2 Education professor Monty Palmantier will be developing a program starting this fail in the Northwest, designed to provide academic upgrad- ing for First Nations students interested in becom- ing school teachers, Students in the program will take UNBC courses for credit while getting course- prep instruction up front There are currently about 400 aboriginal teachers in BC - about 20% of what's needed if the number of aboriginal teachers is to be proportionate to the number of aboriginal students. - | f Avenue, Tetrace,BC. Sarah de Leeuw of Terrace recently. won a national award recognizing the best graduate. research in Geography. Sarah’s research addressed a shortage of creative writing in northwestern BC — that focuses on the geography of rural and remote communities. Sarah is the second UNBC student in 4 years to win this national award, which |s.open to all Geography master’ s and dactoral students _ accross Canada. “0H UNC « oo (250) 615:5578. .