A few weeks ago, 557 stu- m dents graduated from fee UNBC, pushing member- meee ship) in the Alumni Mai Association to 1700. There fa were grads from all over meme BC, Canada, and the world, fa and honorary degrees were Jawarded to Nisga’a President Joe Gosnell and mae UNBC Founder’ Horst wag Sander. wae Recently, UNBC hosted @_ national and provincial con- mea ferences on rural health... eee the $1.6 million LK, Barber gee Enhanced Forestry Lab mee attended the first-ever inter- fm) National conference on how fee to keep more aboriginal stu- m dents in colleges and uni- maman Versities...a $12 million lab Mem expansion was announced a... and the UNBC varsity m basketball teams complet- meee ed their first season in the wea BC collegiate league. . a The student population has aa grown to nearly 3400, and Meee UNBC’s reputation has mae grown accordingly: Maclean's fa magazine calls UNBC one mm of the country’s best small me universities and respon- dents in a national survey wag fave identified UNBC as a im Leader of Tomorrow. For information on local . course offerings, check out the web page for UNBC's Northwest campus: www.unbe.ca/regops/nw | or visit our new office in Terrace in the BC Access Centre on Eby Street 635-5448 UNBC. 3333 University Way Prince George, BC V2N 429° (250) 960-5555 ~ Mary Gosnell (of Smithers)” - .. Melissa Munn "Michael Panchuk ~ Yvonne Reid Stella Smith (of kitimay © The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 14, 2000 - B7 Remarkably, ° she ; Child about t oe uth WO months ago, PATER AR a eae RA 1 : ve danas en oS a) et : ‘ eblatdel of Sixteen students, who all took their coursework in Terrace, have graduated with master's degrees in Education: Philip Bialobzyski Karen Chryster Grant Holkestad Lois Miller Nancy Ross - M. Jane Smith Mowatt. (of Hazelton) Tom Boston Patricia Carson Leesa Easterday (of Smithers) Laurel Phillips Chery! Sebastian (of Hazelton) BOT. ae al Carol Harrison, MSc Community Health Alice Moszezynski, MSe Community Health Tracy Sherman, MSc Natural Resources Management Lee Anne MacDonell, BA History Karla Stedham, BA History Steven Bernard, BSc Psychology Rhonda Reece, BSW Social Work Stephanie Moraes (of Kispiox), BCOMM Finance : . Benjamin Mattheis, BSc Biology Robert Ballinger, BSc Forestry Jeffrey Gillanders, BSc Forestry Winners, Karen Chrysler — Allan Forssell Graduate Scholarship ($900) Jolain Foster — Bank of Montreal Scholarship ($1500) | Peter Crawford — Scotiabank Bursary ($1000) | - Karla Stedham — UNBC Athletics Award ($500) _ “Ben Gonu (New Aiyansh) — Westcoast Energy | = Bursary ($125) Ben Gonu and Edith Munroe both received bache- lors degrees in First Nations Studies (specialization in Nisga’a Studies) during a special Nass Valley Convocation. Corrine McKay received a degree in Accounting, Hazel Nyce earned a certificate in First Nations Studies, and an honorary doctoral degree was presented to Nisga’a President Joseph Gosnell. . os . eee re _t