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,

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WO months ago,

PATER AR a eae RA 1 : ve danas en oS
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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 .

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