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U of G to Honour Co-op Excellence
Awards to be presented March 25 at Cutten Club
Co-operative Education and Career Services has announced the winners of U of G’s 2009 Co-op Awards. Fourth-year marketing management student Amy Faria is Co-op Student of the Year in commerce and social and applied human sciences. Third-year biological engineering student Randi Phinney is Co-op Student of the Year in science and engineering.
These awards recognize a range of student achievements, including job and academic performance and contributions to employer, co-operative education and the community at large.
Faria was cited as a model co-op student who has excelled both academically and on the job and still managed to do volunteer work. She was nominated by her co-op supervisor, Prof. Anne Wilcock, Marketing and Consumer Studies.
Phinney was lauded for being an exceptional ambassador for U of G on the international stage, having completed three work terms abroad. She was nominated by her project manager at Tetra Pak Processing in Sweden.
The 2009 Co-op Employer of the Year is RealNet Canada Inc. This award recognizes co-op employers for their role in supporting Guelph’s co-operative education programs and creating successful experiential learning opportunities for students.
RealNet Canada Inc. was nominated by co-op student Samantha Barnard, who praised the organization for its longtime commitment to the co-op program and for its training program for new hires. To date, RealNet has employed students in more than 20 work terms.
The Collin Cureatz Memorial Award for Co-op Student Involvement, which recognizes contributions to the betterment of Guelph’s co-op program or to co-op student life, will be presented to fourth-year environmental sciences student Mihiri De Silva.
All award winners and nominees will be recognized at an awards reception March 25 at the Cutten Club. The event is part of National Co-operative Education Week, which runs March 22 to 26.