SEDRD Students Receive OAC Awards
The Ontario Agricultural College Fall Awards Celebration were held on November 19 and 26, 2013. This annual event provides a special opportunity to recognize OAC students who have made outstanding contributions through their academic performance, leadership and community spirit.
The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development students received the following awards:
Undergraduate Award Recipients:
Vera Bezeredy Memorial BLA Design Scholarship: Nadja Pausch, BLA
Canadian Heritage Garden Foundation Scholarship: Emily Kitamura, BLA
DMG Landscape Architects Scholarship: Jonathan Behnke, BLA
Dean's Scholarships: Brian Fong, BLA
Howard B. Dunington Grubb Scholarship: Elizabeth Chomyc, BLA
Garden Club of Toronto Scholarship: Kate Hunter, BLA
Landscape Architecture Alumni Scholarship: Trish Clarke, BLA
OAC BLA Class of '82 Peer Mentor Scholarship: Michelle Peeters
OAC '59 Experiential Learning Travel Grant: Nicole Abernethy, BLA
Ontario Association of Landscape Architects Scholarship: Ben O'Brien, BLA
Stantec Environmental Science Scholarship: Brian Fong, BLA
Graduate Award Recipients:
Bell-Sargant Scholarship: Alison Maxwell, MLA
Harvey W. Caldwell Scholarship: Sharla Wallace, CDE
W.E. Coates Memorial Scholarship: Alasandro Bartolo
Herbert F. Crown Memorial Scholarship for Conservation: Mitchell Avis, RPD
Taffy Davison Memorial Research Travel Grant: Jocelyn Rivers, CDE
Elena Grothier Scholarship in Rural Extension Studies: Kelly Gillis, CDE
John E. (Jack) Irving Scholarship: Elena Christy, MLA
Landscape Architecture Alumni Scholarship: Jessica Brommer, MLA
J. Alden and Isobelle McLean Scholarship: Katrin Sawatzky, CDE
Ontario Association of Landscape Architects Scholarship: Ben Vander Veen, MLA
Craig Pearson International Research Scholarship: Nadine Murray, Ph.D.
Ploughshare Scholarship: Heather Sansom, Ph.D.
N.R. Richards Scholarship: Nicholas Fegan, RPD
Soden Memorial Scholarships in Agriculture: Robin Clark, RPD; Erika Dueck, MLA; Kelly Gillis, CDE; Suzanna Kaptur, RPD; David Marcus Raja, RPD; Shelby White, RPD; Erika Zarate, CDE.
Thompson Graduate Studies Award: Christine Fraser, MLA
Earnest Austin Weir Scholarship: Rana Telfah, RPD
Mary Edmunds Williams Scholarships: Sara Epps, Ph.D.