Advanced Education and Skills
March 20, 2015
Recognizing Academic Achievement
Provincial Government Awards Scholarships to Help Students with Post-Secondary Education
Fifty-eight students have been recognized for academic excellence as they pursue their post-secondary education with $74,000 in scholarships awarded.
“I congratulate all students on receiving these scholarships in recognition of their academic achievements. The Provincial Government recognizes the value of post-secondary education for students, families, communities, and our province as a whole. Our initiatives to date have supported an affordable and accessible post-secondary education system. Student debt is falling, our graduates are successfully finding jobs within the workforce, and students who come to Newfoundland and Labrador from outside the province for their education are staying.”
- The Honourable Clyde Jackman, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills
The Centenary of Responsible Government Scholarships are awarded by the Department of Advanced Education and Skills to students registered in a course of study at Memorial University or College of the North Atlantic. Students are chosen based on a number of criteria including the post-secondary institution in which they are enrolled, program of study and academic performance.
“In the past two years, the Provincial Government has supported 112 post-secondary students with a total of approximately $131,000 in scholarship funding. This represents another way that we are financially supporting students to continue their education in Newfoundland and Labrador.”
- Minister Jackman
Other awarded scholarships include the Dr. Arthur Barnes Scholarship, Dr. William W. Blackall Scholarship, Reverend Dr. Levi Curtis Scholarship, Senior Jubilee Scholarship, Dr. Vincent P. Burke Scholarship, and the Ronald K. Kennedy Scholarship. A complete list of recipients is provided in the attached backgrounder.
QUICK FACTS
- Fifty-eight post-secondary students have received scholarships from the Provincial Government with a total value of $74,000 to help with their education.
- The awarded scholarships include the Centenary of Responsible Government Scholarships, Dr. Arthur Barnes Scholarship, Dr. William W. Blackall Scholarship, Reverend Dr. Levi Curtis Scholarship, Senior Jubilee Scholarship, Dr. Vincent P. Burke Scholarship, and the Ronald K. Kennedy Scholarship.
- In the past two years, the Provincial Government has supported 112 post-secondary students with a total of approximately $131,000 in scholarship funding.
- Students are chosen based on a number of criteria including the post-secondary institution in which they are enrolled, program of study and academic performance.
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Media contact:
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Tina Williams Director of Communications Department of Advanced Education and Skills 709-729-6939, 728-2837 tinawilliams@gov.nl.ca |
BACKGROUNDER
Educational Scholarship Winners
| Senior Jubilee Scholarship ($3,000) Memorial University | |
| Adam M. Keating | Mount Pearl, NL |
| Dr. Vincent P. Burke Scholarship ($1,200) Memorial University | |
| Kayleigh Maxwell | St. John’s, NL |
| Dr. Arthur Barnes Scholarship ($1,200) Memorial University | |
| Michael R. Sullivan | St. John’s, NL |
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Reverend Dr. Levi Curtis Scholarship ($1,200) Memorial University | |
| Andrew M. Hogan | St. John’s, NL |
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Dr. William W. Blackall Scholarship ($1,200) Memorial University | |
| Christopher Langdon | Gander, NL |
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Ronald K. Kennedy Scholarship ($1,200) Memorial University | |
| Cody C. Coombs | Bay Roberts, NL |
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J.W. Pickersgill Scholarship ($7,500) Memorial University | |
| Heather Dawn Green | Edmonton, AB |
| Hereward Longley | Toronto, ON |
| NL Forest Service Scholarship ($1,000) | |
| Justin Sooley | Mount Moriah, NL |
| Jeffrey Sansome | Flat Bay, NL |
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Centenary of Responsible Government Scholarships ($1,000) Fisheries and Marine Institute | |
| Aron Chilon Ng | Vancouver, BC |
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Centenary of Responsible Government Scholarships ($1,000) Memorial University | |
| Brian Peach | Mount Pearl, NL |
| Ian N. Lehr | St. John’s, NL |
| Zachary Anstey | St. John’s, NL |
| Devin Grant | St. John’s, NL |
| Cody P. O’Brien | Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL |
| Christopher Pardy | Grand Falls-Windsor, NL |
| Jonathan K. Stone | Clarenville, NL |
| Joshua Skanes-Norman | St. John’s, NL |
| Sonali Verma | St. John’s, NL |
| David A. Bruneau | St. John’s, NL |
| Emily S. Moores | Corner Brook, NL |
| Brandon Thorne | New Harbour, NL |
| Jonathan Ford | Cape Ray, NL |
| Connor A. Whalen | St. John’s, NL |
| Alexander Brannan | St. John’s, NL |
| Krista L. Burton | Mount Pearl, NL |
| Nicholas Graham | Dartmouth, NS |
| Janice C. McCarthy | Corner Brook, NL |
| Dakota Noseworthy | Glovertown South, NL |
| Rachel Ward | Victoria, BC |
| Nathan R. Ash | Corner Brook, NL |
| Samantha Rancourt | St. John’s, NL |
| Alexander Brandt | St. John’s, NL |
| Kaitlin Mitchelmore | Green Island Cove, NL |
| Scott P. Parkinson | St. John’s, NL |
| Garrett L. Tingley | Hillsborough, NB |
| Hillary R. Strong | St. John’s, NL |
| Samantha N. Pomroy | Conception Bay South, NL |
| Lyndsay Schlarbaum | Bay Bulls, NL |
| William Heys | St. John’s, NL |
| Grace J. Marcoux | Hillsborough, NB |
| Reniel Engelbrecht | St. John’s, NL |
| Susan Fowler Redmond | Portugal Cove, NL |
| Justin M. Drover | St. John’s, NL |
| Alycia M. Leonard | St. Phillips, NL |
| Liam J. Long | St. John’s, NL |
| Elizabeth Woodford | St. John’s, NL |
| Centenary of Responsible Government Scholarships ($1,000) College of the North Atlantic | |
| Heather Chafe | St. John’s, NL |
| Sarah Martin | St. John’s, NL |
| Michael Ross | St. John’s, NL |
| Mark Thistle | Carbonear, NL |
| Colin Hearns | St. John’s, NL |
| Patrick Etheridge | Grand Falls-Windsor, NL |
| Clare Baker | St. John’s, NL |
| Derrick Strong | Clarenville, NL |
| Amanda Dutcher | Stephenville, NL |
| Brittany Whyte | South East Bight, NL |
2015 03 20 11:25 a.m.