SOUTH CARIBOO 2008 Williams Lake Amy Ayers BSc Chemistry Alison Brown BScN Nursing Anne Burrill MSW Social Work Jennifer Clark MEd Education – Multi-Disciplinary Leadership Stephanie Coates BEd Secondary Education Lorene Fennell MEd Education – Multi-Disciplinary Leadership Mamie Hall MEd Education – Multi-Disciplinary Leadership Melissa Lawrence BSc Biology Psychology Teresa MacDonald BScN Nursing Blake Forde BSc Natural Resources Management – Forestry Heather Goodall MEd Education – Multi-Disciplinary Leadership Grant Gustafson MEd Education – Multi-Disciplinary Leadership Tanya Isnardy MEd Education – Multi-Disciplinary Leadership Curtis Levens MEd Education – Multi-Disciplinary Leadership Kiren Manhas BComm Accounting & Finance Carmen Poirier BSc (Honours) Psychology Alex Schare BA Joint International Studies & Political Science Linda Smith MEd Education – Multi-Disciplinary Leadership Lorraine Smith MEd Education – Multi-Disciplinary Leadership Trevor Smith MEd Education – Multi-Disciplinary Leadership Zane Testawich BSW Social Work Krysta Thomson BA Political Science Tianna Wright BA Anthropology Amy Ayers UNBC Scholars Program Alissa Clements Raven Scholarship Stephanie Coates UNBC In-Course Scholarship Caitlin Foote Cariboo Bar Association Bursary Annika Klopp UNBC Scholars Program Devin Kvist UNBC Transfer Student Award Simran Lehal President’s Scholarship, UNBC Leadership Award Sarah Lettinga UNBC Scholars Program Teresa MacDonald IODE – Elsie Gerdes Bursary for Nursing Nicole Mobbs Inder Madhok Bursary Alexis Moore Raven Bursary Carmen Poirier Rotary Clubs of BC Bursary Alex Schare President’s Scholarship Amanda VanderVeen Prince George Gyro Club Bursary Graduates Award Recipients Ian Kidston BComm Accounting Kristin Reid BScN Nursing Elisabeth Moody BSc Natural Resources Management – Wildlife Fisheries Graduates 100 Mile House 830 students graduated from UNBC this year, making history as the University’s largest graduating class ever. Convocation ceremonies took place in Prince George, Quesnel, Fort St. James,Terrace, New Aiyansh, and Prince Rupert. CONGRATULATIONS GRADS! UNBC Scholars Award First-year student Morgan Melnyk of 100 Mile House has the chance to earn a UNBC degree tuition-free after receiving a UNBC Scholars award this past year. The awards are presented annually to the top student from each northern BC high school. As long as they maintain a B average at UNBC, UNBC Scholars can have their tuition waived for an entire bachelor’s degree program. Deanna Wolf Ear BEd Education – Elementary Education Graduate Lac La Hache Deanna Wolf Ear Spectra Energy Transmission 50th Anniversary Bursary Award Recipient Morgan Melnyk of 100 Mile House Deanna Wolf Ear of Lac La Hache Elisabeth Moody of 100 Mile House Breanne Capnerhurst UNBC Scholars Program Kevin Doddridge Canadian Institute of Forestry Bursary, Cariboo Woodlot Education Society Bursary, Dwight Gregory Hickey Memorial Bursary Shane Doddridge Raven Scholarship, UNBC Leadership Award Anthony Gagne UNBC In-Course Bursary Denise Lendi One World Scholarship, UNBC In-Course Bursary Danielle Meade Initiatives Prince George Bursary, Matthew Halpin Memorial Bursary, Sandwell Scholarship Morgan Melnyk UNBC Leadership Award, UNBC Scholars Program Brianna Pellizzari UNBC Leadership Award Award Recipients Ivy Chelsea of Esketemc First Nation Williams Lake Master of Education Grads Back: Mamie Hall, Lorraine Smith, and Lorene Fennell Front: Heather Goodall and Tanya Isnardy Beetle Action Many regional organizations are forming in BC to address issues of economic and social development. How are they representative of new approaches to regional development and regional governance? UNBC grad student Chelan Hoffman is attempting to answer that question, using the Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition as a case study. Our Future Doctors Jessica Wilford and Sarah Pascas of Williams Lake are among the newest students in the Northern Medical Program, a partnership between UNBC and UBC to help increase the number of doctors living and working in northern and rural communities. The program recently produced its first 23 graduates, many of whom are interested in working in northern BC. Tianna Wright of Williams Lake Geography Award UNBC student Mark Stephens won the top student award from the Canadian Association of Geographers for building a computer model of the entire Quesnel River watershed. Working like Google Earth, the software provides UNBC researchers with the ability to identify research sites based on vegetation, soil types, topography, and even stream and river flow. Honorary degree recipient Rick Hansen Chelan Hoffmen Jessica Wilford and Sarah Pascas Noelle Lamoureux MEd Education – Multi-Disciplinary Leadership Graduate 108 Mile House Erin Robinson MA Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Likely Sarah Champagne UNBC Scholars Program Wells Award Recipient The Man in Motion Former Williams Lake resident Rick Hansen received UNBC’s most prestigious public award during the University’s Convocation ceremony on May 30. In being granted an honorary doctoral degree, Hansen was commended for his physical accomplishments and inspirational leadership. Ivy Chelsea BA First Nations Studies Graduate Esketemc First Nation Ivy Chelsea Spectra Energy Transmission 50th Anniversary Bursary Award Recipient