As another academic year draws to a close, we’re pleased to share the news of MSVU’s 2024 academic student award winners.

Two special awards events were held this April to celebrate students who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement.

The 2024 student academic award winners have all achieved excellence in their respective fields of study, exemplifying the talent and hard work that define the MSVU community.

Congratulations to all of this year’s academic award recipients! We’re excited to see what you do next.

The winners from the Applied Human Nutrition Awards: Aliya Seward, Suhnandany Goswami, Koen Schlief, and Sarah Tucker

APPLIED HUMAN NUTRITION

Alleyne Murphy Undergraduate Award
Aliya Seward

Applied Human Nutrition Community Service Award
Suhnandany Goswami Koen Schlief

Frances Malloy Award in Applied Human Nutrition and Intern Education Program
Sarah Tucker

BIOLOGY

Brooklyn MacLellan, recipient of the Sister Lua Gavin Endowed Scholarship and the Sisters of Charity Award in BiologySister Lua Gavin Endowed Scholarship
Brooklyn MacLellan

Sisters of Charity Award in Biology
Brooklyn MacLellan

Biology Department Award for Best Student in Animal Physiology
Emma Daigle

Dr. Lillian Wainwright Biology Prize (Sponsored by the MSVU Alumni Association)
Gabrielle Fenwick

Dr. Margaret-Ann Armour Award
Grace MacInnis

Outstanding Biology Student Award
Jean Bursey

Dr. Kellie Davis Scholarship
Maria Burns

Greg Coakley Laboratory Award
Samuel Plamer

BUSINSES AND TOURISM

The International students of the year: Faviola Castro and Katie ChanBusiness and Tourism Leadership Award
Hannah Salomon

International Students of the Year
Faviola Castro
Katie Chan

Robert (Bob) Bagg Endowed Award for Management Excellence
Luc LeBlanc

CHEMISTRY

Dr. Bob Scholarship
Ailish Sullivan

Sister Patricia Mullins Award in Chemistry
Daniel Harding
Jinjin He

Canadian Society for Chemistry Silver Medal
Sacha Clark

Sister Mary Evelyn Award
Sacha Clark, recipient of the Canadian Society for Chemistry Silver Medal and the Sister Mary Evelyn Award.Sacha Clark

CHILD & YOUTH STUDY

Department of Child & Youth Study Award for Academic Excellence
Krista Oickle

Department of Child & Youth Study Lindsey Cousineau Award
Michaelea Silver

COMMUNICATION STUDIES

David Bell Memorial Endowed Award
Tien Pham

Dr. Patrick O’Neill Award in Public Speaking (Sponsored by the MSVU Alumni Association)
Suwela Vassoa

EDUCATION

Nicole Jessop, winner of the Dr. Mary Schoenberger Education Prize.Dr. Mary Schoenberger Education Prize (Sponsored by the MSVU Alumni Association)
Nicole Jessop

Michael and Madeleine Merrigan Memorial Award
Victoria Walsh

ENGLISH

Beryl Rowland Book Prize in English
Redford Ingram

English Department Literary Prize

Georgia Wachter
Elizabeth MacKay

Sister Marie Agnes Book Prize in English (Sponsored by the MSVU Alumni Association)
Ariel MacKinnon

FAMILY STUDIES AND GERONTOLOGY

McGrath Baird Prize in Gerontology
Dylan Tapley

HISTORY

Sister Francis D’Assisi Prize in History (Sponsored by the MSVU Alumni Association)
Stephanie Bannister

MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

Melanie Gauthier, winner of the Sara Elizabeth Phillips Memorial Prize in Mathematics.Dr. John Reid Statistics Award
Alder O’Reilly

Sara Elizabeth Phillips Memorial Prize in Mathematics
Melanie Gauthier

MODERN LANGUAGES

Sister Rose Celestine Award for French (Sponsored by the MSVU Alumni Association)
Kristyn Pollard

PHYSICS

Doug and Joy Harriott Award in Physics
Ailish Sullivan

POLITICS, ECONOMICS AND CANADIAN STUDIES

Academic Excellence in Economics Prize
Wilhemina Okyere

Andrea and Charles Bronfman Award in Canadian Studies
Meghan Richard

Dr. Larry Fisk Book Prize
Morgan Hussey

Dr. Nargess Kayhani Award in Public Policy Studies
Joseph Saoud

Dr. R.P. Seth Book Prize
Le Nhu N.
Ananya Singh

Marial Mosher Award in Canadian Studies
Meghan Richard

Sister Francis Carmel Award
Karrie Newcombe

Three of the Winners from the PECS awards: Karrie Newcombe, Morgan Hussey, and Joesph Saoud

PSYCHOLOGY

Pauline Jones Leadership Award
Natalie Lawy

SCIENCE

Science Society Award
Luke Kelloway

WOMEN’S STUDIES

Certificate for Outstanding Performance in WS 1110
Nevaeh Douglas

CO-OP STUDENTS OF THE YEAR

Business Administration
Matthew Lantz

Public Relations
Tien Pham

Tourism & Hospitality
Thuy Bao Tran (Ivy) Pham

Eleven of the student award winners across various science faculties