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University salutes 2018 Convocation medal winners

June 29, 2018

From left: Steven Murphy, PhD, President and Vice-Chancellor; Noreen Taylor, Chancellor; Kimberley Fernandes, Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science (FESNS); Akira Tokuhiro, PhD, Dean, FESNS; Robert Bailey, PhD, Provost and Vice-President, Academic (Interim).

As the University of Ontario Institute of Technology reflects on the conclusion of the 2017-2018 academic year, the Board of Governors and the Office of the Provost salutes the outstanding achievements of this year’s seven faculty medal winners.

Faculty medals are presented to students graduating from an undergraduate program who have attained the highest cumulative grade-point average in the courses required for their degree.

2018 recipients:

Business and Information Technology
Samantha Nicole Stahlke

Education
Elizabeth Finlan

Energy Systems and Nuclear Science
Kimberley Natasha Fernandes

Engineering and Applied Science
Heather Ann Wyatt

Health Sciences
Chloe Marie Landry

Science
Siddiq Moolla

Social Science and Humanities
Rebecca Ann Fisico

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“Convocation is the highlight of our academic year at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. We celebrate all of our graduates, but particularly those at the top of the class in their programs. The seven medal winners, six of them women, exemplify our STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) focus at the university, and we salute their significant achievement.”
-Robert Bailey, PhD, Provost and Vice-President, Academic (Interim)

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From left: President Steven Murphy; Chancellor Noreen Taylor; Rebecca Fisico, FSSH medal winner; Peter Stoett, FSSH Dean; Robert Bailey, Provost and Vice-President, Academic

From left: President Steven Murphy; Chancellor Noreen Taylor; Samantha Stahlke, FBIT medal winner; John Friedlan, Associate Professor, FBIT; Robert Bailey, Provost and Vice-President, Academic

From left: President Steven Murphy; Chancellor Noreen Taylor; Heather Ann Wyatt, FEAS medal winner; Tarlochan Sidhu, FEAS Dean; Robert Bailey, Provost and Vice-President, Academic

From left: President Steven Murphy; Chancellor Noreen Taylor; Elizabeth Finlan, FEd medal winner; Maurice DiGiuseppe, FEd Dean; Robert Bailey, Provost and Vice-President, Academic

From left: President Steven Murphy; Chancellor Noreen Taylor; Kimberley Fernandes, FESNS medal winner; Akira Tokuhiro, FESNS Dean; Robert Bailey, Provost and Vice-President, Academic

From left: President Steven Murphy; Chancellor Noreen Taylor; Siddiq Moolla, FSci medal winner; Greg Crawford, FSci Dean; Robert Bailey, Provost and Vice-President, Academic

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