2016/2017Community Awards Banquet

1M A R C HWEDNESDAYK. GLEN JOHNSON FAITH & LIFE CENTRE

Message from the Dean

As in the past, this year’s Community Awards Banquet is an occasion to say thank you—thank you for the partnerships that Augustana has with our community and for the generous support that our students receive from community donors. Your engagement and your commitment to helping us educate the next generation of young leaders continue to inspire me. I am both humbled and grateful.

A year ago I wrote about a new vision for Augustana—a “Pathways” program that would help connect third or fourth-year students from rural and Aboriginal communities back to their hometowns or similar places by engaging them in needed research projects with community partners and with the assistance of faculty mentors. Our dream is to help students see that they can make a real difference and to help many of them discover that even though a university education can lead them anywhere in the world, it can also prepare them for meaningful career paths right here in Alberta—not just in our largest urban centers but in many other places as well.

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I am pleased to announce that a generous alumnus recently contributed $100,000 to help us launch the Pathways Program. We hope that his gift will inspire many other alumni and community partners to help us advance this vision. By doing so, together we will not only be supporting student success, we will be investing in the development of local communities. What better place to make this commitment than Augustana, which draws students from small towns all across the province and which is home to the Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities.

Pathways is just one idea for how Augustana can contribute to the communities that support us and that send us students. There are many others—the programs of the Chester Ronning Centre, community service learning placements, Reading University, the Science Fair for students from Our Lady of Mount Pleasant and Ecole Charlie Killam, fine arts programs, Athletics Department outreach to support youth, new professional development initiatives for municipal staff and leaders, etc.

My colleagues and I continue to need your ideas. Please let us know: How can Augustana continue to improve our service to the community? I invite you to dream with us. Thank you once again for your generous support and for your creative ideas.

Best wishes,Allen Berger, Dean

Dear Friends,

Anniversary Donors

25 Years

Congratulations to the following individuals, businesses, and organizations for their continued commitment to student success at Augustana!

Burgar Funeral Home

Jewell Enterprises Ltd.

Streb’s Automotive/Industrial Supply and Engine Services (1975) Ltd.

Camrose County

Anonymous DonorFarnham West Stolee Kambeitz LLP

Nahanni River Adventures Ltd.Verhaeghe Law Office

Camrose Morning NewsCamrose Veterinary Hospital

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The Community Awards ProgramThe Community Awards Programwas established in 1973 to assist in making post-secondary studies possible for students with limited resources and to attract students to the then Camrose Lutheran College.

An initial committee of community members and college officials was responsible for recruiting gifts to fund awards. Working with the community, the committee promoted two award funds—the Current Scholarship Fund, now called Annual Awards, and the Scholarship Foundation, which held the Community Scholarship Fund and Associated Endowments.

The program met with great success in its early years and that success continues—awards established in those first years are celebrating well over 40 years of commitment to post-secondary education!Today, the Community Awards Program continues to reflect the vision and goals of its founding members. Administered through the Development and Student Awards Offices at Augustana Campus and in partnership with Student Financial Services on the University’s North Campus, we continue to invite interested individuals, businesses, and community organizations to invest in our students.

We wish to express our sincere gratitude to all our Community Awards Program donors—past and present—for your vision and commitment to fostering the education of our students.

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New Supporters In today’s economic environment, award support is truly valued and appreciated by our students—thank you for your support.

The following donors joined the Augustana awards family in 2016:

Augustana Students’ Association BursaryAwarded to students with satisfactory academic standing enrolled in the third or fourth year of an undergraduate degree at Augustana Faculty. Selection based on financial need.

Cam-Tel Communications Ltd Vikings Women’s Golf AwardAwarded to a student with satisfactory academic standing enrolled in any year of an undergraduate degree at Augustana Faculty who is a member of the Vikings Women’s Golf Team. Selection based on academic standing, level of excellence shown in the sport, and demonstrated leadership and commitment to the team.

Camrose Insurance Services Ltd. Vikings Soccer AwardAwarded to a student with satisfactory academic standing enrolled in any year of an undergraduate degree at Augustana Faculty who is a member of the Vikings Women’s Soccer Team. Selection based on academic standing, level of excellence shown in the sport, and demonstrated leadership and commitment to the team.

Mike Johnston Alumni Hockey AwardAwarded to a student with satisfactory academic standing enrolled in any year of an undergarduate degree at Augustana who is a member of the Vikings Hockey Team. Selection based on demonstrated leadership and commitment to the team, and academic standing.

Mygind Men’s Soccer ScholarshipAwarded to a student with superior academic standing enrolled in any year of an undergraduate degree at Augustana Faculty who is a member of the Vikings Men’s Soccer Team. Selection based on academic standing, level of excellence shown in the sport, and demonstrated leadership and commitment to the team.

Mygind Women’s Soccer ScholarshipAwarded to a student with superior academic standing enrolled in any year of an undergraduate degree at Augustana Faculty who is a member of the Vikings Women’s Soccer Team. Selection based on academic standing, level of excellence shown in the sport, and demonstrated leadership and commitment to the team.

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Toward the close of this evening’s program, all guests will be asked to rise and donors will present award certificates to their student(s) while remaining at their table.

Presentation of Student Certificates

Annually Funded AwardsAnnual Awards and Bursaries receive funding each year from committed individuals, businesses and organizations who have pledged to support an award they have created. In 2016, over $136,000 in gifts were received to fund awards and bursaries.

Endowed AwardsAssociated Endowments are established for many reasons—for example, to ensure the annual funding to an existing award in perpetuity, to recognize a loved one, or to create a living legacy. The U of A invests these funds and the principal is never touched, only the earned interest is spent to support the award. In 2016, the interest earned from Augustana’s endowments allowed us to fund awards totaling $126,000.

BursariesBursaries are established by donors who wish to fund a student primarily on the basis of financial need. Bursaries may be funded annually or through establishing an endowment.

The impact of our donor-funded Community Awards Program is truly remarkable! This past year, 183 students were the grateful recipients of donor-funded student awards, scholarships, and bursaries totaling over $260,000. This is over and above faculty-funded awards or other sources of funding our students are eligible to receive.

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Award Terms and DefinitionsScholarship: Reserved for recognition of superior academic achievement (see below). Additional selection criteria may also be considered.

For further information on how you can support Augustana students, please contact:

Bonita (Bonnie) Anderson - Director of DevelopmentBree Urkow, CFRE - Assistant Director, Development

Augustana Campus, University of Alberta | Tel: 780.679.1558bonita.anderson@ualberta.ca | bree.urkow@ualberta.ca

Award: Reserved for recognition of satisfactory academic standing (see below). Additional selection criteria may also be considered.

Bursary: An award of any monetary value given to a student on the basis of demonstratedfinancial need and satisfactory academic standing. Additional selection criteria may also be used.

Medal: Awarded in recognition of overall superior academic achievement in a Faculty, Department or some other subdivision of a Faculty, provided that the student maintains at least a satisfactory academic standing in his/her Faculty. Additional selection criteria will not normally be considered.

Prize: Reserved for recognition of superior academic achievement in a course or set of courses. Additional selection criteria may also be considered.

Superior Academic Achievement: Normally indicates a Grade Point Average of 3.5 or higher on the four-point scale or standing in the upper 10% of the class. For students entering the University of Alberta from high school, Superior Academic Achievement indicates an award average of 80% or higher.

Satisfactory Academic Standing: Normally indicates a Grade Point Average of 2.0 or higher on the four-point scale. Satisfactory Academic Standing means satisfactory as defined by the faculty in question. If no definition has been made by a faculty, Satisfactory Academic Standing means being eligible to continue in or graduate from the program in which the student is registered exclusive of those students allowed to continue on probationary status.

Award Name & Value 2016Award RecipientADVICO Financial Planning Group Award - $500 Abigail Boateng

Agriculture Financial Services Corporation Scholarship - $1,000 Lilian Axten

Albert Hansen Memorial Scholarship - $500 Bryce Turner

Alberta Blue Cross 50th Anniversary Bursary for a Student Specializing in Psychology - $1,500 Aislinn Green

Alberta Blue Cross 50th Anniversary Entrance Scholarship - $1,500 Duncan Krammer

Andreassen Borth Sports Award - $750 Ryan Procyshyn

Arnold & Susan Malone Award - $1,000 Dana Bulger

ATB Financial (Camrose) Scholarship - $900 Rayelle Johnson

ATCO Gas Award - $500 Simon Thon

Augustana Alumni Association Entrance Award - $1,000 Paul Lovsin

Augustana Alumni Leadership Award - $1,000 Emil Yim

Augustana Dean’s Entrance Citation Award - $10,000 each over four years

Darby Branscombe (3rd renewal)

Rebecca Pospolita (1st renewal)

Augustana Staff Viking Golf Award - $3,000 Braden Clarkson

Battle River Implements Ltd. Award - $500 Kobe Borowetz

Bi West Translines Ltd. Award - $500 Karen Wagner

Bi West Translines Ltd. Vikings Hockey Award - $3,000 Jonathon McMullin

Bob & Margaret Prestage Vikings Hockey Award - $3,000 Jimmy Sheehan

Bob & Margaret Prestage Vikings Volleyball Award - $3,000 Morgan Rigelhof

Border Paving Ltd. Scholarship - $1,000 Ryan Procyshyn

Boston Pizza Award - $750 Boyd Wakelin

Burgar Funeral Home Scholarship - $500 Duncan Krammer

Cam-Tel Communications Ltd. Vikings Women’s Golf Award - $3,000 Cieanna Hewitt

Camrose and District Fish and Game Association Scholarship - $750 Carson Hvenegaard

Camrose Booster Award - $500 Jaxyn Peterson

Camrose County Award - $1,000 Jamie Cole

Camrose Dental Health Centre Scholarship - $1,000 Jessica Logan

Camrose Insurance Services Ltd. Vikings Soccer Award - $3,000 Victoria Brenton

Camrose Registry Award - $1,000 Gillian Larsen

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Annually Funded Awards

Annually Funded Awards

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Award Name & Value 2016Award RecipientCanadian Tire Camrose Vikings Hockey Award - $3,000 Patrick Thompson-Gale

Canadian Tire Associate Store Camrose Staff Appreciation Award - $500 William Fredeman

Central Agencies Inc. Award - $1,000 Minna Angeles

Chawla Brothers Scholarship - $1,000 Emily Peterson

Chytracek Family Vikings Basketball Award - $3,000 Sam Dargis

Claude and Ivy (Elmquist) May Award - $1,000 Farshad Labbaff

Clubhouse Virtual Golf Award - $3,000 Michael Harrison

Dee-Jay Plumbing & Heating Ltd. Award - $1,000 Bronte Kelly

Dolores V. Nelson Schultz Memorial Award in Voice - $500 Deanna Robillard

Dr. Ernesto Guevara Internationalist Award - SHARING $500 Kyle AndersonMelissa Wilk

Dr. Roy Wilson Memorial Award - $2,000 Sydney Martin

Dr. W. Garry (Gibber) and Dorothy Gibson Award for Excellence in Nordic Sports - $3,000 Eveline Juce

Drs. J.B. and Mark Cloarec Award - $500 Nicholas Beggs

Duggan Dental/Dr. Kenneth H. Cha Professional Corporation Scholarship - $500 Gillian Larsen

Ed & Alice Petersen Entrance Scholarship - $4,000 over four years Jamie Grunwald(1st renewal)

Ed Friesen Scholarship in English - $1,000 Curtis Rempel

Electro Tel Award - $900 Ryan Maisey

Evelyn Williams Memorial Award in Music - $1,000 Gracie Yelland

Feth Family Award - $500 Gage Colpron

Fielding & Company LLP Law Firm Scholarship - $1,000 Matthew Andreassen

Frejya Vikings Award in Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing - $3,000 Annika Olesen

Gary Smith Vikings Hockey Award - $3,000 Logan Sproule

Glover International Award - $500 Connor Gusdal

Grant Thornton LLP Chartered Accountants Award - $500 Nicole Sanchez

Harberg Nikiforuk Wood LLP Chartered Accountants Award - $900 Cody Fiala

Hawkins Family Scholarship in History - $1,000 Dariya Veenstra

Hawkins Family Scholarship in Music - $1,000 Eric Skretting

i d apparel/Karen Vinet Agencies Award - $550 Beau Taylor

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Award Name & Value 2016Award RecipientJames Mayer Vikings Golf Award - $3,000 each Darion GeddesChase Martin

Jim & Nora Holmberg Scholarship in Music - $1,250 Marie Heinrich

Kevin Riemer Vikings Athlete Award - $3,000 Torey Lauber

Kroeger Joyce Chartered Accountants Scholarship - $1,000 Adinoyi Ayira

Lamb Ford Sales Ltd. Award - $500 Rob Hunt

Larry and Patrice Johnson Award - $500 Mikayla Sawkiewicz

Lions Club of Camrose Len Palmer Memorial Award - $750 Emma Pilkington

Mark Chytracek Vikings Volleyball Leadership Award - $3,000 Rebecca Bates

Marshall Veterinary Services Award - $500 Aymi Tabata

Martinson Health Sciences Award - $3,000 Anna Montgomery

McClellan Wheaton Chevrolet Buick GMC Ltd. Award - $500 Darian Smigorowsky

Mike Johnston Vikings Hockey Alumni Award - $3,000 Brett Ponich

Mygind Men’s Soccer Scholarship - $3,000 Braeden McKenzie

Mygind Women’s Soccer Scholarship - $3,000 Jenya Rust

Nahanni River Adventures Ltd. Award - $500 Chad Chessall

Norsemen Inn Camrose Corporation, J P C Foundation Award - $500 Scott Swiston

Ofrim Project Management Inc. Award - $500 Alexa Blizzard

On Track - Kuntz & Company Inc. Award - $750 Jessica Robertson

Pedersen’s Florists Award - $500 Leah Marshall

Provincial Chapter of Alberta IODE Award - $500 Marko Caleta

RBC Scholarship - $1,000 Lee Metrunec

Richardson Pioneer Award - $1,000 Kiana Smith

Rotary Club of Camrose Scholarship - $1,000 Eric Skretting

Shawn Crickard Memorial Award - $3,000 Lukas Biensch

Sheilagh A. Ross Award in Biathlon - $500 Sasha Eccleston

Shoppers Drug Mart (Camrose) Scholarship - $750 Cieanna Hewitt

Shuman Insurance Award - $4,000 over four years Eric Andersson(3rd renewal)

Smeaton Vikings Volleyball Award - $3,000 Logan Pasishnik

Smith Clinic Award - $900 Jackson Sweder

Smitty’s Restaurant – Harrisons Plumbing Vikings HockeyOutstanding Contributor Award - $3,000 Curtis Skip

Annually Funded Awards

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Award Name & Value 2016Award RecipientSophia Award in Philosophy & Religion - $1,000 Lisa Vaughan-Farrell

Stoddart Family Award - $500 Carter Chin

Streb’s Automotive/Industrial Supply and Engine Services (1975) Ltd. Award - $900 Jennifer Lenherr

TD Canada Trust Award - $1,000 Melanie Andree

Torskeklubben/Sons of Norway - Solglyt Lodge Edmonton Award- SHARING $5,000

Elyse HewittJulian Love

Landon RedelbackChelsea Toft

Verhaeghe Law Office History Award - $500 Ryan Baier

Vikings Cross Country Ski Team of 1988 Award - $500 Matthieu Martin

Vision Credit Union Ltd. Scholarship - SHARING $4,050 Jordan Nakonechny

Braeden StangAndrea Weber

Wideman Paint and Decor Award - $500 Mary Germon

Wild Rose Co-operative Association Ltd. Award - $500 Alexa Blizzard

Ziesel Family Scholarship in Science - $1,000 Benjamin Schmidt

Award Name & Value 2016Award RecipientAlberta Union of Provincial Employees Award ERP*

Alice M. Stolee Award - SHARING $1,000 Kobe BorowetzParker Dean

Andrew and Mina Solheim Memorial Award - SHARING $1,100 Parker DeanRayelle Johnson

Anton and Norma Olson Memorial Award - $500 Katelyn Cook

Arthur Tonn Memorial Award - $900 Sebastian Smith

Augustana 90th Anniversary Award - $1,000 Todd Yaremcio

Augustana Board of Regents Scholarship - $2,200 Jennifer Ha

Endowed Awards

Annually Funded Awards

* Endowment Reinvestment Plan (ERP): Donors have opted to reinvest annual endowment earnings to the endowment principal to augment future awards. Awards will not be funded during this period.

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Award Name & Value 2016Award Recipient

Augustana Community Endowment Fund - SHARING $8,000

Ozan ArdicAderinsola AdeniyiAlexandra Brigley

Kaitlyn CannonMadison Kary

Chase LarocqueMegan SlyJade Vea

Betsy Ness Scott Entrance Citation - $6,000 over four years Garrett Rawleigh (1st renewal)

Bill and Berdie Fowler Entrance Award - $4,000 each over four years

Eric Andersson (3rd renewal)

Mackenzie Grove (1st renewal)Ashley Hadley

Bryan Rayment Memorial Scholarship - $500 Mary Germon

Camrose Rotary Club Dr. Dunbar Memorial Award - $500 Dayle Oster

Canadian Summer School in Germany 35th Anniversary Award - SHARING $1,000

Michelle BraisMallory MacDermid

CFCW Scholarship - $900 Rebecca Pospolita

Cindy Ann Haywood Memorial Award in Music - SHARING $1,000 Juanita HohmStephanie Olson

City of Camrose Terry Fox Marathon of Hope Award - $1,400 Allyson Wrubleski

Clarence and Thea Magneson Memorial Scholarship - $600 Candice Huculiak

Clarice B. Olafson Award - $900 Brett Ponich

David Lynn Bennett Memorial Award - $1,250 Eric Andersson

Dianne Precht Memorial Scholarship in Music - $1,500 Candice Huculiak

Dorothy Clapson Memorial Award - SHARING $1,000 Paurav DanaFowzia Huda

Doug and Gail Peterson Award - $500 Alissa Keer

Dr. Craig W. and Jacqueline D. Norstrom Award - $2,100 Evan Warmington

Dr. David W. and Darlene C. Dahle Award - $1,200 Nicholas Beggs

Dr. Gerhard and Mrs. Hilda Driedger Scholarship - $700 Riley Wallace

Dr. Velma Gooch Memorial Award in English Literature - $1,200 Annika Olesen

Dr. W.G. (Gibber) and Dorothy Gibson Award - $900 Tayla Koerber

E F Marken Memorial Scholarship - $500 Kieryn Houlder

Elizabeth “Libby” Brownell Leadership Award - $1,900 Justin Prenioslo

Endowed Awards

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Award Name & Value 2016Award RecipientErik Mygind Memorial Music Scholarship - SHARING $2,400 Carrie-Ann HubbardHilda Lam

Ernest Nelson and Ethel Rose Norris Memorial Award - $500 Lucas Vandenberg

Ernie Felzien Award - SHARING $1,700 Kaitlyn HennesseyVanessa Lievers

Evraz Inc. NA Camrose Works Employees Award - $1,000 Abigail Giles

Evraz Inc. NA Camrose Works Supervisors Grain Crop Scholarship - $1,000 Braxtyn Horbay

Felix Wiese Memorial Award - $500 Not awarded in 2016

Georg & Lily Moi Memorial Scholarship - $1,200 Matthieu Martin

Glynne Jones Memorial Award - $1,200 Autumn MacDonald

Gunvor and Erik Mygind Entrance Citation - $10,000 each over four years

Emile Vogel-Nakamura (2nd renewal)

Jasohna Haukenfrers (1st renewal)Jessica Logan

Harry and Betty Gaede Music Award - $500 Chantel Schultz

Henry James and Muriel Rieger Memorial Award - $500 Dana Bulger

Hume Memorial Award - SHARING $1,000 Jamie ColeJamie Grunwald

Inanda Hoyme Memorial Scholarship - $500 Thomas Anglin

J.M. (Jake) Jacobsen Memorial Scholarship - $500 Jaxyn Peterson

Jacquie and Morris Jevne Memorial Award - $1,000 Reana Szabo-Mansfeld

Janet Ingibergsson Memorial Award - $1,300 Rob Hunt

Jevne/Eng Award in Social Sciences & Humanities - $3,000 over four years

Kristen Huber (2nd renewal)

John and Juri Spokkeli Memorial Scholarship - $500 Sydney Martin

John and Valborg Olson Memorial Award ERP*

K E G Patrige Memorial Award - $500 Jennifer Rozema

K. Glen Johnson Award - $750 Ryan Maisey

Keith Paton Memorial Scholarship - $500 Connor Gusdal

Kevin Bruce Hall Memorial Scholarship - $700 Deanna Funk

Lefsrud Family Award - $500 Greg Throndson

Libby Ritter Memorial Scholarship - $500 Leah Marshall

Lloyd B. and Catherine R. McCoomb Award - SHARING $1,000 Connor GusdalKelsey Mailer

Endowed Awards

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Award Name & Value 2016Award RecipientLorene (Fabrizius) Pinno Memorial Award - SHARING $2,000 Makaella McPhersonMatias Rocha

Luther and Florence Olson Memorial Award - $800 Deanna Funk

Margaret L. Rowe Memorial Ski Award ERP*

Marie Myrehaug Memorial Award - $1,100 Jessica Logan

Marion Murray Walters Memorial Award - $800 Hannah Cozicar

Mark Hanson Memorial Award - SHARING $1,200 Sean EarleLauren Grosky

Mary Neff Memorial Scholarship - $1,300 Mary-Anne Baldwin

Moncrieff Ford Sr. & Moncrieff Ford Jr. Memorial Award forDedicated Service to Athletics - $500 Meagan Stachnik

Muriel M. Bevington Memorial Award - $500 Nikayla Hovde

Olga Melsness Loberg Memorial Award - SHARING $2,600 Ozan ArdicAngelique Ayerba

Pastor Karel Lunde Memorial Award - $1,000 Dylan Coupal

Pepsi-Cola Award - $1,300 Dami Lawal

Pioneer Teacher Scholarship - $700 Alexa Blizzard

Prof. Bayard Reesor Political Studies Entrance Scholarship - $2,000 each over four years

Madison Hauser (3rd renewal)

Beaudon Rogers (1st renewal)Danny Yang

Professor Murray Lauber Scholarship - $1,000 Rae Metrunec

Randy Runestad Memorial Award - $500 Rebecca Dyck

Rathnavalu Family Award in Student Leadership - $1,000 Justin Reinke

Reg and Marjorie Harris Memorial Scholarship - $700 Justin Ikenouye

Reynolds Carruthers Erwin Scholarship - $1,700 Riley White

Richard Peter Walley Memorial Scholarship - $650 Hyun-Joo Lim

Ricoh Canada Inc. Award - $500 Megan Sly

Robert Sherwood Memorial Scholarship - $500 Shaelyn Houlder

Royal Canadian Legion, Camrose Branch #57 Award - $500 Nicole Davidson-Quibell

Scandinavian Studies Award - $1,200 not awarded in 2016

Sons of Norway (Canada) Award in Scandinavian Studies - $900 Matthieu Martin

Endowed Awards

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Award Name & Value 2016Award RecipientThe Paul Sills Memorial Entrance Award in Drama - $2,000 each over four years

Natalia McGill (2nd renewal)

Janessa McKenzie

The Right Honourable Don Mazankowksi Entrance Citation - $10,000 over four years Carson Hvenegaard

The Right Honourable Don Mazankowski Scholarship - $1,250 Chelsea Toft

The Right Honourable Don Mazankowski Scholarship - Augustana Faculty - $900 Cody Wales

Val Wolski Memorial Award - $3,200 Amy Lechelt

Verda and J.D. McNeill Scholarship - SHARING $16,000

Erin BlanchetteMary Cairns

Dana EistetterIsabelle Marie-Frederique Heinrich

Ty HelfrichEmma Pilkington

Isabell StammNicole Ubels

Viking Cup Hockey Award - $4,000 Dylan Coupal

Walter A. and Margaret Hiller Scholarship - $500 Lee McDonald

Wesley James Engen Memorial Award - SHARING $1,500 Zachary KerczAdam Osczevski

Wilbert G. Bevington Memorial Award - $250 Daniel Christensen

Zetsen Master Builders Inc. Award - $500 Matthew Andreassen

Endowed Awards

NOTE: We have endeavored to make the information in this program as accurate as possible. Please accept our apologies if your name or information has been misspelled

or omitted, and please let us know so we might correct our error.

Bursaries

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Augustana Students’ Association Bursary ($2,000)

Camrose Morning News Bursary ($500)

Camrose Veterinary Hospital Bursary ($1,000)

Dr. George & Mrs. Elaine Nye Augustana Bursary ($1,000)

Elwyn Grattidge Family Bursary (VARIABLE)

Farnham West Stolee Bursary ($500)

Fred & Jean Daley Augustana Bursary ($500)

Hanneman Augustana Bursary (VARIABLE)

Jeanne Hunter Bursary (VARIABLE)

Laura M. Anderson Augustana Bursary (VARIABLE)

Linda (Dennis) Cole Memorial Augustana Bursary ($1,000)

Michael Wandio Memorial Augustana Bursary ($1,000)

Ness Family Bursary (VARIABLE)

Ralph Campbell Memorial Augustana Bursary ($1,000)

Ruth & Jim Herman Augustana Bursary ($1,000)

Saroj and Banarsi Lal Chawla Memorial Augustana Bursary ($1,000)

Terrin Bourque Memorial Augustana Bursary ($1,000)

Please note we do not publish bursary recipient names.

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We wish to gratefully acknowledge the many gifts we receive in support of student awards each year that celebrate events and honour and remember loved ones. These gifts embrace student recipients into the “circle of life” of our donors.

2016 Entrance Citation RecipientsThe Right Honourable Don Mazankowski Entrance Citation

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Carson HvenegaardFor environmental science student Carson Hvenegaard, who grew up in Camrose and attended Camrose Composite High School, Augustana was the logical choice to begin his university career. As this year’s recipient of the Right Honourable Don Mazankowski Entrance Citation Scholarship, Carson notes that the money will make quite a difference, not only in his first year, but for this future plans as well.

“This money means I will be able to do more activities here at Augustana,” Carson explains. “It will [also] make it easier to continue my education after this.”

Although already looking ahead, Carson has also made the most of his short time at Augustana by being involved with the science, outdoor, soccer, and wildlife clubs, and completing a Community Service Learning placement during which he worked with the Camrose Boys and Girls Club. He hopes the rest of his time will include research and travel, but so far, has enjoyed campus life, and has been especially fond of dorm living.

“I’m living in residence and it has been great! My roommate and I get along very well, and it has helped me meet and spend time with many more good friends.”

Gunvor and Erik Mygind Entrance CitationJessica Logan

Jessica Logan grew up in Spruce Grove and chose Augustana for the opportunity to learn at a school entirely committed to undergraduate education. She is studying biology and chemistry and the number of awards she has won–totalling almost $40,000 in funding–has had a large impact on her studies.

“For me, these awards didn’t just mean schooling would be easier, but it would be possible, because financially I wasn’t sure it would be otherwise,” Jessica explained. “Since starting it has given me the drive to study even more diligently, knowing that other people believed in my success so much that they helped me get where I am now.”

Jessica has already begun doing undergraduate research with professor Tom Terzin inthe biology department, and is also volunteering as a Campus Ambassador with the Campus Visits program. She looks forward to participating in the truth and reconciliation workshops next year, finding new places to volunteer on and off campus, and travelling to Costa Rica during her fourth year at Augustana.

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Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award

Winter 2016

Robyn Perkins (BSc Environmental Science ’16) received the Fall 2016 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award for her work with professor Dee Patriquin on the movements of black-capped chickadees—a North-American bird species—throughout fragmented urban environments. Robyn’s work will help to understand how birds survive in cities and find ways to bolster native avian populations in order to fight the risk of extinction.

Fall 2016

Robyn’s passion for environmental science and ornithology stemmed from her childhood visits to the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory where she would often find herself thinking that working there “must be the best job in the world.” Fast forward to her University career where Robyn has toured China for a politics/economics course and visited the Beaverhill Bird Observatory during an environmental science class, which have inspired her future plans to visit the Henan province of China for three months to perform behavioral research on two bird species in that area. Long term, Robyn hopes to study bird populations and contribute to avian conservation in the Boreal Forest.

Robyn Perkins

This year’s Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award in Winter 2016 went to Linda Ervin (BA Physical Education ’16) for her research project on Middle Eastern dance (belly dance). Her project focused on belly dancing’s origins, as well as gender performance and the question of cultural appropriation in terms of Middle Eastern dance, supervised by professor Yvonne Becker. “My study was inspired by two contrasting articles…one that found participation in belly dance was associated with many physical and psycho-social benefits for women…while the other, written by a woman of Middle Eastern descent, claimed that white women’s participation in belly dance amounts to a blatant case of wrongful cultural appropriation.”

The multidisciplinary aspect of Linda’s research is also reflected in her current and future career goals. She currently owns a consulting company on corporate wellness, is a partner in a commercial custom painting and decorating company, is taking courses in statistics and kinetic anatomy, and hopes to do further academic work in rehabilitation medicine.

Linda Ervin

Program

Welcome & IntroductionsMrs. Bonita Anderson, Director of Development

Blessing of the MealThe Augustana Choir

Prayer of ThanksgivingRebecca Pospolita, Student Chaplain

MealAugustana Campus Food Services

GreetingsMr. Benjamin CurryPresident, Augustana Students’ Association

Donor Appreciation & Anniversary RecognitionMrs. Bree Urkow, Assistant Director, Development

Dean’s RemarksDr. Allen Berger, Dean

Recognition of Entrance Citation RecipientsDr. Allen Berger, Dean

Augustana Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni AwardDr. Ronald Lett, ‘71

Presentation of Certificates to StudentsPlease see page 6 for instructions

Response on Behalf of Award RecipientsMs Jessica Logan2016 Recipient of the Gunvor & Erik Mygind Entrance Citation

Concluding Remarks

Mr. Doug LysengCouncillor, Camrose County

His Worship, Norman MayerMayor, City of Camrose