Convocation 2015: top graduating students

The following graduating students were the recipients of top academic medals and awards in the College of Arts & Science for the 2014-15 academic year. The awards were presented at Fall Convocation, Spring Convocation or at the annual College of Arts & Science Convocation Awards Dinner & Ceremony.

MEDAL WINNERS - FALL 2014 CONVOCATION

Keenan Barry MacDougall
Dean’s Medal
University Medal in the Sciences

Veronica Anne Rohr
University Medal in the Social Sciences

Aaron James Thacker
Rose Litman Medal in the Humanities
Award for Excellence in English Studies

Dennis Wang
Fall Convocation Three-Year Medal

Janna Marie Ylioja
University Medal in the Fine Arts
Arthur Collingwood Convocation Prize in Music

MEDAL WINNERS - SPRING 2015 CONVOCATION

Lauren Marie Arnold
University Medal in BA & SC Degree
Most Outstanding Graduate in Environment and Society

Mary Elizabeth Cavanagh
Haslam Medal
Earl of Bessborough Prize
L.B. Jaques Convocation Award in Physiology and Pharmacology

Samuel David Derksen
Copland Prize in the Humanities
Debrou Top Graduate Award in History

Shelby Lechman
University of Saskatchewan Film Society Prize
Judy Poole Award in Art and Art History

Jordan Francis McCool-Morin
Spring Convocation Three-Year Medal

Maryann Elizabeth Scott
Copland Prize in the Social Sciences
Most Outstanding Graduate in Archaeology

AWARD WINNERS IN HUMANITIES AND FINE ARTS

Emma Frances Thorpe
Walter Mills Award in Drama

Ginette Rose Kirkpatrick
Most Outstanding Graduate in Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies

Matthew Jeremey Dean
Department of Philosophy Convocation Award

Bettina Michelle Grassmann
The Braj Sinha Award for Most Outstanding Graduate in Religion and Culture

AWARD WINNERS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES

Asja Blugh Marchand
Most Outstanding Graduate in Anthropology

Jia Qi Xiao
Lewis C. Gray Prize in Economics

Michael Storm Bartsoff
Department of Geography and Planning Convocation Award

Bronwyn Leigh Cowan
Tania Balicki Memorial Award in Native Studies

Peter James Tillen Bruce
The Honourable Donald Alexander McNiven Prize in Political Studies

Tessa Jade McKibben
Gordon A. McMurray Prize in Psychology

Justine Anne Shenher
Most Outstanding Graduate in Sociology

AWARD WINNERS IN SCIENCE

Stephanie Michele England
James Newstead Award for Anatomy and Cell Biology

Ilsa Alberta Griebel
Most Outstanding Graduate in Biology

Rachel Ruiyi Guo
Most Outstanding Graduate in Biochemistry

Levy Liwei Cao
Most Outstanding Graduate in Chemistry

Omar Khisraw Zarifi
Most Outstanding Graduate in Computer Science
Most Outstanding Graduate in Mathematics

Nichole Jean Prestie
Most Outstanding Graduate in Environmental Biology

Sean Ernest Hillacre
Ore Gangue Memorial Award in Geological Sciences
Brigid Margarethe Eileen von Dewitz
J.F. Morgan Memorial Award in Microbiology and Immunology

Mark Baira Reimer
Most Outstanding Graduate in Physics
Dr. E.L. Harrington Prize in Physics

Chenji Huang
Most Outstanding Graduate in Statistics

AWARD WINNERS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS

Chelsea Elizabeth Cunningham
Most Outstanding Graduate in Biotechnology

Fadekemi Zinat Oyedeji
Mabel F. Timlin Prize in Business Economics

Courtney Elizabeth Tuck
Most Outstanding Graduate in Classical, Medieval & Renaissance Studies

Spencer Chad
Most Outstanding Graduate in Environmental Earth Sciences

Cheralyn Dawn Atkins
Most Outstanding Graduate in Interactive Systems Design

Irena Marion Smith
International Studies Program Convocation Award

Sarah Anne Armstrong
Land Use and Environmental Studies Program Convocation Award

Keira Lianne Minielly
Most Outstanding Graduate in Linguistics

Victoria Lynn Howse
Most Outstanding Graduate in Mathematical Physics

Michael Glen Wenstob Thompson
Most Outstanding Graduate in Paleobiology

Brittney Fay Beckie
Regional and Urban Planning Program Convocation Award

Laura Jane Halyk
Most Outstanding Graduate in Toxicology