Celebrating Student Success: 2014-2015 FHASS Student Awards
FHASS held its annual Student Awards Ceremony at Macdonald-Heaslip Hall on Sheridan’s Trafalgar campus on June 8, 2015. The well-attended event brought administration, faculty, staff, students, and their families together to recognize student success from the 2014-2015 academic year and celebrate excellence within and beyond FHASS. After Dean Has Malik’s welcoming remarks the evening’s keynote speech was delivered by Sheridan alumna Athra Walied, a graduate of Sheridan’s ESL and Paralegal programs. Athra went on from Sheridan to graduate with her BA in Social Sciences from York University in 2013. She is currently a manager at Evergreen College and is working toward her Master’s in Public Policy and Administration at Ryerson University.
Keynote speaker Athra Walied. Photo: Jessica Hinchliffe
Special guests including individual award sponsors, donors, and representatives from Nelson Education Ltd. and Pearson Education Canada, helped our FHASS program coordinators acknowledge and reward the excellent academic and personal growth demonstrated by students in Sheridan’s English, General Education, General Arts & Science, Humanities & Social Sciences, Creativity & Community Service, ESL, and Breadth programs.
FHASS would like to acknowledge all the donors of these academic awards, especially William (Bill) Adcock, Dr. Mark Deighton, Nelson Education Ltd., Pearson Education Canada, Sheridan Alumni, and Debora Vazquez.
As with each iteration of these awards, the winning work and effort of the recipients of this year’s awards (listed below) represent the culmination of hard work, perseverance, self-improvement, and success at the heart of academic study and the human desire for knowledge and experience that lies at the very heart of our discipline. Congratulations to everyone involved!
English (Julie Morris, Co-ordinator)
Nelson Award of Excellence in Composition & Rhetoric: Jade Armstrong
Nelson Award of Excellence in Composition & Rhetoric: Karliegh Ivens
Pearson Award of Excellence in Essential Communication Skills: Erin Harvey
Pearson Award of Excellence in Essential Communication Skills: Madison Johns
Stephanie Samboo (Associate Dean), Julie Morris (English Co-ordinator), Linnea Nord (Nelson Education), and Karliegh Ivens (Award Recipient). Photo: Jessica Hinchliffe
General Education (Jessica Pulis, Co-ordinator)
Award of Achievement: Shaniel Lewis
Nelson Education Award for Online Studies: Mehreen Shahid
General Education Award of Excellence: Brittany Noseworthy
General Arts and Science (Sherri Steele, Co-ordinator)
Nelson Award of Excellence – Health Profile: Sarah Tuninga
Debora Vazquez Academic Achievement Award: Nichola Lawrence
Pearson Award in Excellence in Principles of Psychology: Himanshu Shamsukha
Pearson Award in Excellence in Principles of Psychology: Braden Summerhayes
General Arts and Science Award for Academic Scholarship: Maaha Misbah
College Profile Academic Achievement Award: Sarah Snow
College Profile Academic Achievement Award: Maryam Ali
Heather Adcock Memorial Award: Himanshu Shamsukha
Heather Adcock Memorial Award: Kathleen Olejnik
Dr. Mark Deighton Award for Excellence in Human Biology: Zora Jovic
General Arts and Science Award of Excellence for 1-Year University Profile Certificate: Jamie Hilts
General Arts and Science Award of Excellence for 1-Year University Profile Certificate: Ryan Lewis
General Arts and Science Student Award Winners (L-R): Jaime Hilts, Hasan Malik (Dean), Janet Shuh (Associate Dean), Zora Jovic, Maaha Misbah, Maryam Ali, Sarah Snow, Ryan Lewis, Himanshu Shamsukha. Photo: Jessica Hinchliffe
English Language Studies (ESL) (John Iveson, Interim Co-ordinator)
Award of Excellence: Dina El Jaroudi
Award of Excellence: Donika Selmanaj
Jura Seskus Award: Elena Antonova Kirova
Breadth (Sean McNabney, Acting Associate Dean)
Pearson Award in Excellence in Psychology: Ahmad Shihab
Pearson Award in Excellence in Psychology: Clara Cheung
Humanities and Social Sciences – Excellence Award: Mike Damaschin
Humanities and Social Sciences – Highest Achievement Award: Patricia Michele Zaremba
Sean McNabney (Associate Dean) and Ahmad Shihab (Award Recipient). Photo: Jessica Hinchliffe
Creativity and Community Service (Sean McNabney, Acting Associate Dean)
Dr. Mark Deighton Award for Excellence in Active Citizenship: Carmen Anaya-Sandoval
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences – Alumni Award in Creativity: Erik Blohm-Gagne
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences – Alumni Award in Creativity: Patricia Michele Zaremba
Sean McNabney (Associate Dean) and Patricia Michele Zaremba (Award Recipient)
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Has Malik, Dean)
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences – Alumni Award for Excellence in Research: Grace Ednie
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences – Dean’s Award of Excellence: Mitchell Wells
Hasan Malik (Dean), Grace Ednie (Award Recipient), and Jennifer Deighton (Advancement Office). Photo: Jessica Hinchliffe
