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

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

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

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

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)

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

Hasan Malik (Dean), Grace Ednie (Award Recipient), and Jennifer Deighton (Advancement Office). Photo: Jessica Hinchliffe