Nimisha Sumathi receives the President’s Engagement Award from Steve Hudson, vice-president Academic and Learner Services, and Lesley Calvin, manager of the Centre for Student Engagement and Leadership.
Student engagement took centre stage on April 1 at the second annual l Niagara College Volunteer and Leadership Awards.
Hosted by the Centre for Student Engagement and Leadership, the April 1 event recognized the hard work and dedication of students to campus engagement, student leadership and all areas of campus life, publicly acknowledging students who have dedicated their time to being involved and/or volunteering both on- and off-campus.
CSEL manager Lesley Calvin noted that the event was significant for the College as it illustrated the level of involvement students have at the College and how it increases each year.
“We have the unique position in the CSEL of receiving NCVLA nominations from the many service and academic areas, and the pride that the NC staff nominators feel for their students is impressive and inspirational,” said Calvin, who noted that many staff members full letters of support and documentation to back up why their student should win.
“When the student winners are announced, the cheers, smiles and tears of joy make for a very fun and emotional night. Seeing the students and staff cheer for each other and collect their awards with pride shows to us how impactful it is to celebrate our students achievements and involvement, inside the class room, out on the field, on campus and in the community.”
2016 winners include:
Departmental Awards
Global Citizenship: Chenglin Wang (Zac)
Sustainability: Brenna Thompson
Sustainability: Amber-Lynn Schmucker
NC Libraries: Patricia Walsh
Athletics: Miranda Ross, Steve (Steven) Stone
First Nations, Métis and Inuit Services: Carolyn Day
NC Entrepreneur Award: Kevin Unger
Recruitment Ambassador: Francesco Caruso
SAC Spirit Award: Naasson Huyler
SAC Peer Award: Alice Mary Nakiwala
Dean’s Engagement Awards
Academic and Liberal Studies: Allison Pillwein
Business, Hospitality & Tourism, Environment
Business: Simon Price
Canadian Food and Wine Institute
CFWI: Justin Drouin, Adrienne Tse
Community and Health Studies
Community Services: Jamie-Lynn Gillingham
Justice and Fitness: Tiana Dominick
Media, Trades and Technology
Media Studies: Kalyna Taras
Centre for Student Engagement and Leadership Awards
Outstanding Orientation Leader/NC Spirit Award: Carter Stowar
Outstanding Peer Mentor: Melody Cosby
Outstanding First Gen: Chelsea Mizzi
Outstanding LEAD participant: Jay (Jayavardhan) Sonu
Outstanding Peer Tutor: Matthew Mantle
Community Engagement (24+ and or 1 yr program): Brianna Russ
Community Engagement (24+ and or 1 yr program): Spencer Tanguay
Community Engagement (24+ and or 1 yr program): Vineet Bhatia
Community Engagement (24+ and or 1 yr program): Carter Stowar
Community Engagement (24+ and or 1 yr program): Megan Fleury
Community Engagement (24+ and or 1 yr program): Michael Turmel
Community Engagement (24+ and or 1 yr program): Sarah Greig
Community Engagement (24+ and or 1 yr program): Kelsey Henry
Ontario Volunteer Service Awards: Minh Anh Nguyen
CSEL Spirit Award: Chelsea Mizzi
President’s Engagement Award: Nimisha Sumathi
