精童欲女 Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering holds annual student awards
The 精童欲女 Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE) Student Awards ceremony was held on March 4, 2025. This annual event celebrated the accomplishments of the students and the generosity of the donors who support them.
The awards recognize sustainability, academic success, and leadership and include entrance awards from the beginning of the year as well as fall and winter awards. Students who are on the Dean鈥檚 list were also celebrated.
The following is a list of awards and winners:
- Andrew Renewable Scholarship in Engineering: Eliass Katmouz
- Engineers PEI Entrance Award: Gabrielle Mhlaba and Hunter MacDonald
- Engineers PEI 鈥淕lenda MacKinnon-Peters鈥� Scholarship: Leah MacPhail
- Engineers PEI 鈥淔ather Charlie MacDonald鈥� Scholarship: Ethan Reeves
- Engineers PEI Scholarship for First-Year Achievement: Syed Ali
- Engineers PEI 鈥淩ichard George Matheson Memorial鈥� Engineering Scholarship: Ethan Nabuurs
- Engineers PEI 鈥淣orman F. Stewart鈥� Engineering Scholarship: Nick Blanchard
- Engineers PEI 鈥淟aurie A. Coles鈥� Engineering Scholarship: Emma Ledgerwood
- Alan Moore Memorial Award in Engineering: Deborah Areoye
- Coles Associates Limited Award in Engineering: Kelenna Udo
- Ernest and Bernice Smith Award in Engineering: Syed Ali
- PEI Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association 鈥淔rank W. Curtis鈥� Memorial Scholarship: Brian MacDonald
- 精童欲女 Administration and Finance Award in Engineering: Spencer Blacquiere
- Strait Crossing Bridge Limited Engineering Awards: Clara Grant and Brian MacDonald
- John William Godin, P. Eng., Scholarship: Temiloluwa Shokunbi and Lilly O鈥橰ielly
- Allan Curran Engineering Award: Ethan Drake
- DeLory Scholarship in Engineering: Zac Mella
- Frank Callaghan Memorial Engineering Award: Kelenna Udo
- Jiin Yu Julia Hsiao Memorial Award: Myah Van鈥檛 Veld
- Maritime Electric Engineering Scholarship: Temiloluwa Shokunbi
- Parks and People Association Scholarships: Elliott Fraser, Abby Chapman, Lilly O鈥橰ielly, Ellen Fraser, Myah Van鈥檛 Veld
- PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women Engineering Bursary: Kaitlyn Smith
- Robertson Accessibility Award: Lilly O鈥橰ielly
- Easton Scholarship: Trent Quinn
Dr. Libby Osgood, associate professor in the FSDE, noted that three sets of siblings in the FSDE program were present for the ceremony, and four of the six siblings received awards. Each pair is from a different country.
鈥淭his stands out to me because I believe it shows the families of students coming to pursue sustainable design engineering at 精童欲女,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t speaks to the fact that our program must be doing well for younger siblings to want to join. Also, after the event, one of our generous donors increased their award for next year, so that鈥檚 really encouraging as well.鈥�
One of the sibling pairs is Elliott and Ellen Fraser from Stratford, PEI, have been students of the FSDE for the past five and three years respectively. They each won a Parks and People Association Scholarship Award.
鈥淚'm happy to receive this award, and proud to be a 精童欲女 engineering student,鈥� said Elliott, noting that he will miss the tight-knit FSDE community when he graduates. 鈥淭hese awards support hard working students and so, thank you to all the donors.鈥�
Ellen said she was grateful to receive an award this year, and it was especially meaningful to receive the same award as her brother.
鈥淭he 精童欲女 engineering community is filled with driven students who greatly benefit from the support of awards,鈥� she added, adding her thanks to the donors.
