Students Receive Awards at Special Reception

Whitehorse –Winners of scholarship and bursary awards will be celebrated at a special awards reception on Thursday, November 18 at Yukon  College. The ceremony will take place at the Yukon Arts Centre where the recipients will meet their benefactors. Recipients of the following awards will be honoured:

Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) Northern resident awards

Alice Donald Scholarship

Aron Senkpiel Scholarship

Hazel Fekete Scholarship

George Walker 8th International Congress on Circumpolar Health Scholarship

Lake Lebarge Lions Club bursary

Mary Ellen Whyard Scholarship

Ni’iinlii Njik Renewable Resource Management Scholarship

Yukon Electrical Company Bursary

Yukon Outfitters Award

President’s Award for Research Excellence

Yukon/Stikine Regional Science Fair Scholarships

Yukon College Entrance Awards for Yukon High   School Graduates

Yukon College is building its endowment fund, now at $147,450, and is distributed through the Yukon Foundation. New donors include Yukon Electrical Company, First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun, Yukon Outfitters Association, and Sysco Edmonton. Yukon  College matches donations to the Endowment Fund up to $15,000 per year.

“We are privileged to see that our donor list is growing and that the Yukon College Endowment Fund has made a significant increase in its donations”, says Terry Weninger, Yukon College President. “Our new endowment wall is a tribute to Yukon College and those individuals and corporations in the Yukon who are dedicated to ensuring a higher standard of education.”

The award winners and their families are invited to Yukon College’s Awards Reception at the Yukon Arts Centre Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. More info is available at:

http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/awards

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Contact:

Ann Bowen

Coordinator, College Relations

Yukon College

867 668 8786

abowen@yukoncollege.yk.ca