A recap of some of the recent accolades and achievements received by our campus community members.
Congratulations to the following:
Athletics
- Vikings Curling, undergraduate students — Team GPA Award
- Vikings Women's Soccer, undergraduate students — Team GPA Award
Augustana
- Jessica Andreas, Adachukwu Chimoabi, Adrian Lam and Sarah Nagel, undergraduate students — Augustana Leadership Award
- Jessica Andreas and Sarah Nagel, undergraduate students — Augustana Students' Association Student Recognition Award
- Anika Briscoe, Makayla Clarke, Frank Dion, Belle Dodds, Logan Driedger, Timothy Dueck, Nate Goetz, Casey Hartman, Isca Irangwe, Adrian Lam, Emmanuella Loomis, Rylee MacLennan, Joanna Nicolas, Meet Prakashkumar Panchal and Nicole Roy, undergraduate students — Onesimus Award presented at the 2024 Augustana Student Life Awards
- Rylee MacLennan, undergraduate student — Roger Epp Award
- Paula Marenttete, faculty — Betty Ostenrud Award
- Thanhhai Nguyen, undergraduate student — Heather Huber Memorial Award
- , undergraduate students — Recognized as an “Honourable Delegation” at the National Model UN in New York
- Linnea Velikonja, staff — Betty Ostenrud Award
- , undergraduate student — Received a peer-voted “Outstanding Delegate” recognition for his work on the Commission for Social Development at the National Model UN in New York
- Rylee White, undergraduate student — Moncrieff Ford Memorial Award
- Steve Enright, Augustana volunteer — Vikings Coach of the Year
- Jack Hamly and Shae Boyes, undergraduate students — Athlete of the Year Award
- Jon Hironaka, Augustana volunteer — Vikings Volunteer of the Year
- Sarthak Kaushik, undergraduate student — Horseshoe Hero Award
- Owen Lamb, undergraduate student — Vikings Leadership Award
- Jayven Leslie and Hannah McCarroll, undergraduate students — Rookie of the Year Award
- Robert Renman, Augustana volunteer — Vikings Volunteer Coach of the Year
- Augustana Biology Club, undergraduate students — Best Overall Club
- Augustana Drama Club, undergraduate students — Best New Club presented at the 2024 Augustana Student Life Awards
- Augustana South Asia Club, undergraduate students — Most Improved Club
College of Health Sciences
- , clinical professor and associate dean, academic — Canadian Pharmacist of the Year Award
- , WCHRI Communications team — Gold Quill Award of Excellence for publications
College of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Colleen St. Clair, professor — 2024 Community Scholar Award, Community Connections Awards
- , curators of the Human Ecology Gallery — CSA Richard Martin Exhibition Award Commendation for the “Woven Identities: Ghanaian and Guatemalan Textiles in the Face of Globalization” exhibit
- , professor and curator — Betty Kirke Excellence in Research Award for the “Zero Waste Thinking: Portrait Tunic and Palazzo Pants” exhibit
- , senior caribou ecologist — 2023 Georgina Mace Prize
- professor — Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
- professor — Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
- , chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engienering — Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
- , Golden Bears Volleyball player and student — Canada West Male Athlete of the Year
College of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Lana Whiskeyjack, associate professor — 2024 Community Scholar Award, Community Connections Awards
- Kyungsook Kim, professor and Korean language coordinator — 2024 Community Leader Award, Community Connections Awards
- Natalie Van Deusen, professor — 2024 Wellness Champion
- , student — McCall Macbain Scholarship winner
- Iman Mersal, associate professor — 2024-25 Fellow at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers
- Iman Mersal, associate professor — James Tait Black Biography Prize
- Odile Cisneros, professor — 2024 Faculty of Arts Community Service Learning Instructor Teaching Award
- MLCS Language Coordinators Committee — 2024 Faculty of Arts Teaching Unit Award
Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies
- Various graduate students and postdoctoral fellows — Graduate Student Teaching Awards 2024
Faculty of Native Studies
- , Research Centre in the Faculty of Native Studies — Sarah Shorten Award from the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT)
The above list of awards, accolades and accomplishments is not exclusive. This series relies on community submissions. If you know a U of A colleague who has recently won an award or received an honour, and you would like to see their achievement celebrated in the next edition of Community Congrats, please send their info to .