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by Patty Pitts
Eight University of Victoria students who excel both in and out of the classroom are recipients of this year’s Blue and Gold awards. The students are being honoured for their outstanding volunteer contributions to the university and/or the Greater Victoria community while maintaining at least a B average.
Three students—Joseph Akerman, Barbara Harvey and Steven Moore—receive $2,500 awards while five students, Anna Burianova, André Campos, Cynthia Korpan, Julie Lee and Dylan Robinson, receive $1,000 awards.
The $2,500 winners:
Joseph Akerman, a third-year recreation and health education student, has raised funds for Red Cross tsunami relief and for Cedar Child and Family Services. He mentors first-year aboriginal students, assists with the aboriginal teaching education program and works with the Aboriginal Sports and Recreation Association of BC.
Barbara Harvey, a third-year law student, played a key role in establishing the faculty of law’s Environmental Law Centre Clinic as a full-scale legal clinic with a supervising lawyer, a paralegal and articling law students. She has also donated many hours of volunteer time organizing events to educate the public and students about environmental law issues.
Steven Moore, a fourth-year biology student, is a starting guard and assistant captain for the Vikes men’s basketball team, a lab assistant in the school of physical education and a member of the Vikes Varsity Council. He is also an ambulatory care unit volunteer for the Vancouver Island Cancer Centre and a volunteer basketball coach for two teams.
The $1,000 winners:
Anna Burianova, a fourth-year microbiology student, is a former member of the national youth volleyball team who now coaches and referees volleyball at the junior, senior and college levels. She volunteers in the Victoria General Hospital emergency room and tutors high school and university students in calculus and chemistry.
André Campos, a residence advisor for over two years, routinely exceeds expectations in his commitment to make first-year students feel welcome on campus. He established the charity “RAs 4 Good” to involve his fellow advisors in the community and through several events raised over $9,000 for the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation and $3,000 for the United Way.
Cynthia Korpan, an anthropology graduate student, juggles her studies with volunteering for the Canadian Cancer Society, coordinating anthropology student visits to local schools through the “Let’s Talk” program, and co-editing Cultural Reflections, the anthropology department’s peer-reviewed journal.
Julie Lee, a third-year women’s studies student, is a director of the UVic Students’ Society, a member of the CFUV board of directors, and helped establish the Anti-dote Multi-Racial Women’s and Girls’ Network. She has also participated as a volunteer in numerous arts, multicultural and activist community organizations.
Dylan Robinson, a fine arts graduate student, has made significant contributions to the Victoria arts community (including as volunteer director of the opera What Time Is it Now? with a libretto by PK Page). He also conceptualized and organized a successful international conference on the arts and interdisciplinarity in 2005.
The Blue and Gold awards receive financial support from CIBC.
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