Over the Edge - January 9th 2013

UNBC PROF RECEIVES
DIAMOND JUBILEE MEDAL

HANNA PETERSEN

NEWS EDITOR

Founding UNBC faculty member and
Forestry Professor Kathy Lewis was
honoured recently with a Queen Eliza-
beth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Dr.
Lewis was presented with the award
by UNBC President George Iwama
during an event in mid-December at
the Prince George campus to recog-
nize employee service at UNBC.

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal
was created to mark the 2012 celebra-
tions of the 60th anniversary of Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s acces-
sion to the Throne as Queen of Can-
ada. The medal also serves to honour
significant contributions and achieve-
ments by Canadians. “Dr. Lewis has
excelled at teaching, research, and
service both to UNBC, and to the
Province of BC,” says Dr. Iwama.
“She is an exceedingly well-regarded
and talented academic, who has ex-
celled in the classroom and had a
significant impact of the teaching of
her subject across Canada, and her
research has been acknowledged as
critical for BC’s economic well-being
in the forest sector.”

Dr. Lewis was not notified prior to
the event that she had been nominated
for the award. “It came as a complete
shock. I thought there must have been

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another ‘Kathy Lewis’ present who
was being honoured,” says Dr. Lewis,
who is a professor at UNBC as well
as a Registered Professional Forester
and a previous recipient of BC’s For-
ester of the Year award. “I would like
to thank the University for this Award
and Dr. Iwama for taking the time to
present me with this honour.”

UNBE OFFERS NEW SCHOLARSHIP

HANNA PETERSEN
NEWS EDITOR
UNBC is’ offering one _— student
the opportunity to report about
the University as UNBC’s | first
ever Campus Correspondent. The

student will be selected through the
University’s Northern Exposure Award
which includes tuition for the 2013/14
academic year, accommodations in
residence, and a $2000 credit with the
UNBC Bookstore and food services.
The benefits of representing UNBC will
undoubtedly lure in many applicants
for this unique position.

“Who better to share the unique UNBC
experience than one of our own students?
This is why we created the Northern
Exposure Award,” says UNBC’s
Acting Dean of Student Success and
Enrolment Management Bill Owen.
“We’re proud to be recognized as
Canada’s Green University and one
of the top small universities in the
country with an environment that is

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friendly, challenging, inspiring, and
exciting. There will be no shortages
of great experiences for our campus
correspondent to share.”

The award is open to current UNBC
students or any other students who
are considering UNBC. To enter,
applicants must create a two minute
video explaining why they would be
the ideal choice for UNBC’s Campus
Correspondent, and why they want
eight months of top-level education
and adventure in northern BC. The
correspondent’s experience will be the
subject of monthly videos and other
reports shared on UNBC’s YouTube
channel, website, and other online
mediums. Visitors to the Northern
Exposure Award website can also vote
for their favourite video submissions.
Tuition credits are also being provided
as prizes for applicants through various
points over the next few months. The
deadline for applications is March 1.

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