UPEI students recognized for effective writing skills
Forty-eight UPEI students were recognized for their writing skills at the fifth annual MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing celebration held in Don and Marion McDougall Hall on Friday, November 18.
The MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing award was established in 2011 by the MacLauchlan family to honour Premier Wade MacLauchlan for his contributions to UPEI and his years of service as president and vice-chancellor from 1999-2011. The award recognizes the importance of effective writing as a foundational skill for academic success and lifelong learning.
In congratulating the winners, UPEI President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz said, “I cannot stress too strongly the importance of developing strong writing skills. Writing is such an essential communication skill—for academic success and for daily life, no matter what career we choose to enter.”
He thanked the MacLauchlan family for their generosity, and Premier MacLauchlan, himself an accomplished writer and author, for his commitment to encouraging excellence in writing among students at UPEI.
The guest speaker was Deirdre Kessler, Poet Laureate for PEI, author, and English professor. Fallon Mawhinney, a third-year arts student, and Jacob McNeill, a third-year science student, read from their winning submissions.
The MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing distribute up to $30,000 annually in awards. The family has made previous contributions to the Harry W. MacLauchlan Scholarships in Entrepreneurial Leadership, MacLauchlan Arena, Robertson Library, athletic scholarships, and student prizes in mathematics and entrepreneurship.
2016 MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing recipients
Faculty of Arts: Kourtney Allen, Lydia Banks, Ya Chen, Elyse Cottrell, Daniel Gallant, Jay Gallant, Erin Hannah, Elizabeth Iwunwa, Charlotte Large, Jordan MacPhee, Fallon Mawhinney, Mitchell McIntosh, Karla McIntosh, Samantha Pedersen, Jean-Phylippe Provencher, Nick Scott, Khadija Adamu Usman, Rebecca Watson, Michaela Wipond
School of Business: Jillian Craig, Hannah Dawson, Damilola Emmanuel, Nathan Hood, Pam Raper, Oluwafoyinsayemi Senbanjo, Colin Trewin
School of Nursing: Jiselle Bakker, Tanya MacCallum, Robyn Soulsby
Faculty of Science: Samuel Ebong, Katie Fullerton, Lindsay MacGregor, Bethany Maynard, Jacob McNeill, Brooks Roche, Rachel Speare, Emma Taylor, Catherine Williams
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine: Anne Arsenault, Elizabeth Byers, Vanessa Gerber, Mikaela Jahncke, Kimberly MacKinnon, Twila Maloney, Dionne Paine, Ashley Powell, Mila Profit, Alexandra Soengkono
