Days and nights hitting the books brings grads reward

Twenty-nine top UBC students in each degree program finished their studies at the head of their class this academic year. Among them are winners of the Governor General's Academic Medals (listed on page 3). They are:

American Institute of Certified Planners Prize (Most outstanding graduating student in Community and Regional Planning): Randy Lee Cleveland

Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Gold Medal (Most outstanding record in the graduating class of Applied Science, BASc): Irfan Amir Nurmahomed Dhalla

B.C. Dental Hygienists Association Gold Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Dental Hygiene, BDSc): Lisa Anne Enns

Helen L. Balfour Prize (Head of the Graduating Class in Nursing, BSN): Rhonda Yvonne Kropp

Dr. Maxwell A. Cameron Memorial Medal and Prize (Head of the Graduating Class in Education, Elementary Teaching field, BEd): Judith Anne Aiken

Ruth Cameron Medal for Librarianship (Head of the Graduating Class in Librarianship, MLIS): Katherine Thompson Prophet

Carter-Horner Medal and Prize for Pharmaceutical Sciences (Head of the Graduating Class in Pharmaceutical Sciences, BSc [Pharm]): Robert Walter Lafreniere

College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia Gold Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Dentistry, DMD): Jacalyn Megan Sollid

Professor C.F.A. Culling Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science Prize (greatest overall academic excellence in the graduating class of the Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science): Merrillee Atina Hughes

Dr. Brock Fahrni Prize in Occupational Therapy (Head of the Graduating Class in Rehabilitation Sciences, Occupational Therapy, BSc [OT]): Lauren Grace Lewis

Dr. Brock Fahrni Prize in Physiotherapy (Head of the Graduating Class in Rehabilitation Sciences, Physiotherapy, BSc [PT]): Karolyn June Lock

Hamber Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Medicine, MD, best cumulative record in all years of course): Nadia Yvette Zalunardo

Human Kinetics Faculty Prize (Head of the Graduating Class in Human Kinetics, BHK): David William Wilde

Kiwanis Club Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Commerce and Business Administration, BComm): Margaret Anne Slowinski

Law Society Gold Medal and Prize (Head of the Graduating Class in Law, LLB): Matthew Joseph Westphal

H.R. MacMillan Prize in Forestry (Head of the Graduating Class in Forestry, BSF or BSc [Forestry]): Jennifer Alice Wild

Merck Frosst Pharmacy Doctoral Prize (Head of the Graduating Class in Pharmacy, PharmD): Robert Mihovil Balen

Dr. John Wesley Neill Medal and Prize (Head of Graduating Class in Landscape Architecture, BLA): Cecilia Maria Achiam

Royal Architecture Institute of Canada Medal (graduating student with the highest standing in the School of Architecture): Robert Laurent Plain

Wilfrid Sadler Memorial Gold Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Agricultural Sciences, BSc [Agr]): Jessica Marie Paterson

Roy Stokes Medal in Archival Studies (Head of the Graduating Class in Archival Studies, MAS): Elizabeth Walker Wright

Marjorie Ellis Topping Memorial Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Social Work, BSW): Beth Nichole Collison

University of B.C. Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Family and Nutritional Sciences): Alice Ho Wing Chen

University of B.C. Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Fine Arts, BFA): Alison Joy Dakin Maddaugh

University of B.C. Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Music, BMus): Dana Marie Luccock