U of S Honours Outstanding Graduates

Posted May 24, 2000


2000-05-19-OTHER


U Of S Honours Outstanding Graduates

During Spring Convocation, the University's most outstanding graduates are
recognized with numerous awards and prizes. The most prestigious of these
are the Governor General's Gold and Silver Medals.

The Governor General's Gold Medal, which will be awarded to Robert Lorne
Hopfner of Hudson Bay, is given to the graduate student with the highest
cumulative percentage average. He received the highest marks ever awarded
to a graduate student in the Department of Pharmacology.

The Governor General's Silver Medal, which will be awarded to Blake Paul
Winslow of Regina, is given to the undergraduate student with the highest
cumulative percentage average. He will earn his Bachelor of Commerce degree
with Great Distinction and High Honours in Finance. Winslow will also
receive The Goodspeed Award.

Several other outstanding graduates will also be recognized for their
academic achievements. They are, in order of presentation:


David Oswald Tracey Mitchell of Moose Jaw (B.A.) Copland Prize in
Humanities;

Lynn Elizabeth Jean Blake of Saskatoon (B.A.) Copland Prize in Social
Science;

Darla Ruth MacDiarmid of Saskatoon (B.F.A.) University of Saskatchewan Film
Society Prize;

Kevin Andrew Snyder of Manitoba (B.Sc.) Earl of Bessborough Prize in Science
and Haslam Medal;

Michael Alexander Lypka of Balcarres (D.M.D.) College of Dentistry Gold
Medal;

Meghan Heather McDonough of Saskatoon (B.S.Kin.) The Dr. Gordon Garvie
Prize;

Robert Coleson Beavis of Saskatoon (M.D.) Lindsay Gold Medal in Medicine;

Stacey Marie Skinner of Indian Head (B.S.N.) Lindsay Gold Medal in Nursing;

Shanda Raylene Lingelbach of Regina (B.Sci.Nutr.) The Rutter Medal in
Nutrition;

Christine Renae Watson of Biggar (B.S.P.) Robert Martin Prize for Pharmacy;

Wendy Ellen Grzybowski of Saskatoon (B.SC.P.T.) Talmage E. Hunt Award for
Physical Therapy;

Erin Elizabeth Fierheller of Beaumont, Alberta (D.V.M.) Western College of
Veterinary Medicine Gold Medal;

Vanessa Louise Nyeste of Saskatoon (B.S.A.) Saskatchewan Institute of
Agrologists Gold Medal;

Keith Vincent Dyck of Osler (B.E.) Association of Professional Engineers and
Geoscientists of Saskatchewan Gold Medal;

Eileen Velma Erasmus of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (B.Ed.)
Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation Prize;

Jerome Arnold Tholl of Windthorst (LL.B.) Law Society of Saskatchewan Gold
Medal.

Keith Vincent Dyck of Osler (B.A.) Spring Convocation Three-Year Medal

For more information, contact

Jacquie Fraser
Director, Registration, Examinations and Convocation
University of Saskatchewan
Office of the Registrar
(306) 966-6728