UOIT health-care students honoured by Central East Community Care Access Centre
Alexandra Saul, a second-year student in the collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, receives $1,000 scholarship award from Jeannette Taggart, chair of the Board of Directors for Central East CCAC.
Two students completing the UOIT and Durham College collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing program were honoured by the Central East Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) for their strong commitment to education and the community.
The recipients gathered together on Monday, December 3, in the faculty lounge in UOIT's Business and Information Technology building, with their family and professors to celebrate their accomplishments and received accolades from Mary-Jean McGraw, director of UOIT's Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.
"If you find it in your heart to care for someone else you will have succeeded," said McGraw, quoting author Maya Angelou, before adding, "I am so impressed with the work both recipients do inside and outside the classroom. They are shining examples for all students on campus."
Second-year student Alexandra Saul and fourth-year student Frances Tropea both received scholarship awards valued at $1,000. The award criteria require that students demonstrate leadership in the community and on campus, exhibit a passion for their study area and achieve a minimum 70 per cent average. This occasion marks the fourth year the CCAC has recognized UOIT students for their leadership.
Both winners' resumes boast extensive extracurricular activities off and on campus. For example, Saul founded the Sexual Health Resource Centre, a confidential, free and non-judgmental, peer-to-peer service that is available to all UOIT students; and Tropea was actively involved in the Durham College accessibility audit, helping to ensure appropriate access on campus for persons with disabilities.
The CCAC is a network of local organizations established by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care that work together in the community to enhance access to government-funded home and community services, and long-term care facilities. Jeannette Taggart, chair of the Board of Directors for Central East CCAC, was on hand to present the awards.
"Health care is moving beyond the borders of a hospital and the system can only be sustained by moving care out of institutions and into the home," said Taggart. "A quality-driven and sustainable health-care system depends on the next generation of health-care providers, and these award-winners represent a future filled with promise."
An innovative university, UOIT delivers an academically challenging learning environment that uniquely combines a diverse array of programs delivered by globally experienced professors with hands-on research opportunities and a vibrant student life. Being immersed in this leading-edge environment allows students to connect with their professors and peers at any time, anywhere and puts them one step ahead when they graduate.
