Vanessa Wild || Photo: Golden Bears and Pandas Athletics
This week we recap the accolades and achievements from December, including U of A athletes who set new university records, the return of Chillin' for Charity, and more!
Congratulations to the following:
Christina Hoang - won the On-Campus Community Inclusion Award.
Devin Phillips - finalist for the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Annual Meeting Graduate Student Oral Presentation Award.
JDC West - raised $17,694 at this year's Chillin' for Charity event.
Kory White - broke her own record with 33 kills in the U of A's win over Thompson Rivers.
Leanne Yang - received the Claudette J de Bruijn Co-op Student of the Year Award.
Laurie Eisler - became the first University of Alberta Coach to reach 800 career wins.
Rob McMahon - received the Meheroo Jussawalla Research Award for the best participant research paper submitted to the PTC Annual Conference.
Ryan (Yunwei) Li and Venkata Dinavahi - named Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellows.
School of Business MBA Team - finished 3rd at the DeGroote Case Competition.
Valerie Carson -named one of Web of Science Group's Highly Cited Researchers.
Vanessa Wild - broke a 40-year-old record by scoring 39 points in the U of A's win over Mount Royal University.
Victoria Meah - won the Women & Children's Health Research Institute Research Day Oral Presentation Award.
Yeong-Bae Kim - received the Korean Canadian Scholarship Foundation of Edmonton scholarship.
If you know of a U of A colleague who has recently won an award or any other honours and you would like to see their achievement celebrated in the next edition of Community Congrats! please send their info to blog@ualberta.ca.blog@ualberta.ca.