Students in VIU’s Trades and Applied Technology programs work hard to master job-ready skills, from Automotive Service Technician (shown) to Culinary Arts to Information Technology and Applied Systems and many more. Graduates in Trades and Applied Technology programs were honoured with awards at the end of the Spring 2015 term.
June 25, 2015 - 11:00am
Graduates in Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) Trades and Applied Technology programs received awards for their achievements at a special presentation organized by faculty and staff on June 18.
Awards, scholarships and bursaries totalling more than $90,000 were presented to more than 150 students in Applied Business Technology, Automotive Service Technician, Culinary Arts, Professional Baking and Pastry Arts, Electrician, Hairdressing, Heavy Equipment Operator, Heavy Mechanical Trades, Computer Systems and Networking, Information Technology and Applied Systems, Motorcycle and Marine Technician, Power Engineering, and Welding.
Award winners for spring 2015 include:
Lieutenant Governor’s Silver Medal
- Automotive Service Technician Ines Alvarado
Applied Business Technology Program Faculty Award
- Applied Business Technology - Accounting Ashley Parkinson
- Applied Business Technology - Admin Yasue Carlson
- Applied Business Technology - Legal Cynthia Perrett
- Applied Business Technology Online Sherri Clare
Duncan MacRae Award
- Applied Business Technology Meghan Hilborn
Nanaimo Chapter IAAP Award
- Applied Business Technology Louise Lehrke
- Applied Business Technology Nicholas Kiefer
Pat Wapple Award
- Applied Business Technology Taylor Hemstalk
Henry R. Nash Award
- Automotive Service Technician Grant Hicke
Real Insurance Solutions Awards
- Applied Business Technology Award Victoria Bowering
- Automotive Service Technician Award Bailey Hawkins
- Electrician Award Matthew Postey
- Hairdressing Award Jillian Shantz
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Award Jeff Leclerc
- Heating Ventilation and Air-Conditioning/Refrigeration WIlliam Smith
- Information Technology & Applied Systems Award Jan Kubal
- Motorcycle and Marine Technician Award Caleigh Lehan
- Professional Baking & Pastry Arts Award Kylie Porter
- Welding Level C Award Welding Dylan Ash
Pat Madill Memorial Scholarship
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Spencer Whitehead
Sam Bailey Memorial Trades Award
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Jarrett Marshall
William B Somerville Memorial Award
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Nolan Peerens
VIU Facilities Services & Campus Development Award
- Automotive Service Technician Chad Conley
Top Student Award
- Automotive Service Technician Cory Shore
- Automotive Service Technician Nigel Ciesek
- Carpentry Marianne Boldt
- Electrical Rob Frolic
- Electrical Kyle McLeod
- Electrical Jonathan Olsen
- Electrical Kelly Poulin
- Hairdressing Conrad Moor
- Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning/Refrigeration Darrin Swanson
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Tyler Nobel
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Luke Weaver
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Nick Peters
- Information Technology and Applied Systems Chris Oaten
- Information Technology and Applied Systems Adeyinka John
- Professional Baking Esther Lepage
- Professional Baking Karling Van Hest
- Power Engineering Alexzander Grubac
- Residential Building Maintenance Worker Shaina Currie
- Road Building/Heavy Equipment Operator Mischa Cormie
- Road Building/Heavy Equipment Operator Marcus Ooms
- Welding Aaron Brebant
- Welding David Christmas
- Welding Aaron Gaudreau
- Welding Tim Chambers
- Welding Mitch Vandersluys
Safety Award
- Automotive Service Technician Ines Alvarado
- Automotive Service Technician Shawn Raven
- Carpentry Chaney Vigneault
- Electrician Burke Bridges
- Electrician Chris Beacham
- Electrician Luc Myre
- Electrician Alexander Beynon
- Hairdressing Abigail Geddes Skelding
- HVAC Chris Vassallo
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Angus Brookes
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Andrew Neufeld
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Brandon Avender
- Professional Baking Kim Pratico
- Professional Baking Amanda Sinclair
- Power Engineering Riley Faris
- Residential Building Maintenance Worker Dylan Thomas
- Welding Scott MacLeod
- Welding Evan Larsen
- Welding Jacob Rai
- Welding Brent Giannakos
- Welding Andrew McNulty
VIU Graduation Scholarship
- Applied Business Technology Sandra Jaeger
- Applied Business Technology Sarah Kwasinski
- Applied Business Technology Nikole Schluessel
- Applied Business Technology Online Lauren Malone
- Automotive Service Technician Tim Donnelly
- Automotive Service Technician Ben Coupland
- Automotive Service Technician Devon DeGraag
- Carpentry Bright Zhang
- Carpentry Zane Hernandez
- Electrician Kieran Littleton
- Electrician Renel Pierre
- Electrician Kyle Seaton
- Electrician David Seamer
- Hairdressing Jordon Kilner
- Hairdressing Serena Coe
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Luke Tennison
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Oliver Woodland
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Derek Klatt
- Professional Baking Sianna Bulman
- Professional Baking Robyn Morgan
- Power Engineering Tristan Adams
- Welding Cassandra Aikenhead
- Welding Aidan Lario
- Welding Trevor Dunlop
- Welding Graeme Milne
- Welding Travis Manzer
- Welding Kayla Vear
Houle Electric Award
- Electrician Jennifer Lawrence
Pieter de Reuver Foundation Trades Scholarship
- Hairdressing Janine Ogamba
- Professional Baking Yan Zhang
- Welding Travis Manzer
Transportation Career Development Association
- TransCDA Award - Heavy Mechanical OR Road Building Rostam Arbab
- TransCDA Award - Heavy Mechanical OR Road Building Daniel Mills
- TransCDA Award - Heavy Mechanical OR Road Building Megan McLennan
- TransCDA Award - Heavy Mechanical OR Road Building Darcy Dowding
- TransCDA Award - Heavy Mechanical OR Road Building Brandon Cyr
- TransCDA Award - Heavy Mechanical OR Road Building Matt Beaulieu
- TransCDA Award - Heavy Mechanical OR Road Building Trevor Johnson
- TransCDA Award - Heavy Mechanical OR Road Building Mat Collins
- TransCDA Award - Heavy Mechanical OR Road Building Geoffery Milne
- TransCDA Award - Heavy Mechanical OR Road Building Cameron Killick
Canadian Association of Equipment Distributors Award
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Ryan Simonetta
Canadian Association of Equipment Distributors Graduation Award
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Adam Mukerjee
Cummins Western Canada Dependability Award
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Clayton Ellis
Don & Lynne Hubbard Heavy Duty Mechanic Award
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Brett Massullo
Finning/Caterpillar Award
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Kurtis Stockand
George & Bev deLure Attitude Award
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Jeff Verwolf
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Ross Somerville
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Adrian Bailey
Rotary Club of Nanaimo North—Frank Gregory Award
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation Cody Munro
Mosaic IT Award
- Information Technology and Applied Systems Ken Martinson
Lentia Enterprises Ltd. Scholarship
- Professional Baking Jessica Thompson
Robert MacDonald Memorial Award
- Professional Baking Madison Elwell
Patsy Frederick Award
- Professional Baking Erica Lamouroux
Jack & Kathleen Brodie Award
- Power Engineering James Giberson
Jack McReady Award
- Power Engineering Yuri Kalko
Ray Hindle Award
- Power Engineering Shelby Moyls
George Nielsen Award
- Welding Bjorn Reider
Karla Harris Welding Award
- Welding Chase Ellis
Paul Johnstone Memorial Award
- HVAC Brandon Bonke
- NPA Board CIF Marine Technician Award for Aboriginal Student
- Power Engineering Wylie Roberts
NPA Board CIF Marine Technician Award
- Power Engineering Vivian Seymour
NPA Board CIF Marine Technician Scholarship
- Power Engineering Marco Rekrut
Tom Forrester Scholarship
- Road Builder/HEO Brandon Chevrier
Gerry Goodwin Memorial Trades Scholarship
- Carpentry Marlowe Brennan
Don and Lynne Hubbard Heavy Equipment Operator Award
- Road Building/HEO Jamie Worrall
Millicent Raffan Automotive Award
- Automotive Technician Lucas Dupuis
- Automotive Technician Devon DeGraag
Millicent Raffan Carpentry Award
- Carpentry Zane Hernandez
George Nielsen Award
- Welding Bjorn Henrik
Pacific Energy Team Work Award
- Welding Christian Odo
- Road Building/HEO Jay Campbell
TimberWest Heavy Equipment Operator Award
- Road Building/HEO Terry Dugas
- Road Building/HEO Marcus Ooms
- Road Building/HEO Mischa Cormie
- Road Building/HEO Andrew Slootweg
TimberWest First Nation Award in Trades
- Welding Aaron Brebant
- Welding Nicolette Kipling
William Matthews Endowment Scholarship
- Power Engineering Paul Piasentin
Awards Pending Selection:
- Mid Island Co-op Trades & Applied Technology Award
- New Car Dealers of BC Foundation Awards (x3)
- Royal Canadian Legion Branch 257 Alice Hobbs Trades Award
- Ted Stroyan Memorial Scholarship
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