The award is named for Aubrey Hagar, a distinguished member of the Conestoga community for more than 20 years, and a member of the College’s founding Board of Governors. It will be presented at the Convocation ceremony held on Tuesday, June 11 at 10:00 am.
The James W. Church Award will be presented to Greg Westenhoefer of Newton, Ontario at the 10:00 am ceremony on Wednesday, June 12. Established by Conestoga’s founding president, the award recognizes excellence in a combination of areas: achievement in learning, concern for the dignity of the individual and a personal contribution of benefit to society.
Westenhoefer, who is graduating with distinction from the Police Foundations program, has demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and has been named to the Dean’s Honour list. He has also made great contributions to the program, to the college, and to the community through his leadership, his dedication and his commitment to others.
The Conestoga College Mastercraft Award will be presented at the 10:00 am ceremony on Thursday, June 13 to a team of students from the Architecture Construction Engineering Technology program. Established by former College President Kenneth E. Hunter, this award recognizes outstanding technical achievement by an individual or a student team in the creation of a program-related technical project.
For their project, team members Peter Copil of Kitchener, Brent Florica of Puslinch, Misha Wee Armour of Guelph, Patrick Bronicki of Kitchener and Luke Borges of Cambridge designed a six-storey student residence that included such amenities as a café and fresh food market, fitness rooms and lounge spaces, as well as private and group study areas. The project ran through the students’ entire third year of study and included mechanical, electrical, and architectural design; building code review and analysis; cost estimating and construction documentation.
For more information about Spring Convocation, including a detailed schedule, visit www.conestogac.on.ca
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