MacVicar Athletic Bursary

Bursary of up to $1,000 | Eligibility: Arts, Professional Studies, Pure and Applied Science

Established in 2016 by Mary Whitney MacVicar (’90) and Allan MacVicar (’92), the award is granted annually in recognition of financial need. The recipient is a male student actively involved in athletic pursuits (varsity, club or external) while attending Acadia. Bursary applicants must convey in writing how this bursary will support their academic and athletic endeavours.

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Manford Wendell McCutcheon Bursary

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The Manford Wendell McCutcheon Bursary provides $660, being the annual interest yielded from an endowment given by two brothers and a sister of the late Manford Wendell McCutcheon (Acadia, 1914 '16). Preference is to be given to a graduate of the Saint John High School (New Brunswick) enrolling for a course in Science. Reversion, if necessary, would be to a student from New Brunswick at large.

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Margaret Anne Gidney Bursary

Bursary | Eligibility: Nova Scotia

Established in 2019 in memory of Margaret Anne Gidney ('71, '73) by her husband Anthony Nelson Sharpe PhD, this bursary is awarded to full-time students preferably from Digby Regional High School in recognition of financial need.

Margaret Anne Gidney grew up in Sandy Cove, NS and obtained her BSc and MSc (Biology) at Acadia University. She joined the Institute of Biological Sciences of the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa, initially studying mercury contamination of fish in the Ottawa River. She then set up and ran a laboratory to develop monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) in a group researching lipopolysaccharide (LPS) bacterial surface antigens. She developed l'vlAbs which are widely used in methods for rapid detection of the enteropathogenic bacterium Escherichia coli. 0157:H7 and for LPS epitopes of Neisseria meningitidis. The latter further developed a conjugate vaccine for Meningitis C that became a vaccine particularly suitable and effective for infants -after two years the disease was virtually wiped out across Great Britain. Margaret Anne retired from NRC in 2006 and died in 2015.

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Margaret E. MacKay ('72) Bursary

Bursary of up to $1,000 | Eligibility: Pure and Applied Science, Biology

Established in 2017 by Margaret E. MacKay, this bursary is granted annually to a full-time student majoring in Biology who demonstrates financial need as well as creativity through artistic endeavours. The recipient is preferably from or has some connection to Pictou County, Nova Scotia.

Margaret MacKay grew up in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia and graduated from Acadia with a BSc in Biology in 1972. She taught school in Halifax and Pictou County while pursuing her love of painting.

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Mary and Colin Lucas Bursary for Nursing Studies

Bursary | Eligibility: Pure and Applied Science

Established in 2023 by their son, Dr. C. Robert Lucas (’68, ’69), this bursary supports deserving and needy students in the BScN program in the School of Health Sciences to complete their studies by awarding financial support up to the available endowment disbursement.

Mary Elliott was born in Milton, Ontario in 1904 and studied nursing at the Vancouver General Hospital and the Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, BC. Following qualification as a Registered Nurse in 1932, she began her career in health care. Colin Lucas was born in Winnipeg in 1903 and attended the University of British Columbia where he earned BASc and MASc degrees. He later attended the University of Toronto where he earned a PhD and where he worked in Medical Research until retiring in 1969. In 1964, Acadia University awarded Colin an honorary DSc. Mary and Colin married in 1942 and their son Robert has honoured them through the establishment of this bursary. Robert graduated from Acadia with a BScH in Chemistry in 1968 and an MSc in Inorganic Chemistry in 1969. Further studies at Oxford University led to a DPhil in Organometallic Chemistry. Subsequently, he spent most of his career as Professor of Chemistry, Head of the Department of Chemistry and Dean of Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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Matthew Kennedy ('06) Memorial Bursary

Bursary of up to $1,000 | Eligibility: Arts, History

Established in 2016 by family and friends of Matthew Kennedy, this bursary is awarded to a student in any year who is majoring in history and has financial need.

Matthew and his wife Lindsay (Connolly) graduated from Acadia in 2006 and 2007 respectively, and moved to Calgary where he worked as a Private Banker for TD Bank. Matt enjoyed hockey and softball, fishing and outdoor life at his cottage, and most of all his wife and daughter Ella.

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Muriel Wallace Music Bursary

Bursary | Eligibility: Professional Studies, Music

The Muriel Wallace Music Bursary is awarded annually on the recommendation of the Director of the School of Music to an entering or returning student in the Bachelor of Music degree program who shows promise in pipe organ, piano and/or voice. The bursary is made possible through the generosity of Mrs. Muriel L. Wallace (Acadia '37, '38) of Fredericton, NB and is awarded on the basis of financial need and academic achievement.

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