Awards
Alumni are one of Acadia University's greatest assets. The Acadia Alumni Association offers and supports a suite of awards and honours to recognize and showcase those who have earned distinction and achieved inspirational success in life and career. Their diverse contributions reflect favorably on Acadia and serve to represent and promote the University both here at home and around the world.
Honorary Degrees
To see a full list of Honorary Degrees, please click here.
Acadia Alumni Distinguished Alumni Award
The Acadia University Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes the outstanding achievements of Acadia alumni whose endeavours in professional research, civic duty, business, athletics, the arts, the community, or other areas have made a significant contribution and inherently brought honour to Acadia University.
The award in its current format is presented each year at the Annual Alumni Gala. Previously, the award was known as both the Distinguished Service Award as well as the University Service Award and dates back to 1986.
To see a full list of Distinguished Alumni, please click here.
Click here for a Nomination Form.
Acadia Alumni Outstanding Young Alumni Award
The Associated Alumni Outstanding Young Alumni Award recognizes Acadia alumni who have graduated within the past 10 years whose endeavours in professional research, athletics, the arts, the community or other areas worthy of recognition bring honour to Acadia University.
To see a full list of Outstanding Young Alumni, please click here.
Nomination deadline: July 30, 2017. Click here for a Nomination Form
Acadia Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence
The newly reinstated Associated Alumni of Acadia University Award for Faculty Excellence recognizes a continued record of excellence in teaching students and future alumni of Acadia University with a focus on the faculty member’s professional and teaching accomplishments. Candidates for this Award must be current full-time, part-time or contract members of the teaching faculty and have taught at Acadia University for at least three years. Previously the Award was known as the Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Nomination deadline: November 30, 2016. Click here for a Nomination Form
Past recipients include:
2016 Dr. Randy Newman, Department of Psychology
2009 Dr. Stephen Ash, F. C. Manning School of Business
2008 Dr. Brenda Robertson, School of Recreation Management and Kinesiology
2007 Dr. Gregory MacKinnon, School of Education
2006 Dr. Stephen Maitzen, Department of Philosophy
2004 Dr. Peter Williams, Physics Department
2000 Dr. Frederick H. Chipman (1961) Math and Stats Department
1998 Dr. Jeanette Auger, Sociology Department
1997 Dr. Mervin Chen, Sociology Department
1996 Dr. Thomasz Muldner, Computer Science
1995 Dr. Merritt A. Gibson (1951) Biology Department
1994 Dr. Stanley Fisher, School of Music
1993 Dr. Gary Ness, Recreation and Physical Activity
1992 Dr. Gwen Davies, English Department
1991 Dr. Maurice Tugwell, Economics Department
1990 Professor Edward Eagles, English Department
1989 Dr. Sandra Barr, Geology Department
1988 Dr. James Stokesbury (1960) History Department
1987 Dr. J. Sherman Bleakney (1949) Biology Department
1986 Dr. Charles Taylor (1951) Acadia Divinity College
The Athenaeum and Acadia Alumni Student of the Year Award
Created in 1981, The Athenaeum and Associated Alumni of Acadia University Student of the Year Award recognizes an Acadia student who has excelled throughout their time at Acadia and embodies the Acadia Spirit. The award is presented annually to a nominee who has contributed to the Acadia and Wolfville communities through their extracurricular and/or academic activities, and has worked to further the Acadia Spirit. Nominees must be full-time students. Preference will be given to students who will be graduating in May of the current academic year.
Completed nomination forms must be returned in a sealed envelope to one of the following locations:
Information Desk, Students’ Union Centre (ATTENTION: ALICIA JOHNSON)
Alumni Hall Room #201 or Front Desk (Attention OONAGH PROUDFOOT)
Applications may include letters of reference and other supporting materials, such as resumes and unofficial transcripts.
Nomination Deadline: Noon on March 31, 2017. Click here for a Nomination Form
Past recipients include:
2016 Todd Dow
2015 Kenzie MacNeil
2014 Darcy Shea
2013 Lindsay Harris
2012 William Roberts
2011 Christina Muehlberger
2010 Leslie Lewis
2009 Rhys Kavanagh
2008 Alex Redfield and Hillary Barter
2007 Jordan M. Sheriko
2006 Megan Margaret Jean Burns
2005 Melissa Ann Brockerville
2004 Adam Armstrong
2003 Hannah-Ruth Feldberg
2002 Laura Elizabeth Saunders
2001 Meghann Clare Lloyd
2000 Paul F. BLack
1999 Tracy K. Antle
1998 David V. Wright
1997 Karen Lynnette Hood
1996 Jason G. Williams
1995 Thomas M. Hamza
1994 Stephen S. S. Lee
1993 Michele Hilton
1992 Robert G. Reeves
1991 Maureen J. MacDonald
1990 Pamela J. Butler
1989 Clive V. Anderson
1988 Sara Lynn Porter
1987 Stephen J. Smith
1986 Frances L. Peck
1985 Edgar P. Spalding
1984 James K. Cruickshank
1983 Brad Yuill and Martha Grandmont
1982 Alan R. Dennis
1981 Eleanor Borden Crowell
Acadia Sports Hall of Fame
The purpose of the Acadia Sports Hall of Fame is to recognize those individuals who have made a significant contribution to the athletic program at Acadia University and who, as a result of their contribution, have enhanced the image and reputation of the University. The Acadia Sports Hall of Fame is administered by the Office of Alumni Affairs and the Department of Athletics.
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