Acadia University - External Relations News

In an inspiring display of student leadership and commitment to the future of Acadia University, the Acadia Students' Union (ASU) has made a $2 million gift to the Build: The Student Centre campaign.

A night of celebration. That’s how Executive Director, Alumni Affairs Oonagh Proudfoot (’93, ’06) described the Acadia Alumni Awards Dinner at Pier 21 in Halifax on April 18, 2024. It was an opportunity to celebrate the very fabric of Acadia, as more than 300 Acadia alumni and friends came together to honour and applaud this year’s recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award, Don Clow (’83), Acadia Alumni Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching recipient Dr. Caroline Cochran, and The Athenaeum and Acadia Alumni Student of the Year Award recipient, Spencer Richard (’22, ’24).

Acadia University has received a transformative $1 million gift from the Acadia Alumni Association that will propel the Build: The Student Centre campaign closer to its $24 million fundraising goal.

Acadia University has received a transformative $1 million gift from the Acadia Alumni Association that will propel the Build: The Student Centre campaign closer to its $24 million fundraising goal. The generous donation, announced during the Acadia Alumni Awards Dinner[ST1]  in Halifax on April 18, sets the stage for a reimagined student centre that will redefine the university experience on the Wolfville campus.

If you were to combine talent, humility, intelligence, and grace in one person and say that individual was the epitome of what makes Acadia great, you would have Spencer Richard. A 4.0 GPA student, student-athlete and captain of the Acadia football Axemen, Academic All-Canadian, Sensory Motor Instructional Leadership Experience (S.M.I.L.E.) program leader, mentor and role model, Spencer has made the most of his time at Acadia. The Acadia Alumni Association takes tremendous pride in his many accomplishments, and is delighted to acknowledge him as the 2024 recipient of The Athenaeum and Acadia Alumni Student of the Year Award.

Dr. Caroline Cochran has a passion for pedagogy and numbers. She loves to teach, and it all adds up to student success. Her energy, enthusiasm and commitment to mathematics and learning are infinite, and why she is the recipient of this year’s Acadia Alumni Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching.