New awards strengthen support for students pursuing higher education and working toward professional credentials in nutrition and dietetics
For Emily Kennedy (’14), earning a degree in Environmental and Sustainability Studies (ESST) has taken her across the world. In 2017, her Youth in Agriculture Initiative in Uganda won the first Nudge Global Impact Award. She was also the only woman in the running.
In an afternoon celebration in Wolfville, the Acadia campus and community gathered to celebrate the launch of the $75-million Campaign for Acadia, the largest comprehensive fundraising initiative in Acadia University history.
Derek Charke: creating an international stage in rural Nova Scotia
A new scholarship has been created by Gerry and Margaret Kazma and the Kazma Family Foundation to honour the memory of Margaret’s brother and his wife.
Alumni and friends joined together on December 4, 2018, for the Ottawa Launch of Campaign for Acadia. With an ambitious $75-million goal, the campaign will sustain the Acadia of today and build the Acadia of the future.
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Thanks to the generosity of the John and Judy Bragg Foundation, up to 13 Acadia students benefit annually from the following awards, named in honour of former teachers who were Acadia alumni:
Some of the most recent recipients of these awards spoke to Acadia about their lives as students and shared their gratitude:
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