News Article

College students awarded with scholarships


11/19/2004 3:42:24 PM


Jennifer Antle is a second-year Community Studies student and residence assistant at Bay St. George Campus.

By Melissa O’Quinn

Winning a national scholarship can be extremely rewarding – especially when it acknowledges a student’s efforts.

Each year, the Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation distributes over 2,100 awards, 1,200 of them national In-Course Excellence Awards. According to their website, these are awards which recognize and foster active citizenship, creative leadership, and academic excellence in upper post-secondary students.

This year, of the nearly 20 Millennium scholarships awarded in Newfoundland and Labrador, seven were given to College of the North Atlantic students – five of the awards are a one-year $4,000 scholarship, the sixth award is a $4,000 renewable scholarship (if applicable), and the seventh is a $5,000 renewable scholarship (if applicable).

Among the winners were: Cara Eustace; Tammy O’Connell, and Lorica Russell, from the Prince Philip Drive campus (St. John’s); Robert Walters, Clarenville; Jane Hynes, Placentia; Kelly Keeping, Corner Brook; and Jennifer Antle, Bay St. George.

Antle is a second-year Community Studies student and was in a residence assistant (RA) meeting when she received the news. She says she was shocked that she actually won the award.

“I’m not the type of person to say ‘oh yeah, I deserve this’, but I work hard for everything I get, so yeah, it’s great,” says the sixth-floor RA.

Antle says her commitment to volunteering in various communities was a large factor in receiving this award, but she says the Community Studies program helped as well. The program has helped strengthen her sense of self because of the devotion of time and effort to help others. She says the Community Studies program teaches people how to truly make a difference in the lives of others.

College of the North Atlantic has been recognized for its exceptional leadership at both the staff and student levels. Last spring its Digital Animation students won first place at Animediafest 3 – a festival that showcases students’ work with digital animation. More recently, CNA’s President Pamela Walsh won the Canadian Bureau of International Education’s Internationalization Leadership Award – a distinguished award which recognizes outstanding leadership in the internationalization of Canadian education and/or the international education profession.

Antle says she is proud to be part of such a prestigious college and is pleased that she has achieved personal recognition for her hard work and dedication through the program.
“I always hoped I would win a scholarship so my parents could worry a little less about me,” says Antle, who plans on using the money to pursue her Community Studies degree at University College of Cape Breton (UCCB) next year.
Because of a transfer agreement between College of the North Atlantic and UCCB, she will receive two years of credit toward her degree program, and will enter university in her third year.

-30-

For more information contact:

Stephen Lee
Communications Manager
709.643.7929

Or Tanya Alexander
Public Information Officer
709.643.7928