Twenty-eight UBC students finished at the head of their class this year, including
recipients of the Governor General’s
Academic Medals. They are:
American Institute of Certified Planners Prize (Most outstanding graduating
student in Community and Regional Planning): Karen Joanne Peachey.
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Gold Medal (Head of
the Graduating Class in Applied Science, BASc degree): Bohana Stefanovic.
B.C. Dental Hygienists Association Gold Medal (Head of the Graduating Class
in Dental Hygiene, BDSc degree): Carolyn Christine King.
Helen L. Balfour Prize (Head of the Graduating Class in Nursing, BSN degree):
Debra Ann Reynolds.
Dr. Maxwell A. Cameron Memorial Medal and Prize (Head of the Graduating Class
in Education, Elementary Teaching field, BEd degree): Jody Elizabeth Imrie.
Ruth Cameron Medal for Librarianship (Head of the Graduating Class in Librarianship,
MLIS degree): Catherine Meye Chiba.
Carter-Horner Medal and Prize for Pharmaceutical Sciences (Head of the Graduating
Class in Pharmaceutical Sciences, BSc (Pharm) degree): Raffaella Amoruso.
College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia Gold Medal (Head of the Graduating
Class in Dentistry, DMD degree): Lori Lee Correia Santos.
Professor C.F.A. Culling-Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science Prize (Head
of the Graduating Class of Medical Laboratory Science, BMLSc degree): Martin
Hubert Kang.
Dr. Brock Fahrni Prize in Occupational Therapy (Head of the Graduating Class
in Rehabilitation Sciences, Occupational Therapy, BSc (OT) degree): Cindy
Anne Urbanowski.
Dr. Brock Fahrni Prize in Physiotherapy (Head of the Graduating Class in Rehabilitation
Sciences, Physiotherapy, BSc(PT) degree): Chiara Anna Veronesi.
Hamber Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Medicine, MD degree, best cumulative
record in all years of study): Susan Baer.
Human Kinetics Faculty Prize (Head of the Graduating Class in Human Kinetics,
BHK degree): Jeffrey Kenneth Beselt.
Kiwanis Club Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Commerce and Business
Administration, BCom degree): Jason Graham Bower.
Law Society Gold Medal and Prize (Head of the Graduating Class in Law, LLB
degree): Ludmila Barbara Herbst.
H.R. MacMillan Prize in Forestry (Head of the Graduating Class in Forestry,
BSF or BSc (Forestry) degree): David Lionel Affleck.
Merck Frosst Pharmacy Doctoral Prize (Head of the Graduating Class in Pharmacy,
PharmD degree): Peter Joseph Zed.
Dr. John Wesley Neill Medal and Prize (Head of Graduating Class in Landscape
Architecture, BLA degree): not available.
Royal Architecture Institute of Canada Medal (Head of the Graduating Class
in Architecture): Barbara Lynn Gordon-Findlay.
Wilfrid Sadler Memorial Gold Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Agricultural
Sciences, BSc (Agr) degree): Mavis Wing Yin Chung.
Marjorie Ellis Topping Memorial Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Social
Work, BSW degree): Caroline Geta Goldberg.
University of B.C. Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Family and Nutritional
Sciences): Kai-Ling Ng.
University of B.C. Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Fine Arts, BFA degree):
Rebecca Angela Myers.
University of B.C. Medal (Head of the Graduating Class in Music, BMus degree):
Aaron Jonathan Au.
