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Co-op students of the year

Each year, we bestow three Co-op Student of the Year awards to recognize students' outstanding achievements in all aspects of performance, including academic achievement, workplace performance, and extracurricular, community and co-op involvement.

One student is selected from each of our three major program areas:

Business
Engineering and Computer Science/Mathematics
Optional and Professional Programs

Award recipients

Winners are announced in November. The UVic award recipients will be nominated for both the provincial and national awards: the Association for Co-operative Education in British Columbia/Yukon (ACE) Student of the Year Award and the Canadian Association for Cooperative Education (CAFCE) Student of the Year Award.

2012 recipients

Our Co-op Students of the Year for 2012 are:

Jenna Ries (Optional and Professional Programs – Biochemistry/Microbiology) *Selected as winner of Association for Co-operative Education in British Columbia/Yukon (ACE) Student of the Year Award!
Wyle Baoween (Business – MBA)
Jason Deglint (Engineering, Computer Science and Math – Electrical Engineering)

Read more about this year's winners in The Ring and check out the video below:

2010 recipients

Check out the 2010 award recipients on our Youtube channel.

2011 recipients

In 2011, we were excited to award three students with the Student of the Year Award:

Erin Stead was named Business Co-op Student of the Year
Bernard Lambrechts was named Engineering and Computer Science/Math Co-op Student of the Year
Jasmine Nielsen was named the Co-op Student of the Year for the Optional and Professional Programs group

Check out what these students had to say about the impact of co-op in their lives:

2010 recipients

Check out the 2010 award recipients on our Youtube channel.

Who can be nominated?

Each UVic Co-op program area will nominate a Student of the Year by October 31 of each year. To be eligible, students must have completed at least ONE co-op work term. Nomination packages should consist of:

A copy of the student's transcript
A copy of the student's résumé
A testimonial from an employer stating how the student demonstrated initiative and/or contributed to the workplace's organizational goals (this could be taken from evaluation forms but would be more meaningful if it were written as a recommendation for this award)
A testimonial from the student outlining how co-op enhanced his or her career development, personal development and academic experience
A testimonial from the student's co-op coordinator supporting the student's nomination.

For details about the nomination process, contact your co-op program office.

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