Community Awards Banquet FEBRUARY 12, 2019 THE DEAN'S MESSAGE Dear Friends, The rhythms of the academic year at in Alberta, only 17% are enrolled in all universities are marked by events post-secondary institutions. The average such as the arrival of new students, the nationwide is 24%. According to Alex beginning of new terms, and the Usher, bringing the Alberta rate to the pageantry of convocations. Here at national average would require 47,000 Augustana, our Community Awards additional seats province-wide. That is a Banquet, which we hold every February, serious challenge for government, but it has become one of my favourites. As this is also a serious challenge for all of us. is my final Banquet as Dean and Executive Where will we find the support that all of Officer of Augustana, it is a bittersweet these students will need? occasion for me. Above all, I want you to know that your engagement and your Given these statistics, I encourage you commitment to helping us educate the not just to be personally generous but to next generation of young leaders have become passionate advocates for public been an inspiration. I am both humbled policies that advance postsecondary and grateful. In coming months, I look attendance and completion rates and keep forward to discussing our community university attendance affordable. partnerships and sharing my enthusiasm for the Community Awards Program with I cannot thank you enough for your Demetres Tryphonopoulos, the new Dean continuing generosity to Augustana and who will be starting his service on July 1. the confidence you have placed in us. This year marks the 46th anniversary of our Because I know of your great interest Community Awards Program. It is a in ensuring access to postsecondary program that is the envy of other Faculties education, I would like to share with you in the University of Alberta and other a special challenge that we have here in postsecondary institutions in the province. Alberta. To a large extent, the economy of As Becky and I step into a new phase in our province depends on imported skilled our lives, we look forward to joining you labour. This is because Alberta has the as regular and generous donors to this lowest post-secondary attendance rate in important initiative. all of Canada. Among 18-34 year-olds Best wishes, Allen Berger, Dean 2 HISTORY The Community Awards The program met with great success in its early years and that success continues— Program was established in 1973 awards established in those first years are to assist in making post-secondary celebrating over 45 years of commitment studies possible for students with limited to post-secondary education! resources and to attract students to the then Camrose Lutheran College. Today, the Community Awards Program continues to reflect the vision and goals An initial committee of community of its founding members. Administered members and college officials was through Augustana’s Office of responsible for recruiting gifts to fund Advancement and Student Awards Office awards. Working with the community,the at Augustana Campus and in partnership committee promoted two award funds— with Student Financial Services on the the Current Scholarship Fund,now called University’s North Campus in Edmonton, Annual Awards, and the Scholarship we continue to invite interested Foundation, which held the Community individuals, businesses, and community Scholarship Fund and associated organizations to invest in our students. endowments. We wish to express our heartfelt gratitude to all our Community Awards Program donors—past and present— for your vision and commitment to fostering the education of Augustana students! 3 ANNIVERSARY DONORS Congratulations to the following individuals, businesses, and organizations in our community for their continuing commitment to student success at Augustana! 40 Years 45 Years Augustana Alumni Association Entrance Award Rotary Club of Camrose Scholarship Augustana Alumni Leadership Award 35 Years Lions Club of Camrose Len Palmer Memorial Award 20 Years 30 Years Camrose and District Fish and Game Association Scholarship Agriculture Financial Services Corporation Battle River Implements Ltd. Award Scholarship Alberta Blue Cross 50th Anniversary Bursary for a Student35 Specializing Years in Psychology 15 Years Alberta Blue Cross 50th Anniversary Marshall Veterinary Entrance30 Years Scholarship Services Award TD Canada Trust Award ADVICO Financial Planning Group Award 10 Years Dolores V. Nelson Schultz Memorial Award in Voice Elwyn Grattidge Memorial Outdoor Education Bursary 4 NEW SUPPORTERS Thank you for joining the Community Awards Program in 2018! Dorothy Sherwood Rob Ford Residence Memorial Scholarship Life Leadership Award in Music Awarded to a student with Awarded to students with superior satisfactory academic standing academic achievement enrolled enrolled in any year of an in a Bachelor of Arts with a major undergraduate degree at in music or a Bachelor of Music Augustana Faculty. Selection at Augustana Faculty. Selection based on academic standing based on academic standing. and demonstrated involvement with Residence Life as a Hall Coordinator or Resident Assistant. Jim Mokry Crackmasters Preference given to a student Camrose Award for who demonstrates exemplary leadership and commitment Indigenous Students through active participation in Residence Life activities. Awarded to a student who is a First Nations, Inuit, or Métis person of Canada in accordance with the Constitution Act, 1982, Tracy Brandingen Part 2, Section 35(2) with RE/MAX Award for satisfactory academic standing enrolled in the second or Indigenous Students subsequent year of an undergraduate degree at Awarded to a student who is a Augustana Faculty. Selection First Nations, Inuit, or Métis based on academic standing. person of Canada in accordance with the Constitution Act, 1982, Part 2, Section 35(2) with Rashmi Bale Bursary satisfactory academic standing enrolled in the second, third, or Awarded to students with fourth year of an undergraduate satisfactory academic standing degree at Augustana Faculty. enrolled in any year of an Selection based on academic undergraduate degree at standing. Augustana Faculty. Selection based on demonstrated financial need. 5 AT A GLANCE — THE COMMUNITY AWARDS PROGRAM This past year, 184 students were the grateful recipients of 229 donor-funded student awards, scholarships, and bursaries totaling just over $311,000. This is over and above faculty-funded awards or other sources of funding our students are eligible to receive—and it is all because of our generous donors! Annual Awards Endowed Awards Annual awards receive funding Associated endowments are each year from committed established for many reasons— individuals, businesses, and for example, to ensure the annual organizations who have created funding to an existing award in an award, often in their name. perpetuity, to recognize a loved In 2018, $160,200 in gifts were one, or to create a living legacy. received to fund annual awards The University of Alberta invests and bursaries. in these funds and the principal in never touched, only the earned interest is spent to support the Bursaries award. In 2018, the interest earned from Augustana’s Bursaries are established by endowments provided award donors who wish to fund a funds totaling $151,400. student primarily on the basis of financial need. Bursaries may be funded annually or through establishing an endowment. 6 AWARD TERMS AND DEFINITIONS Scholarship: Award: Reserved for recognition of Reserved for recognition of superior academic achievement. satisfactory academic standing. Additional selection criteria may Additional selection criteria may also be considered. also be considered. Bursary: Medal: An award of any monetary value Awarded in recognition of overall given to a student on the basis of superior academic achievement demonstrated financial need and in a Faculty, Department or some satisfactory academic standing. other subdivision of a Faculty, Additional selection criteria may provided that the student also be used. maintains at least a satisfactory academic standing in their Faculty. Additional selection Prize: criteria will not normally be considered. Reserved for recognition of superior academic achievement in a course or set of courses. Satisfactory Academic Additional selection criteria may Standing: also be considered. Normally indicates a Grade Superior Academic Point Average of 2.0 or higher on the four-point scale. Satisfactory Achievement: Academic Standing means satisfactory as defined by Normally indicates a Grade Point the faculty in question. If no Average of 3.5 or higher on the definition has been made by a four-point scale or standing in faculty, satisfactory academic the upper 10% of the class. For standing means being eligible to students entering the University continue in or graduate from the of Alberta from high school, program in which the student is superior academic achievement registered exclusive of those indicates an award average of students allowed to continue on 80% or higher. probationary status. 7 PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES Toward the close of this evening’s program, all guests will be asked to rise and donors will present award certificates to their student(s) while remaining at their tables. In the current economic environment, award support is valued and appreciated by Augustana students. Your gifts support students now and into the future. Both today and always, thank you for your support. We also wish to gratefully