蘑菇AV

PLEASE NOTE: ALL APPLICANTS MUST HAVE DECLARED ESS (ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY) AS ONE OF THEIR OFFICIAL MAJORS.

Peter Mushkat ESS Second-Year Scholarship

The College of Sustainability offers a scholarship to an ESS student who has completed the first year of their ESS major/honours and intends on continuing their studies into their second year of an ESS major/honours. The student awarded the scholarship will have achieved outstanding academic performance in their first ESS year and also demonstrated an engagement in activities that furthers the cause of sustainability, diversity, and equity in their community during the past several years. Community can include the College of Sustainability, 蘑菇AV, or the student鈥檚 residential community.

The application will consist of a form available in early May on which the student will briefly describe their academic achievements and activities related to sustainability. A letter of reference will be required. The due date is normally the first of June of the year the scholarship is awarded. 聽

After acting as the College鈥檚 Interim Director for the 2020-21 academic year, Peter completed a two-year term as Director of the College from 2021 to 2023. He聽greatly appreciates聽the opportunities the College offers to students to put into practice what they have learned from their academic courses. Peter made a foundational donation to the ESS Second-Year Scholarship upon his retirement.

Vince Ginley Scholarship

The Vince Ginley fund provides one or more annual scholarships to students who are entering their third year and fourth year registered in ESS major/honours program. The recipients are selected based on their cumulative grade point average (GPA) by the ESS Awards Committee and funds are awarded in the Spring for the subsequent academic year.聽

No application required.

Environment, Sustainability and Society Student Travel Award

A fund has been established to support ESS students for academic-related travel with small grants. Students submit a cover letter and budget to the College of Sustainability Awards Committee (email to聽ess@dal.ca). The cover letter should explain how the proposed travel will contribute to research experiences or to the application or expansion of the undergraduate academic experience. The budget should include all expected sources of income (including other successful and unsuccessful grant applications) and expenses.聽Please note that we cannot consider retroactive applications for travel that has already occurred.

Application Deadlines:鈥疢arch 28 and October 31
Value:鈥�$100-$300

ESS convocation awards

During each spring convocation season at 蘑菇AV,聽the聽College of Sustainability聽award聽committee聽reviews a list of all graduating ESS students and聽selects聽recipients聽for the following ESS convocation awards, which will be noted on recipients' academic transcripts:

• 顿别产辞谤补丑听叠耻蝉锄补谤诲听笔谤颈锄别.聽This award is given聽to a student who has contributed significantly to academic life in the College of Sustainability.

• Environment, Sustainability聽&聽Society Academic Improvement Award.聽This award is given聽to the student judged to have shown the most academic improvement in class聽work throughout their聽degree.

• Environment, Sustainability & Society Thesis/Major Project Prize.聽This award is given聽to the student judged to have聽submitted聽and defended the best honours thesis or major project.

• University Medal in ESS.聽This award is given to the highest standing graduate with First-Class Honours

• Steven聽Mannell聽SUST-Star Prize.聽This award聽is聽given聽to聽the student graduating with Honours or a聽Major in ESS who has achieved the highest GPA in SUST聽classes.

During his time as Founding Director of the College (from 2009 to 2020) and teaching the SUST 1000 course for fourteen years, Steve used his role to orchestrate a diversity of perspectives and approaches to create a unique educational experience for students and set the tone for the College: 鈥淚n my teaching, I try to model taking academia into action, and ideas into change.鈥�