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2024 Governor General's Silver Medal Recipient - Biology Major Amrit Singh

When Amrit Singh sets his mind on an academic goal, he usually achieves it. So, when he zeroed in on winning the Governor General’s Silver Medal for 2024, odds were good he’d win it.

It took a ton of work to achieve the highest standing in an undergraduate degree program, but Singh did what he set out to do with an overall GPA of 4.27.

[Read more at UFV Today]


2023 Outstanding Leadership Award - Biology Major Manjot Benning

A student would have to be really outstanding to be the first-ever winner of the UFV Alumni Association’s Outstanding Student Leader award. Manjot Benning fits the bill, and then some! 

She’s graduating this June with top marks in her Bachelor of Science degree program, with sights set on medical school applications in the future. She’s a straight-A biology major with a near-perfect 4.15 GPA and has been on the UFV Science Dean’s list since December 2019. [READ MORE at UFV Today}


2021 BSc Graduate, Isabelle St-Martin, Faculty of Applied and Technical Studies Dean’s Medal Recipient

BSc Graduate, Isabelle St-Martin, recipient of the Faculty of Applied and Technical Studies Dean’s Medal for 2021. Dr. Peter Geller, Interim Dean, presented her with the medal earlier this month. Isabelle graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree with a dual major honours in biology and physics, a mathematics minor, as well as a cellular, molecular, and genetics concentration.

[Read more on the Faculty of Science Blog]


Biology students return from the 2019 In Vitro Biology Conference with awards in hand!

Dr. Lucy Lee, Dean of the Faculty of Science and research students Brenna Hay, Petra Dueck Lee, and Arianne Qanbery attended the In Vitro Biology Conference held in Tampa, Florida this month. This international conference hosted by The Society for In Vitro Biology focused on current trends and cutting edge topics in plant and animal biotechnology and genomic editing. [Read more on the Faculty of Science Blog]

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2019 Abbotsford CityStudio HUBBUB Event

The following UFV BIO 410 Biology students were awarded 1st place;

  • Jide Arojojoye
  • Raveena Brar
  • Anmoljeet Hans
  • Valerie Mensah-Wilson
  • Vanessa Mensah-Wilson

Project: Investigation of Soil Compositions to Eradicate Japanese Knotweed

Supervised by: Dr. Sharon Gillies, UFV Biology

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The following UFV BIO 310 Biology students were awarded honorary mention;

  • Zach Mattie
  • Austyn Jarvis
  • Chelsea Clarke
  • Opharsh Lail

Project: Pond Life

Supervised by: Dr. Sharon Gillies, UFV Biology


2018 Abbotsford CityStudio HUBBUB Event

The following UFV BIO 310 Biology students were awarded 1st place:

  • Cheyanne Schwab
  • Anne Amiliya Ferando
  • Sukhmanprit Dhillon
  • Kajal Dhaliwal
  • Jaleen Mackay
  • Kaitlin James

Supervised by: Dr. Sharon Gillies, UFV Biology

POSTER Increasing Wetland Biodiversity at Mill Lake

POSTER Improvements for Mill Lake Park

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The following UFV BIO 421 Biology students were awarded honorary mention;

  • Kirpal Brar
  • Dilpreet Gill

Supervised by: Dr. Sharon Gillies, UFV Biology

‌‌‌POSTER The Effect of Drying and Cutting on Parrot Feather Growth


2013 UFV Young Distinguished Alumni Award

Evan Wiens receives UFV Alumni awardEvan Wiens hasn’t been a dentist for very long, but he’s already packed a lot of professional experience, leadership, and community service into his career. Read more about this successful young dentist.


 

Biology Student & Co-op

Brandon WoodFind out how biology student Brandon Wood made the most of his UFV experience by earning money and connections through the co-op program.