Co-op Awards Honour Students & Employers

Posted on Thursday, March 19th, 2015

Last week Co-operative Education & Career Services awarded students for their outstanding participation in the University of Guelph co-op program. Among the student award winners were, Brittany Ho, Li (Danny) Liang and Tim Martin.

The reception at Cutten Fields also recognized outstanding co-op employers. This year, the Co-op Employer of the Year Awards were presented to PwC- Audit and Assurance Group (Kitchener- Waterloo, ON), and Canadian Solar Inc. (Guelph, ON). 

Co-op Student of the Year Award - Commerce & Social and Applied Human Sciences
Brittany Ho - 3rd Year Hotel & Food Administration Co-op Student
Brittany Ho accepting her award
Recipient Brittany Ho (left) presented by employer/nominator, Angelina Malik, Regional Director of Sales & Marketing, Palm Holdings Inc.

 

Co-op Student of the Year Award - Science & Engineering
Li (Danny) Liang - 4th Year Biological Engineering Co-op Student
Li (Danny) Liang accepting his award
Recipient Li (Danny) Liang (center) receives his award from U of G President Dr. Franco Vaccarino (right) and employer/nominator Dante Sanchez, Mechanical Developer, VSI Engineering at Fujifilm Visualsonics Inc. (left).  
 
 
Collin Cureatz Memorial Award for Co-op Student Involvement
Tim Martin - 4th Year Water Resources Engineering Co-op Student
Tim Martin accepts his award
Recipient Tim Martin (center) accepts his award from Dr. Franco Vaccarino (right), Sheila Hollidge, Co-op Coordinator (left), and the family of Collin Cureatz.
 

Co-op Employer of the Year - PwC -Audit & Assurance Group (Kitchener-Waterloo office) 

PwC accepts their Co-op Employer of the Year Award
Jacinda Reitsma, Partner at PwC Kitchener-Waterloo (center) receives her award from Dr. Franco Vaccarino (right), Tammy Connelly (left), Manager of Co-op & Employer Partnership and co-op student/nominator, Hayley Jensen (Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting Co-op Student).

 

Co-op Employer of the Year - Canadian Solar Inc. 

Representatives from Canadian Solar Inc. with student nominators, Dylan Forrest, Rinita Banerjee and Iman Zeidan.

 

Co-op & Career Services would like to congratulate all award winners & nominees.

Thank you as well to the Cureatz family for the generous donation to our Co-op Awards Program. 

Employers, if you would like to nominate a University of Guelph co-op student on a work term, we invite you to share your success story by submitting a nomination package.   Learn more by clicking here!

Students, if you would like to nominate your co-op employer for the 2015 Co-op Employer of the Year Award, please click here to be directed to the employer nomination forms. 

If you have any questions about the co-op awards, please contact our office at (519) 824-4120 x52323 or recruit@uguelph.ca