Meet the 2019 Ryerson Gold Medal winners
Sarah Oliver, pictured with President Mohamed Lachemi, is one of several students who received top honours at convocation this month. Photo credit: LifeTouch.
The spring convocation season has officially ended. Ryerson grads are now navigating the workforce and settling into life after post-secondary education.
Ryerson Today caught up with a special group of graduates, the ones who received medals in acknowledgement of their outstanding academic accomplishments and contributions to the Ryerson community. Scroll through to learn more about these exemplary students and what’s next for them.
Ted Rogers School of Management – Sarah Oliver (Hospitality and Tourism)
Fun Fact: Oliver is jumping right into her career; she accepted a job with Microsoft starting this month.
Read more about Oliver: Winning views from TRSM’s gold medal winner.
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture Science – Hosam Sennah (Civil Engineering)
Fun Fact: Sennah’s research on innovative concrete structures has already been published.
Read more about Sennah: Civil engineering student Hosam Sennah wins Ryerson gold-medal.
Faculty of Arts – Zagros Habibi, Gold (Politics and Governance) and Joseph Rovetti, Silver (Psychology)
Fun Facts: Habibi earned the highest CGPA of any Politics and Governance graduate this year. Rovetti was initially an undeclared major, before choosing Psychology and then going on to receive the Governor General’s silver academic award.
Read more about Habibi and Rovetti: Pathway to academic success.
Faculty of Community Services – Annita Velasque Moreira (Nursing)
Fun Facts: Moreira also received the Board of Governors Student Leadership Award and Medal, making her the recipient of not one, but two, of Ryerson’s top awards.
Read about Velasque Moreira: What it takes to be a Ryerson gold medallist.
Niloufar Rostam Shirazi
Ehsan Ghassem Khani
Faculty of Science – Niloufar Rostam Shirazi, Gold (Medical Physics) and Ehsan Ghassem Khani, Silver (Biomedical Sciences)
Fun Facts: Shirazi is staying at Ryerson and will pursuing a master’s degree in Biomedical Physics. Khani is pursuing a career in dentistry.
Read more about Shirazi and Khani: Two FOS undergrads take gold and silver.
Chang School of Continuing Education – Vanessa Corkal (Food Security)
Fun Facts: Corkal completed the Food Security program entirely from a distance.
Read more about Corkal: Gold Medal recipient Vanessa Corkal takes a broad look at climate change.
Faculty of Communication and Design – Declan Keogh (Journalism)
Fun Facts: Keogh’s role model and inspiration is his mother, who is also a journalist.
Read more about Keogh: Journalism grad Declan Keogh receives Gold Medal.