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Terry Zhang, BASc '19, School of Engineering
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Terry Zhang hails from Shenyang, China, and lived in Niagara Falls, Ontario before moving to Nanaimo, and then Kelowna, to attend university at UBCO. As a civil engineering graduate, Terry has held various leadership roles in extracurricular groups…
Andrew Cote, BASc '19, Engineering Physics
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I grew up in Vancouver and as a kid, had a love for all things Lego. So naturally, I studied sociology and planned to become a lawyer. After realizing that law wasn’t right for me, I worked in marketing and sales in the property development industry…
Veronica Troughton, BEnD '19, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
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I recently graduated from UBC with an honours degree in environmental design. As a creatively-oriented person, I’ve always been interested in the fine arts and the process of expression through making; however I often struggled to find meaning in…
Mirza Saquib Sarwar, PhD '19, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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I am originally from Bangladesh, but having spent a third of my life here, Vancouver is just as much a home to me as Dhaka. I have a very tight family, consisting of my parents and my little sister, who are the real reason for any success that I…
MK Anand, MEL '19, Clean Energy Engineering
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I have always wanted to help solve important problems. After completing my degree in mechanical engineering, the most immediate problem I wanted to tackle was the stress I saw in my fellow students. I began to think about how valuable the meditation…
Thayanthi Tharmaratnam, MSN '19, School of Nursing
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Thayanthi Tharmaratnam graduated in 2014 from UBC with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and has since been working as a perinatal nurse in a local hospital. Maternal-infant health, lactation and nursing education are her research areas of interest.…
Hailey Gooch, MLA '19, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
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Hailey Gooch began her studies in architecture at the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) and transferred into landscape architecture halfway through her studies. Her graduate degree is supported by a Bachelor of Fine Art’s from…
Veronica Knott, BASc '19, Mining Engineering
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Throughout her degree, Veronica Knott has held multiple leadership roles including Chair of the National Conference on Women in Engineering in 2013, President of the Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS) in 2014-2015 and student member of the UBC…
Jakob Gattinger, BASc '19, Mining Engineering
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Jakob has a passion for problem solving and serving those around him. Throughout his degree, he has focused on advocating for fellow students and building community in UBC Engineering. This has included involvement with the Engineering Undergraduate…
Nathan Skubovius, BASc '19, Mining Engineering
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Nathan Skubovius is a member of the Tahltan Nation. At UBC, he was president of the UBC Mining Undergraduate Club and captain of the UBC Mine Rescue team. Nathan completed an architecture and engineering technologies diploma from Thompson Rivers…