Graduation Award Listing
CA Education Foundation Award
A $1000 tuition credit in the Advanced Certificate Program in Accounting (ACP) or the CA School of Business is available to a student in the graduating year of the Accounting Management Diploma program. This award is given in recognition of academic achievement. Apply by February 28 to the CA Education Foundation. Application forms are available on-line at www.caef.bc.ca.
Certified General Accountant (CGA) Continuing Education Tuition Scholarship
Two continuing education scholarships (a $2,000 waiver of the student's first-year tuition in the professional education program of the CGA Association of BC) are offered to graduates of the Bachelor of Business Administration Program at Douglas College. Apply by May 1.
F.K. Chan and Company CGA, CMA, CA Scholarship
This annual fund was started in 1999 by Port Coquitlam CGA firm F.K. Chan & Company. The purpose of this annual fund is to provide a scholarship to students graduating from Douglas College who plan to pursue a career as accounting professionals, in either CGA, CA or CMA in the Province of British Columbia.
George Wootton Scholarship
Scholarships in honour of George Wootton, the first president of Douglas College, are made available to graduating students in any program who have shown superior scholastic ability and significant participation in college and/or community activities. Candidates must be nominated by a student, staff or faculty member and nominations must include a letter of recommendation giving the reasons for the nomination. Deadline for nominations is May 1.
Mary Fewster Memorial Nursing Scholarship
Mrs. Lilian Fewster and the Douglas College General Nursing Department created this award in 1987 in memory of Mary Fewster, a founding member of the Douglas College General Nursing program and its director from 1981 through 1986. Candidates are graduating from the General Nursing Program and can demonstrate evidence of commitment to nursing. Two letters of reference are required from clinical nursing instructors which document the student's performance in two areas: excellence in clinical objectives related to professional behaviour and interpersonal communications with patients and staff; and above average abilities in meeting remaining clinical objectives. Students apply during their final semester in the program. Check with the Financial Aid Office for the deadline date.
Peter W. Webster Award
This graduation award was established by Peter. W. Webster, a long-time Foundation Board Member. Each year a graduating student from the Douglas College Hotel and Restaurant Management and the Criminology Programs will each receive one award. The students must be entering a degree program at a Canadian post-secondary institution. The award is renewable to a subsequent year (i.e, total of two years) if a GPA of at least 3.0 is maintained. The award is not available for the top student in each program, but rather focuses on all-around abilities and high levels of involvement in College and program activities. No application required.