[Cs-fourth-year] Sylvia Osborn Northern Ontario Scholarship in Computer Science

[Lisa Ann Moszczynski]

Hello,

Please see the below message from the Computer Science Awards Committee regarding the Sylvia Osborn Northern Ontario Scholarship in Computer Science.

Best wishes,
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Lisa Moszczynski, MSc

Undergraduate Coordinator
Computer Science
Western University
Middlesex College, Room 362
London, ON, Canada

e. lmoszczy at uwo.ca<mailto:lmoszczy at uwo.ca>

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Dear Third and Fourth Year CS Students,



If you are a student, from Northern Ontario and you have an average of 80% or higher in your Computer Science Module you may be eligible for a new 1000 dollar award!



Dr. Sylvia Osborn, one of our longest serving faculty members, passed away in 2018 and generously donated money towards a new award to benefit Computer Science students from Northern Ontario!



In order to quality, you must:

1.       Be in a CS Module: one or more of Honours Specialization, Major, Minor or Specialization

2.       Be from Northern Ontario

3.       Have an average of 80% or higher

4.       Be in third or fourth year during the 2024-2025 school year

5.       Be a full time student

6.       Write a one page statement outline the details of your Northern Ontario residency (e.g. which high school you are from, etc) and email it (PDF preferred!) to cs-ug-awards at uwo.ca<mailto:cs-ug-awards at uwo.ca> BEFORE Sept 30th.



Here are additional details about this award:



Sylvia Osborn Northern Ontario Scholarship in Computer Science

Awarded annually to a full-time undergraduate student in Year 3 or 4 in Computer Science, based on academic achievement in the previous year (minimum 80% average) who is from Northern Ontario. Candidates must complete a one-page statement outlining the details regarding their Northern Ontario residency by September 30th to the Computer Science Department Office. The scholarship committee in Computer Science will select the recipient. This scholarship was established by a generous donation from Professor Sylvia L. Osborn.

Value: 1 at $1,000

Effective Date: 2024-2025.

Dr. Sylvia Osborn was born and raised in Timmins, Ontario, and after receiving her Bachelor’s, Masters and PhD degrees, all in Computer Science, from the University of Waterloo, she began teaching in Computer Science at Western. She taught for 40 years, until her retirement. She served on the University Senate, was Acting Chair of Computer Science and taught at every level from introductory courses to advanced research topics. Dr. Osborn established this scholarship to encourage students from Northern Ontario to study Computer Science. Dr. Osborn died in 2018.



If you are eligible, please send your one-page statement as a .pdf to cs-ug-awards at uwo.ca<mailto:cs-ug-awards at uwo.ca> by Sept 30th 2024.



Yours truly,



Dr. Anwar Haque

Chair of the Computer Science Awards Committee

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Dr. Anwar Haque

Associate Professor & UG Chair - Dept. of Computer Science

Faculty of Science Distinguished Research Professor

Director – WING Lab

Western University, London, ON, Canada
e-mail: ahaque32 at uwo.ca<mailto:ahaque32 at uwo.ca> || T:  +1 519 661-2111 x87428

www.linkedin.com/in/dr-anwar-haque-398a96a<http://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-anwar-haque-398a96a>

https://www.csd.uwo.ca/faculty/ahaque32/




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