Student Life

Award‑winning student essay asks what fractures community — and why showing up can help build it

Award‑winning student essay asks what fractures community — and why showing up can help build it

Mia Mackenzie, a Master of Social Work student, earned top honours in Dal’s Glovin Award for an essay urging people to resist division by showing up and staying accountable to community.  Read more.

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Farrah Smith
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Psychology student and varsity basketball player Melina Collins is this year's recipient of the Dr. Anne Marie Ryan Community Growth Award, recognized for her work bringing athletes and young learners together through a literacy mentorship program.
Matt Reeder
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
As exams and deadlines converge, the Killam and other campus libraries become places of problem‑solving, empathy, and practical help, highlighting how support services carry students through critical academic moments.
Kenneth Conrad, Graeme Gunn, Kate Rogers, Tanis Trainor
Thursday, March 26, 2026
This year’s Dal Board of Governors winners show how purposeful action creates lasting change. Get to know more now about how they are doing so.

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Kaity D'Agostino
Monday, March 23, 2015
The fifth annual Dalhousie Arts and Social Sciences Undergraduate Conference fostered strong connections between students from all programs.
Emily Coolen
Monday, March 23, 2015
Dal After Dark continues to grow its alcohol-free programming on campus — at all times of day and night.
Rosalie Fralick
Friday, March 20, 2015
With seven different positions and multiple referendum questions on the ballot, there are plenty of good reasons for students to make time to vote online this weekend in the 2015 DSU election. Voting starts Saturday and runs through Tuesday.
Jenna Smith
Thursday, March 19, 2015
The Residence Charity Series came to a close last weekend with the annual hockey showdown and lots of money raised for the IWK Foundation.
Emma Geldart (with Jennifer Moore)
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Whether on Sexton Campus in Halifax or on the Agricultural Campus in Truro, National Engineering Month is an opportunity to celebrate the work of Dal students, faculty and alumni in the field.