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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Lena Betker
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Grad profile: Kirby Hayes, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
Joanne Ward-Jerrett
Friday, May 17, 2013
The Dalhousie Difference: Rufus Alubankudi is on track to fulfill his career aspirations, thanks to a generous renewable scholarship.
Elizabeth Thompson
Friday, May 17, 2013
The Dalhousie Difference: Kaitlyn Boulding and Katherine Strynatka were the first recipients of the Marjorie Mader Award, supporting study abroad opportunities through the Department of German.
Ryan McNutt
Thursday, May 16, 2013
As spring convocation gets set to begin in Halifax, we take a look at the history behind just a few of the ceremony's key traditions and rituals.
Staff
Monday, May 13, 2013
Fiction? Non-fiction? Something serious? Something silly? Share your summer reading picks with the Dal community.