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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Amanda Lindsay
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
For our first Dal News Top 5 of 2013, we asked the staff at Dalplex for their top tips to keep you on track with your new year's goals.
Sher Scott
Monday, December 17, 2012
Thanks to some quick thinking -- and lessons from her studies -- med student Heather Chambers was the first to solve a recent New York Times mystery diagnosis.
Sher Scott
Friday, December 7, 2012
Dal students volunteer their time at Out of the Cold, a shelter for Halifax’s homeless, organized by a group of community leaders, including Social Work prof Jeff Karabanow.
Bruce Bottomley
Thursday, December 6, 2012
We talk with some of the hundreds of Dal students who made their way to the DSU's Puppy Room this week.
Ryan McNutt
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
DSU partners with Therapeutic Paws of Canada for exam season "Puppy Room," providing students with four-legged stress relief.