Special Journal issue: Great Grads
More than 4,500 students will be collecting their degrees at Place des Arts during Concordia’s June convocation ceremonies.
Each year, Canada’s Governor General grants an Academic Medal to the student graduating with the highest GPA across the university. Until now, Concordia’s enrolment has meant one graduate student and one undergraduate received the medal each academic year (gold and silver respectively). This year, Concordia’s increased enrolment has made it eligible for gold and silver medals at both the November and June convocations.
Meet the 17 students who graduated at the tops of their classes:
Myriam Suchet - Excellent in any language
David Mamane - 4.29 GPA: almost perfect
Guillaume Boivin - Marketing major on track
Cheryl Sim - Documentary as art
Kaushik Roy - How to decode the iris
Derek O'Flaherty - Synthesizing DNA for cancer treatment research
Menachem Freedman - Serving the community — around the world
Kyler Kelly - Climbing to The Summit
Raissa El-Haddad - Industrious student aims high
Zhuo Ling - Taking his hands-on education seriously
Justin Horst - Learning and leading on his feet
Vijeta Patel - Multi-tasking her way to excellence
Valérie Larochelle - 'You will feel like you have a purpose'
Mahmood-Reza Pooyan - Tailoring reconstruction to needs of post-conflict zones
Jessica Sypher - High marks, zero waste
Pohanna Pyne Feinberg - Art builds community
Darryl Martin - Perseverance the key