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DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to have extended the deadline to submit a nomina
 tion for the Macdonald Campus Distinguished Young Alumni Award!\n\nAre you
 \, or is someone you know\, a recent Mac graduate making a difference\, pr
 ofessionally or in the community? Don't miss this great opportunity to be 
 recognized!\n\nExtended nomination deadline: July 31\, 2025\n\nSubmit a no
 mination through our online form\n\nEligibility\n\n\n	Nominees must be in r
 eceipt of a degree or diploma from one of the programs offered at the Macd
 onald Campus.\n	Nominees must have graduated from Macdonald within the last
  10 years and be under 35 years of age.\n	Self-nominations will be consider
 ed\, as long as they are accompanied by a reference letter.\n	Current facul
 ty and staff may be granted awards for exemplary contributions and commitm
 ent beyond the immediate scope of their work.\n	Current members of the Dist
 inguished Alumni Awards Committee will not be eligible for the awards.\n\n
 \nCriteria\n\nThe award is given for accomplishments in one of the two fol
 lowing categories. The nominator is requested to select a nomination categ
 ory\, even if for some nominees both categories may be relevant.\n\nOutsta
 nding professional accomplishments\, scholarly distinction\, and/or servic
 e to the discipline or sector\n\nAwardees would typically have leveraged t
 he education received at Macdonald Campus to build an impactful career tha
 t has led to exceptional contributions in the discipline and/or impact on 
 the sector. The nominee's professional accomplishments are expected to ref
 lect positively on the educational institution.\n\nOutstanding service to 
 the Macdonald Campus Community\n\nAwardees typically made exceptional cont
 ributions to the functioning of the institution\, for example through leve
 raging their networks for the benefit of the institution\, supporting fund
 raising or other initiatives\, mentoring students\, involvement in outreac
 h\, or other meaningful connections.\n\nProcess\n\n\n	Nominations will be c
 onsidered for the year in which they are submitted.\n	Nominees that are not
  selected this year may be conserved for two years at the discretion of th
 e Awards Committee.\n	Nominations must satisfy the criteria for one of the 
 award categories and be received by the deadline date published.\n	Awards w
 ill be bestowed during Homecoming every year. They are not bestowed in abs
 entia\, save in exceptional circumstances.\n\n\nAbout the Distinguished Al
 umni Awards\n\nAwarded each year at Homecoming\, the Distinguished Alumni 
 Awards recognize graduates who have achieved outstanding accomplishments i
 n their professional and personal lives\, and who have been an inspiration
  to fellow alumni\, current students\, and/or the community.\n\nThe Macdon
 ald Distinguished Alumni Award (DAA) was created by the Macdonald Branch o
 f the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Alumni Association to recognize distinguished graduates for t
 heir outstanding professional contributions\, scholarly distinction and/or
  service to the community at large.\n\nIn 2009\, we were pleased to introd
 uce the Macdonald Distinguished Young Alumni Award (DYAA)\, which recogniz
 es the achievements and contributions of our younger alumni.\n\n\n	2024 DYA
 A recipient\n\n	\n		Ophelia Sarakinis\, FMT’19\n\n		Raised in Montreal suburbs\
 , Ophelia Sarakinis' backyard was filled with chickens and a blooming vege
 table garden\, sparking her deep-rooted love for ag. She went from volunte
 ering at her nearest organic farm in high school to eventually studying co
 nventional agriculture at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ.\n\n		After graduating\, Ophelia realized t
 he urgent need to create more sustainable farming methods\, so she set up 
 her own little indoor farm in her parents’ attic. Tired of hard\, tasteles
 s strawberries and concerned about their consistent rank at the top of the
  dirty dozen list (due to high levels of synthetic pesticides)\, she knew 
 exactly where to start. Through trial and error (and little help from neig
 hbouring bumblebees and ladybugs) she discovered that farming vertically i
 n urban spaces is a viable solution towards a sustainable future.\n\n		GUSH 
 officially started running their vertical farm in 2020\, setting out to gr
 ow the best strawberries. \n	\n\n
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