REPORT TO STUDENTS ON THE SCHULICH STUDENT ACTIVITIES FUND

REPORT TO STUDENTS ON THE SCHULICH STUDENT ACTIVITIES FUND
As you may know, the Schulich School of Engineering has a one-stop-shop for outside-of-classroom learning, from club and team activities, to study abroad, to leadership experiences.

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This program, unique to the University of Calgary, has now been in operation for five full years, and we provide this summary report.

1 ) International Experience
Since Oct 2005, the Schulich Student Activities Fund has sent 1245 students on international trips as follows:

• 928 on group trips (France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, India, San Francisco, New York)
• 120 students to Crete Study Abroad
• 90 students to China Study Abroad
• 55 students on international study abroad exchanges
• 50 grad students to international conferences
• 120 students to international competitions

2 ) Experience Within Canada
Since Oct 2005, the Schulich Student Activities Fund has sent 821 students on national trips as follows:

• Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race Team to Ottawa, Montreal, Hamilton, Sherbrooke, Edmonton
• Petroleum Engineering Society trips to Fort McMurray
• Annual student delegates and competitors to Canadian Federation of Engineering Students, Western Engineering Competition, Canadian Engineering Competition
• Concordia Troitsky Bridge Team to Montreal

3 ) Award Totals
The exact total of the cheques issued to students for these activities varies from year to year, depending on the number of applications that meet the eligibility criteria.

Awards granted by year to date are as follows:

• 2005 $366,928
• 2006 $400,000
• 2007 $500,000
• 2008 $530,768
• 2009 $615,000
• 2010 $685,000

Applications are evaluated by a committee of students (one from each of the major programs, plus an ESS representative), alumni and grad students as well as three academics.

The initial 500,000 fund was established by Seymour Schulich and has been increased to $685,000 with additional funding by APEGGA, Lafarge, and Penn West.

No other engineering school in this country has a program like this to enrich student learning.

On behalf of the Schulich Student Activities Fund committee, I want to thank our students for making the most of this opportunity fund, and for making this an amazing engineering school!

Dr. Lynne

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