Student Volunteer Appreciation Awards

group photo of centennial college staff and students smiling at volunteer award night

This year’s Student Volunteer Appreciation Awards will take place on March 23, 2026 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Progress Campus Event Centre.

Nominations for this year's Awards Night are open and can be found below.

Please see the descriptions of the awards below and last year’s award winners.

Special thanks to Career Services and Cooperative Education, Office of Development and Alumni Engagement, and Student Community and Engagement for their generous contributions to making the awards night a success.

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Students can be nominated for the following awards

Outstanding Returning Student Volunteer

Sponsored by Student Community and Engagement, this award recognizes an outstanding engaged Centennial student who demonstrates exemplary campus and/or Centennial community involvement. This award is open to a returning (semester 2 or higher) full-time Centennial College student who has gone above and beyond in their service-based volunteer role.

Create a nomination for the Outstanding Returning Engaged Student award

Outstanding Graduating Student Volunteer

Sponsored by Office of Development and Alumni Engagement, this award recognizes an outstanding engaged graduating Centennial student who demonstrates exemplary campus and/or Centennial community involvement. This is to be awarded to a full-time Centennial College student graduating in June 2026 (S25, F25, W26). This awarded student has gone above and beyond in their service-based role.

Create a nomination for the Outstanding Graduating Engaged Student award

Outstanding Student Leadership Award

Sponsored by Career Services and Cooperative Education, this award recognizes a student who has demonstrated outstanding leadership, positive impact on others, and substantive impact on the Centennial College community. They have displayed various acts of leadership to create social change and support others.

Create a nomination for the Outstanding Student Leadership award

Nominations will be accepted until Monday, February 23, 2026.

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