We are happy to award this year’s recipients of the Student Recognition Awards. Formally known as the “Volunteer Appreciation Award,” the Student Recognition Awards recognize our students’ hard work and dedication in volunteer, leadership & other service-based roles. After receiving over 150 nominations for outstanding students who have thrived in service-based roles, we are happy to announce each category’s award winner(s).
Outstanding Returning Engaged Student
This award recognizes an outstanding engaged Centennial student who demonstrates exemplary campus and/or community involvement. This is awarded to a full-time Centennial College student. This awarded student has gone above and beyond in their service-based role.
Savan Thakor
Secretary, Voice of Centennial Toastmasters Club
Volunteer, Facilitator and Participant, Student Leadership Conference Series 2021
Member, Experience Centennial Student Leadership Team
Participant, Leadership Café.
Outstanding Graduating Engaged Student
This award recognizes an outstanding engaged graduating Centennial student who demonstrates exemplary campus and/or community involvement. This is awarded to a full-time Centennial College student who is graduating in April 2021 and has gone above and beyond in their service-based role.
Frincess Julyette Arbour
President of Council for Change Club
Program Manager for Enactus Centennial
eMentor for the eMentorship Program
Volunteer, Facilitator and Participant, Virtual Student Leadership Conference
Leadership Role in the Be the Change Project
Student Amplifier Representative
Leader, The Beauty Project w/ Sephora
Member of the Anti-Black Racism Task Force at Centennial College
Member of the Sexual Violence Task Force at Centennial College
Outstanding Student Leadership Award
This award recognizes student(s) who have demonstrated self-leadership, positively impacted others, and substantive impact on the Centennial College community. They have displayed various acts of leadership to create change and support others.
Jenit Bilakhia
Member, Voice of Centennial Toastmasters Club
Moderator & Member, Experience Centennial Student Leadership Team
Workshop Facilitator, Services and Global Experiences (SaGE)
Board Development Officer, CCSAI
Team Co-Lead, Facilitator and Participant, Student Leadership Conference Series, 2021
Omotoyosi Tina Alli
Youth Accessibility Leader, Employment and Social Development Canada
Accessibility Advocate, Global Citizenship, Education & Inclusion (GCEI)
Volunteer Community Youth Leader
Jaclyn Hernandez
Greeter & Tour Guide, Experience Centennial Student Leadership Team
Volunteer Mentee, Black Mentorship Initiative
Volunteer, Facilitator and Participant, Student Leadership Conference Series 2021
Project Lead, Centennial College Human Trafficking Awareness Initiative