Development and Donor Relations
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
Category: News and Events
Students on both of UNB’s campuses are working to take action against rising food insecurity. Both the UNB Student Union (UNBSU) on the Fredericton campus and the UNB Students’ Representative Council (SRC) on the Saint John campus have established food banks to ensure no students go hungry, and they are gratefully accepting financial support from UNB alumni, faculty, staff and...
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Posted: Feb 13, 2024
Category: Scholarships and Bursaries , News and Events
The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is proud to announce the 2023-24 recipients of the Arthur and Sandra Irving Primrose Scholarship at UNB Saint John. This year’s recipients are Kate McLeod and Avery Thomas. Valued at $40,000 over four years, the Arthur and Sandra Irving Primrose Scholarship recognizes outstanding students for their academic achievement, community involvement and...
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Posted: Feb 6, 2024
Category: News and Events , Scholarships and Bursaries
A new scholarship opportunity will now be available to student athletes in the University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) REDS Track and Field Program thanks to a $200,000 leadership gift from The Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation. Read more about the Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation Track and Field Scholarship.
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Posted: Jan 18, 2024
Category: News and Events , Scholarships and Bursaries
Pascal Siakam, the all-star forward who was just traded from the Toronto Raptors to the Indiana Pacers, grew up in Cameroon with a father who valued education above all else. To honour his father’s legacy, Siakam’s PS43 Foundation created a scholarship program at UNB for students from his home country. The scholarship is a game-changer for Cedrick Tahmo, a second-year...
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Posted: Jan 17, 2024
Category: News and Events
With their first semester in the books, UNB’s newest Schulich Leaders are settling into university life with the help of Canada’s most coveted STEM scholarship. Hannah Kamogawa and Chelsea McKinley are UNB’s 2023-24 recipients of the Schulich Leader Scholarships. Each year, one hundred Schulich Leader Scholarships are awarded to entrepreneurial-minded high school graduates...
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Posted: Jan 15, 2024
Category: Donor Stories , Bequests
Emma and Clyde Gross had no interest in promoting themselves through the scholarship in their name; they only wanted to promote physics and encourage bright students in that field. “I hope someone will discover all kinds of wonderful things we don’t know about now,” said Clyde, on the motivation behind the award. The Emma and Clyde deVeer Gross Scholarships will be valued at...
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Posted: Jan 11, 2024
Category: Creating Opportunities for Students , News and Events
The third-year law student has fought hard in her life to overcome barriers imposed upon her by the socio-economic factors of her youth. Thanks to this tenacity and the support she has received through awards like the Linda and Michael Beairsto Award, that dream is set to become a reality. “After receiving great support and living an absolutely amazing student experience at UNB during my...
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Posted: Jan 9, 2024
Category: News and Events , Donor Stories
The University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) Integrated Health Initiative (IHI) has received a twofold boost thanks to a $1 million gift from the Sir James Dunn Foundation. Read on to find out how this gift will support the ambitious vision for excellence in health and social innovation.
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Posted: Jan 8, 2024
Category: News and Events
If you are a successful tech entrepreneur who wants everyone in your community to share in a more healthy and prosperous future, what do you do? For Innovatia co-CEO Dr. Roxanne R. Fairweather CM, ONB (DLitt’18) and her husband, Pat, the answer was clear: you invest in UNB’s Integrated Health Initiative (IHI) to drive improvements in health care, boost economic development and fuel...
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Posted: Jan 5, 2024
Category: Innovation , News and Events , Alumni Annual Giving
Marta Tomás Piqueras came to the University of New Brunswick to pursue doctoral studies in organic chemistry and now is involved in groundbreaking pharmaceutical research and development back in her native Spain. Marta (PhD’23), attended UNB from 2018 to 2022 and received $25,000 from the Richard Langler Graduate Fellowship in Organic Chemistry. Her research involved synthesizing...
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