Impact of Giving
Double impact: sibling scholars
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: December 21, 2023 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Scholarships and Bursaries
Sisters Camilla and Dominique Drost have always been close. Since coming to UNB, they have found themselves part of a new extended family: the community of current and former Beaverbrook Scholars. Camilla is a fourth-year student in the bachelor of science in engineering (chemical) program, with specializations in nuclear power and energy conversion. In addition, she is concurrently earning a...
Read the full postNew Brunswick student researches innovative approach to monitor wild Atlantic salmon populations
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: December 19, 2023 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Scholarships and Bursaries
For Jagger Watters-Gray, exploring new ways to monitor the health and diversity of wild Atlantic salmon populations seems almost instinctive after growing up along the rivers and streams of his native New Brunswick. Jagger, a PhD candidate in Biological Sciences at the University of New Brunswick, is a recent recipient of the Bud and Peggy Bird Scholarship which is given to a graduate student...
Read the full postCanadian foundation supports digital innovation that aids right whale conservation
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: December 18, 2023 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: News and Events, Innovation
Thanks to the Murphy Family Foundation, the University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) McKenna Institute and intrepid researcher Dr. Kim Davies, one of our region’s most iconic and endangered species, the North Atlantic right whale, is getting a better chance at survival. Find out more here.
Read the full postEmpowering accessibility
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: December 14, 2023 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Creating Opportunities for Students, Donor Stories
In 2006, when Jim McLean (BScEE’70) and his wife, Rilla (BT’68, BA’70) were considering including UNB in their gift planning, they reached out to the Office of Development and Donor Relations to discuss a potential bequest. Over the next few years, they worked together with development staff to create an award that was both meaningful to them and supportive of the diverse...
Read the full postA family affair: empowering future foresters
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: December 11, 2023 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Creating Opportunities for Students, Donor Stories
Every member of the Erdle family has experienced the benefits of a UNB education, and each of them wished to extend those opportunities to students in years to come. Thom (BScF’79, PhD’90), Marianne (BScF’83, BEd’94), Alanna (MScFE’13) and Heidi (MF’13, MBA’18) Erdle, each of whom earned degrees in forestry, have come together to fund the Erdle Family...
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