Over $50,000 in scholarships awarded to Ryerson GCM students

Ryerson University’s School of Graphic Communications Management (GCM) held its annual awards November 7 in downtown Toronto at the Mattamy Centre. Over 200 attended and clapped their hands off as students, many of them multiple award winners, earned scholarships for their hard work. “To our award winners, congratulations on aiming high, thinking boldly, and working brilliantly together on projects that define the best of our ambition. Ryerson is honoured by your accomplishments,” said Ryerson President Mohamed Lachemi. “Profound and special thanks to the much bigger team for your role in student success: to family and friends for your support help and encouragement; to alumni, donors and partners for the strength of your engagement; to faculty, whose teaching and research provide the inspiration and example; and to staff, whose remarkable energy and organization make everything possible.” Here are the winners from this annual gala. We congratulate each and every one of them on their achievements.

The Canadian Printing Industries Scholarship Trust Fund Scholarships ($1,500 renewable annually)

Natalia Lumby, GCM Associate Professor, with GCM Contract Lecturer Mark Corrigan (centre), and Chris Smyth, GCM Associate Professor.
Natalia Lumby, GCM Associate Professor, with GCM Contract Lecturer Mark Corrigan (centre), and Chris Smyth, also a GCM Associate Professor. All three have authored major features in Graphic Arts Magazine.

 First-year student winners
Dorotea Bajic
Alexandra Batista
Nathanael Chan
Cassandra Colangelo
Brian Du
Jeffrey Feltham
Maria Gaitan
Carolyn Galganov
Mackenzie Graham
Natalie Hague
Nicole Hann
Eun Song Kim
Deanna Krueger
Liam Lafrance
Daniel Lucchetta
Lauryn Marks
Erin Navarro
Jennifer Pratt
Sofia Scarmozzino
Karen Trinh
Brittany Vucinic 
Dr. Abhay Sharma, GCM Professor (left) with Think2Grow Vice President Rebekah Fougere and Norm Bussolaro, Konica Minolta Senior Director of Marketing.
Dr. Abhay Sharma, GCM Professor (left) with Think2Grow Vice President Rebekah Fougere, and Norm Bussolaro, Konica Minolta Canada’s Senior Director of Marketing.

Second, 3rd and 4th-year student winners
Amber Anglin
Chelsea Jo Antonucci
Andreanne Aviso
Katarina Bond
Rebecca Bourgeois
Zachary Bowes
Annika Joy Boyer
Alvira Estepa
Ganna Gohar
Igor Grusecki
William Huff
Eleesa Jacob
Arianna Kennedy
Matt Lescano
Joanna Maj
Lindsay Martin
Krupa Mistry
Sydney Natale
Arley Nopra
Jenny Pham
Yun Jun Shin
Samantha Stante
Adele St-Pierre
Joy Uddin
Melissa May Wroe
Multiple student award winners Elessa Jacob (left) and Samantha Chung.
Multiple award winners, GCM students Eleesa Jacob (left) and Samantha Chung, are all smiles.

Dean’s List for 2016-2017
Rawan Abd
Raphaelle Almojuela
Andreanne Aviso
Christine Bautista
Katherin Barker
Gabrielle Belanger
Ethan Bersche
Katarina Bond
Christopher Chai-Tang
Annie Chen
Christopher Cho
Emily Clunas
Marianne Ellison
Brianna Evans
Carman Fan
Janice Feng
Elizabeth Finlay
Julia Forrester
Alexandra Garneau
Ganna Gohar
Igor Grusecki
Janna Guyatt
Merike Hess
Jamie Holman
Tate Kamps
Nidhi Khatri
Alison Krouse
Lilian Ku
Man (Avis) Ku
Courtney Langille
Daniel Langsford
Matt Lescano
Rachel Lindsey
Tiffany Liu
Xiaoying (Sylvia) Ma
Shirel Moll
Maria Morillo Muriel
Barbara Nguyen
Samantha Nunziato
Jenny Park
Karan Patel
Sarah Pazzano
Christina Phan
Sylvia Phan
Victoria Porteous
Brianne Price
Tricia Sadac
Kara Sidoruk
Corinne Su
Adele St-Pierre
Albert Szeliga
Liz Than
Julia Tincombe
Christina Umerez
Caitlyn Wong
William Yan
Nicolas Zucco
GCM Chair Ian Baitz thanked guests, sponsors, volunteers, students, instructors and everyone involved in the gala event.
GCM Chair Ian Baitz thanked guests, sponsors, volunteers, students, instructors and everyone involved in the gala event.

Other winners included…..

  • Best Bound Book Award ($500) – Kara Wesny
  • Chia Tse Award – Carman Fan
  • C.J. Graphics Award ($1,000 shared) – Christopher Cho, Man (Avis) Ku, XiaoYing (Sylvia) Ma and Vivian To
  • David & Anna Bulmash Innovation Award in Cross-Media Study ($3,000) – Jordan Gruenspan
  • David & Anna Bulmash Innovation Award for International Exchange ($3,000) – Eleesa Jacob
  • Eclipse Imaging Scholarship ($2,500) – Tate Kamps
  • Electronic Document Systems Foundation (EDSF) OutputLinks Communications Group John A. Lopiano Scholarship ($2,000 USD) – Alexandra Garneau
  • Foundation of Flexographic Technical Association (FFTA) Scholarship ($3,000 USD) – Humaira Imtiyaz and XiaoYing (Sylvia) Ma
  • Francesco Giorgio Memorial Award ($2,500 shared) – Christina Laronga, Selina Testani and Gabrielle Pasqualitto
  • Gary Hanna GraphicCommunications Award ($4,800) – Mohamad-Ali Machlab
  • GCM Service Award ($1,000) – Samantha Chung and Jeremy Page
  • GCM Student Representative Award ($300) – Melissa Williams
  • G&K Teamwear Award ($1,000) – Julia Forrester
  • Hans Müller Sr. Award of Excellence in Graphic Arts Finishing (Trophy) – Clairine Mudita
  • Jeff Watson Memorial Award ($500) – Daniel Langsford
  • Mary Black Leadership Award ($500 shared) – Jennifer Ngo and Cathy Voong
  • Narinder & Deepa Lal Award ($7,500) – Ethan Bersche
  • PAC Awards of Excellence – Julia Forrester, Liz Than and Krupa Mistry
  • Paperboard Packaging Alliance Scholarship ($750) – Gloria Cipriano, Sandy Kwan, Rafay Malik and William Yan
  • R.B. “Tom” Atkins Scholarship ($250) – Kara Sidoruk
  • Schawk Canada Inc. Award ($500) – Chelsea Rehel
  • Sina Printing Award in Project Management ($1,000) – Kara Sidoruk
  • Specialty Graphic Imaging Association Scholarship ($2,000 USD) – XiaoYing (Sylvia) Ma, Maya Seto and Amanda Whyte
  • Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute Scholarship ($5,000 USD) – XiaoYing (Sylvia) Ma
  • The Clifford Hawes MemorialScholarship Award ($1,000) – Amanda Whyte
  • The Konica-Minolta Digital Embellishment Award ($1,000) – Mia Cyrwus
  • The Konica-Minolta Digital andVariable Data Printing Scholarship ($1,000) – Darren Brandt
  • The manroland Canada Award ($500) – Janice Feng
  • Xplor Membership Scholarship ($750) – Reginald Battad, Katarina Bond and Jessica Tam
  • William Somerville Memorial Award for Excellence ($500) – Karan Patel
Tony Curcio
Tony Curcio is the news editor at Graphic Arts Magazine.

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