CREDIT: CANDIS BROSS
Go to fanshawe.ca/FAN to apply online. Deadline for applications is December 5.

There are two $1,000 awards up for grabs and there’s no reason you shouldn’t apply.

The CSA (College Student Alliance) and FSU Leadership Awards were established to recognize students who are academically successful and have demonstrated citizenship and leadership.

Sabrina Dent, a dental hygienist student brought home the CSA Leadership Award for her volunteerism and work on student council.

“I never really did anything to win an award,” she said. “I just did it because I wanted to do it, but I never had the goal in mind to win anything from it.”

The award has helped and benefitted her academic career.

“It helped to pay [my tuition],” she said. “It’s encouraging to keep doing stuff. Not to win more awards, but it’s nice to have something you work really hard for to be acknowledged.”

And that’s exactly why there are such awards.

“We like to recognize people that have done things fo other students,” said FSU President Matt Stewart. “Not everybody wants to be a leader, but at the same time it’s something we appreciate when we have students out there that can lead by example and really help students out in different situations.”

The FSU only wants to help by giving back.

“The [FSU] is definitely 100 per cent behind giving back to the students,” Stewart said. “Everyone comes from a vastly different experience background and we try to look upon students and make sure that they’re using that experience to help out other students.”

There were only three applications last year – Stewart thinks inconvenience is what stops students from applying.

“For students to sit down during busy times and take their time out of their way to write [an essay] about themselves, it’s definitely a time consumption-type matter,” he said. “It’s not as convenient as other things.”

FSU Leadership Award winner Cheriss Marson encourages all students to think about applying for awards.

“There’s so many,” she said. “There’s awards, bursaries … Students I think just get so caught up and they think it’s more difficult than it is.”

“Just be confident in the accomplishments you’ve made and tell other people about them and apply for these awards. Don’t be afraid to do interviews and talk about yourself – talk about the things you’ve done because it works out really well in the end.”

Who doesn’t want a little bit of acknowledgement?

“It makes you feel good,” Marson said. “It makes you feel good about the stuff you’ve done.”

The deadline to apply for the awards is December 5.

For more information on student awards, visit fanshawec.ca/fan.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

- Maintained a minimum 3.0 GAP (cumulative)

- Attended on a full-time basis

- At time of application, students must have completed a minimum of four months of his/her current program of study

- Students are not eligible to receive the FSU Leadership Award if they have previously received the CSLA Leadership Award in the same academic year

- Students may only win these awards once in their lifetime

- Applications without reference letters will not be considered