Congratulations to Katelyn Currie, a second-year UBC Mechanical Engineering student, for receiving the Engineering Institute of Canada Vancouver Island Branch Scholarship Society scholarship on November 4, 2011. The $2,000 award is supported by the Canadian Society for Senior Engineers (CSSE). The scholarship is awarded to Vancouver Island high school graduates with high academic standing, financial need and leadership roles in extracurricular activities who are entering a second- or third-year engineering program in Canada.
Katelyn Currie has volunteered at numerous events and had been a part of a robotics team, designing and fabricating a robot to compete in Skills Canada Competitions, in high school. In addition to her extremely high academic average, she currently serves on the UBC Engineers Without Borders (EWB) executive as the Director of Overseas Connections and competes with the UBC Supermileage Team.
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