Deadline:
none
Award Value: $10,500
Degree Level: Undergraduate
Award Status: Open
Description
A prize totalling $10,500 has been endowed by the estate of Robert Morrice Middleton (1931- 2016) for a graduating student attending UBC’s Okanagan campus who is enrolled in a bachelor of fine arts or bachelor of arts in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, or who is enrolled in the bachelor of arts in the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences majoring in history, economics, philosophy, political science, anthropology, gender and women’s studies, geography or indigenous studies.
The prize shall be awarded to the student in his/her graduating year who has attained the highest academic average within his/her program over the course of his/her studies. The prize will be conferred on students in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies for odd-numbered years and in the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences for even-numbered years.
The purpose of the prize is to enhance the undergraduate experience by rewarding outstanding learning. Mr. Robert Middleton was born in Truro, Nova Scotia, and grew up in Vernon, British Columbia. He graduated from UBC in 1953 with a BA (Honours) in Economics. He joined the Department of External Affairs in 1955 and retired in 1992 after 37 years of service which included serving as Canadian Ambassador to Ghana, Canadian Ambassador to South Africa, and eventually Canadian Ambassador to Cuba. After retiring, Mr. Middleton spent many years living in London, England, before eventually returning to Canada to live in Kelowna. The prize is adjudicated by Enrolment Services.
(awarded every second year to a student in FCCS starting in the 2017 Academic Year)