Marianopolis
4873 Westmount Ave. H3Y 1X9 Westmount, QC, Canada

This week, read about Marie France San Jose ’21, recipient of several awards when she began Marianopolis, including the Director General’s Merit Scholarship, and during her final year, the Bella Rabinovitch Bursary. https://www.bemarianopolis.ca/profile-of-a-marianopolis-st/

Aujourd'hui avait lieu l'événement virtuel de remise de bourses régionales de la Fondation Desjardins. La Fondation Sport-Études et la Fondation Desjardins appu...ient avec enthousiasme des étudiantes et étudiants-athlètes ayant fait preuve de persévérance au cours de la dernière année. Une bourse de 500 $ est remise dans chacun des collèges membres de l’Alliance Sport-Études. Félicitations à tous les boursiers! Desjardins

This week we are featuring Nirujah Muthukumaru ’21, recipient of a Silver Key Bursary, awarded to second-year students in good academic standing, who need financial assistance and who demonstrate involvement in the College and their wider community that exemplifies the Marianopolis Mission and Vision. Read more. https://www.bemarianopolis.ca/profile-of-a-marianopolis-st/

As part of the exceptional support that Marianopolis offers, this semester students have drop-in hours with experts from Academic Advising, Counselling and the AccessAbility Centre on how to develop key study skills such as managing time, creating study plans and taking notes. Drop-ins hours are available on multiple days during the week. Students discuss best practices and develop strategies to help them succeed.

Congratulations to second-year Honours Social Science student Roselyne Du on being named one of eight winners across Canada of The Quarantine Diaries, a writing project by the Creative Arts Foundation of Canada. Her work will be published in December. In addition to serving on the Marianopolis Student Union’s Social Justice Committee, she is executive of three student clubs.

Marianopolis graduate and Professor Monique Polak ’79 writes about the unexpected plusses of teaching remotely.

Two workshops by the Office of the Associate Dean, Student Success are among the offerings that aim to ease the transition from high school to college for first...-year students. In keeping with the fall semester being delivered via a combination of in-person and remote learning, an academic-skills workshop is taking place on campus, while a workshop to help students who are studying in English for the first time is taking place via Zoom. New students have registered in large numbers for the two workshops, which are being offered in small groups over multiple sessions. The Office of the Academic Dean, Student Success is also offering a series of webinars to help students with applications for university. The first workshop takes place next week and is for students who are interested in applying to university in the United Kingdom and United States.

Enrolment Services Summer Hours and Closures Please note that the Admissions Office will be closed from July 20, 2020 to August 7, 2020 inclusive and the Registrar’s Office will be closed from July 24, 2020 to July 31 2020 inclusive. During the summer both offices close at noon on Fridays.

Daily communication, resilience and the human element: read how Marianopolis students, faculty and staff are thriving despite the pandemic. bemarianopolis.ca/covid-stories

REMINDER for new incoming students! Don’t forget to pre-register for your Registration Preparation Webinars on Zoom taking place this afternoon. Ask your questions and get answers from current students and Academic Advisors.

Congratulations to all of our graduates!

This Saturday, May 16, at 3 p.m., the TEDxMarianopolisCollege Team is proud to present the college’s first ever virtual TEDx event: Infinite Possibilities 2020! Featuring six current Marianopolis students and two alumni, we invite you to join us for an afternoon of inspiring ideas and conversations! Abiding COVID-19 measures, all speeches and performances have been edited into one video. You will be able to watch a live streamed premiere on Youtube completely free of charge once you reserve your spot at www.tedxmarianopoliscollege.ca. We look forward to ‘seeing’ you :)

Congratulations to second-year Pure and Applied Science student Jing Han Sun on being the only student in the province to be awarded a prestigious Horatio Alger... Scholarship. The honour includes $10,000 for university studies and recognition for perseverance despite adversity, strength of character, a good academic record and a desire to contribute to society. "This award represents my hard work and dedication for the past few years," said Jing Han, who created a private tutoring business which helps students and organizes educational workshops. She is interested in data science and software development and plans to study Mathematics and Computer Science at McGill University.

Former students Mansib Rahman '14, Mostafa Saadat '15 and Qudsia Saadat '14 have founded Radish, a food delivery platform that aims to take on industry giants.

Congratulations to incoming student Thomas Khairy on becoming the youngest principal author published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The findings in ...Infections Associated with Resterilized Pacemakers and Defibrillators are promising for parts of the world with limited access to pacemakers and defibrillators. Thomas began this work as a Secondary III science fair project at Loyola High School. He also worked on it for several years in collaboration with the Montreal Heart Institute. In welcoming Thomas to the Marianopolis Class of 2022, the College recognized the 15-year-old with a Director General’s Student Life Scholarship for his significant potential to contribute to the quality of student life and his demonstrated leadership; concern for the welfare of others; involvement in school activities and volunteering experience.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Laurence Liang ’21 and Mahin Sekendra ’21, president-elect and vp-elect of the Marianopolis Student Union for the upcoming academic year. He ...graduated from Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and is studying Honours Health Science. A Liberal Arts student, she came from the French sector of Villa Maria High School. Both will serve on the Marianopolis College Board of Governors. See more

Listen to what the CBC has to say about Marianopolis Liberal Arts students creating survival narratives as part of "Paradise Lost in our Time: How Milton’s Epic can Help a World in Jeopardy," a fascinating collaboration between the College's Liberal Arts Department, McGill University's Department of English and the Centaur Theatre.

You can participate in question and answer sessions with current students next week. If you have confirmed and haven’t done so already, be sure to join the Facebook group My Marianopolis - Class of 2022 to access the Q&A sessions. Marianopolis students from all programs will post videos, sharing their student life experiences. This is your opportunity to find out about our 100+ student clubs, certificates, campus activities, and more.

The Marianopolis Crane Project is delighted to announce that Angelica Sasso is the winner of the Design Challenge 2020. Angelica’s Weeping Maple is inspired ...by the maple tree, a gift of nature that connects Canada and Japan, while paying tribute to Sadako’s story and the Congrégation de Notre-Dame for ‘honouring and respecting our common home.’" This announcement comes on the 400th anniversary of the birthday of Marguerite Bourgeoys, founder of the CND. In this time of great need for hope and peace, Angelica’s vision is hopeful and inspiring. The Marianopolis community looks forward to bringing her vision to life. Congratulations, Angelica! See more