Two
out
of
three Canadian
women named
recipients
of
the
BlackBerry
Scholars
Program are
beginning Waterloo
Engineering programs
this
term. The
Canadian
recipients
include
Anastasia
Santasheva
of
Maple,
ON,
a
new Waterloo
Engineering
systems
design
engineering
student,
and Tian
Qi
(Dinah)
Shi
of
Mississauga
who
is pursing
her
degree
in
software
engineering.
The
third
Canadian
woman
is Xiao
Yan
(Cheyenne)
Guo
of
Toronto
who
is
a University
of
Waterloo
math
student.
Ten
young
women
in
total
were
honoured
by
the
BlackBerry
Scholars
Program,
an
initiative
designed
to
inspire
more
women
to
enter
the
mobile
computing
industry
and
pursue
careers
in
the
fields
of
Science,
Technology,
Engineering
and
Math
(STEM).The
recipients
will
receive
full,
four-year
university
tuition
scholarships
to
the
school
of
their
choice
for
degrees
in
STEM-related
fields,
as
well
as
mentorship
and
professional
opportunities.
The
BlackBerry
Scholars
Program
received
more
than
500
applications
from
65
countries
over
a
two-month
period.
The
10
recipients
announced
on
September
3
were
selected
by
a
panel
of women
leaders.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013