Young Alumni Award

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2022 recipient Lehlé Baldé

The Young Alumni Award was established in 2009 to recognize the outstanding accomplishments and achievements of Faculty of Arts alumni who graduated in the last 10 years, are under the age of 35 and are making a difference in the world through their professional and/or academic achievements, or through their significant contributions to the community. Each year, we are honoured to recognize a distinguished young alumnus at our Fall convocation.

The Award was renamed to Rising Star Alumni Award in 2023 (for all nominations submitted for the April 30, 2023 nomination cycle).


Past recipients

2021
Susan Chang
BA '17, Economics and Arts And Business

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2020
Tara Hebblethwaite
​BA '13, Legal Studies

Marc Hall
2019
Marc Hall
​BA '09, Psychology

Mandy Tao
2018
Mandy Tao
​BA '11, Economics 

Hyder Hassan
2017
Hyder Hassan
​BA '12, Liberal Studies

Danielle Rice
2016
Danielle Rice
​BA '12, Psychology

Vanessa Richter
2015
Vanessa Richter (née Pinelli)
​BA '10, Liberal Studies

Ben Ries
2014
Ben Ries
​BA '06, Honours Political Science/Applied Studies Co-op

Muneeba Adil Omar
2013
Muneeba Adil Omar
BA '05, Honours Political Science 

Natalie MacNeil
2012
Natalie MacNeil
BA '08, Honours, Political Science/Arts and Business

Tanya De Mello
2011
Tanya De Mello
BA '02, Honours Political Science and Economics/Applied Studies Co-op

Mark Schaan
2010
Mark A. Schaan
BA '02, MA '04, PhD '10, Political Science

Sarah Lewis
2009
Sarah Lewis
BA '07, Economics


Do you know an exceptional alumnus? 

All nominations must be received by April 30th. Nominations received after April 30th will be considered in the following year.

For further information about the award program or nominations, contact Phoebe Wong, Senior Alumni Engagement Officer at phoebe.wong@uwaterloo.ca.

For more information about the School of Accounting and Finance Alumni Awards visit the School of Accounting and Finance website.