JD Leslie Graduate Award

Award type:

Scholarships

Affiliation:

Part-time student

Award description:

An Award of at least $1000 will be awarded annually to a full-time or part-time graduate student who has completed their degree requirements from a fully online graduate degree program. Selection will be based on academic achievement (minimum 80% overall average) and demonstration of the benefits of lifelong learning. This Award is made possible by a donation from Dr. Josephine Naidoo, widow, and Dr. Christina Leslie, Dr. Ken Leslie, and Dr. Michele Leslie, children, in recognition of the contributions of their late husband and father James D. Leslie to the foundation of Waterloo's Distance Education program.

Value:

$1,000

Value description:

The value and/or number of awards may change from year to year.

Eligibility & selection criteria:

• Full-time or part-time graduate students graduating from a fully online graduate degree program (e.g., a master's program, as listed at https://uwaterloo.ca/extended-learning/learn-online/explore-programs/graduate-programs . Students graduating from a graduate diploma program are not eligible).
• Selection will be based on academic achievement (minimum 80% cumulative average) and demonstration of the benefits of lifelong learning.
• The Centre for Extended Learning (CEL) will identify candidates with the highest standing in each program based on graduating the student's final overall average and solicit input from graduate program coordinators and/or faculty members teaching in that program.
• Short-listed candidates will be invited to submit a short statement (250-300 words) describing
how they have benefited from their online program.
• The Centre for Extended Learning will make a final selection of recipient(s) each Spring.

Level:

Masters, Doctoral

Program:

Open to any program

Citizenship:

Canadian/Permanent resident, International/study permit student

Selection process:

Student selected automatically by Faculty/Department

Term:

Spring

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