Student Experiences

• Grad profile: The page-turner (Dal News, October 28, 2025)
  Nora Riemersma (English and Creative Writing)
• A milestone moment: Dal celebrates first graduates of groundbreaking Black and African Diaspora Studies major (Dal News, June 10, 2025)
  James Dixon (Black & African Diaspora Studies and Philosophy)
  Portia Wright (Psychology and Black & African Diaspora Studies)
• Grad profile: A political awakening abroad (Dal News, June 10, 2025)
  Meaghan De Adder (Political Science and International Development Studies)
• Grad profile: Making sense of identity (Dal News, June 10, 2025)
  Uihyeok Jung (Sociology and History)
• Grad profile: From criminology to the Berlin opera (Dal News, June 10, 2025)
  Sophia Maskine (Music)
• Grad profile: Around the world and back (Dal News, June 10, 2025)
  Liam Oko (Theatre)
• Excellence in action: Meet this year's Dal Board of Governos' Award winners (Dal News, March 28, 2025)
  Kriti Maini (Political Science and History)
  Patricia Porto de Barros Ayaz (Political Science)
• Grad profile - An academic awakening (Dal News, October 22, 2024)
  Tyeshia Angel Jordan (Gender and Women's Studies)
• Grad profile - Food (culture) for thought (Dal News, May 28, 2024)
  Michelle Wang (Social Anthropology and International Development Studies)
• Grad profile - Don't be afraid (Dal News, May 28, 2024)
  Krista Collier-Jarvis (English)
• Grad profile -A dramatic awakening (Dal News, May 28, 2024)
  Daniel Nwobi (Theatre)
• Grad profile - Embracing her twin passions (Dal News, May 28, 2024)
  Louisa Steigenberger (Theatre [Costume Studies] and Law, Justice and Society)
• Grad profile - Like walking in a dream (Dal News, May 28, 2024)
  Elder Ann LaBillois (Philosophy)
• Financial support keeps FASS student's focus on the write path (Stories of Impact, December 5, 2023)
  Destiny Renzelli (English and Creative Writing)
• How I spent my summer: Feeling at home in Germany (Dal News, October 6, 2023)
  Delphi Le Blanc (Environment, Sustainability & Society and German)
• How I spent my summer: A most dramatic experience (Dal News, September 21, 2023)
  Eleanor Sawchuk (BA with Honours in Theatre - Costume Studies program)
• Grad profile - An eye-opening experience (Dal News, June 2023)
  Francesca Sivilotti (Law, Justice & Society)
• Grade profile - Skatepark subculture through a social lens (Dal News, June 2023)
  Bridgette Norwood (Sociology & Social Antrhopology)
• Grad profile - The human connection (Dal News, June 2023)
  Sophie Wilcott (Theatre)
• Grad profile - Staying on track (Dal News, June 2023)
  Danny Englehutt (History)
• Dal students fight for practical solutions to ease housing and food insecurity (Dal News, April 2023)
  Students in the International Development Studies course: Development and Activism
• Classics grads sweep advanced national competition for Greek and Latin translation (Dal News, November 2022)
  Angus Wilson, MalcolmÌýSepulchre,ÌýJoanna Daley (Classics)
• Grad profile - Putting the sociological imagination to work (Dal News, November 2022)
  Kris George (Sociology)
• Grad profile - An instrumental change brings joy of performance back to music student (Dal News, May 2022)
  Jonathan Haggett (Music)
• Grad profile - Finding the right balance (Dal News, May 2022)
  Claire Mercer (History and Political Science)
• Dal's latest Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation scholar deciphers our changing democracy (Dal News, May 2022)
  Tobias Gerhard Schminke (Political Science)
• "Wonder"-ful launch: FASS student celebrates debut novel (Dal News, April 2022)
  K.R. Byggdin (English and Creative Writing)
• Costume Studies students capture how women in 1896 challenged social norms through clothing (Dal News, April 2022)
  
• Unlocking the power of the past: Dal History student awarded McCall MacBain scholarship (Dal News, April 2022)
  Anna Gaudet (History and Environment, Society & Sustainability)
• FASS student's career-change ambitions are reinforced by ecosystem of support (Dal News, January 2022)
  Jazmine Dewtie (Sociology & Social Anthropology)
• Grad profile: Connecting past, present and policy through women's history (Dal News, October 2021)
  Holly Dickinson (History)
• A change of plan spurs newfound passion (Dal News, August 2021)
  Hannah Shaw (Sociology & Social Anthropology)
• More than a health crisis: Student researchers explore COVID-19's impacts on the social world (Dal News, June 2021)
  Mary Berger, Sarah Mingo, Aspen Doig, and Dana Kelly (Sociology and Social Anthropology)
• Grad profile - Knowing when to connect and disconnect (Dal News, June 2021)
  Sydney Belford (Law, Justice & Society and International Development Studies)
• Grad profile - Double the passion for performance (Dal News, June 2021)
  Emmanuel Solomon and Ogo-oluwa Sobukola (Music)
• Grad profile - Creating a community through Classics (Dal News, June 2021)
  Zainab Syed (Classics)
• Parking lot practice turns into impromptu concert for graduating Fountain School cellist (Dal News, April 2021)
  Priscilla Lee (Music)
• Experiential learning through practicum placements...from a distance (Dal News, April 2021)
  Madison MacKinnon (Law, Justice & Society), Izzy Ortner (Contemporary Studies and Political Science) andÌýRaphy Magboo (Law, Justice & Society and Political Science)
• (The Coast, February 2021)
  Rachel Banks (Philosophy)
• Passion for French lands Dal double-major coveted Alliance Française awards (Dal News, January 2021)
  Ana-Maria Garniceanu (Biochemistry and French)
• Grad profile - Sister and scholar: One Dal student's unlikely journey from the convent to the classrom (Dal News, October 2020)
  Sr. Ilaria Culshaw (Musicology)
• Grad profile - "Squeeze academia for everything it's worth" (Dal News, October 2020)
  Benjamin Andrews (Political Science)
• Theatre student receives prestigious national award (Dal News, October 2020)
  Ella MacDonald (Theatre - Acting)
• Sociology master's student uses education and activism to make lasting impacts on society (Dal News, June 2020)
  Hailie Tattrie (Sociology)
• Grad profile - A new perspective on an old problem (Dal News, May 2020)
  Stef Peel (Social Anthropology)
• Grad profile - Military to civilian, skeptic to scholar (Dal News, May 2020)
  Noel Guscott (Political Science)
• MA student in History places in the top 25 finalists of the SSHRC Storytellers competitionÌý(Dal News, May 2020)
  Madison Gateman (History)
• Sitting in with the Symphony: Digital audition earns music student coveted honour (Dal News, April 2020)
  Priscilla Lee (Music)
• Paving the way for young women in politics (Dal News, March 2020)
  Sarah Dobson (Political Science, Law) and Grace Evans (Political Science)
• (The Globe and Mail, January 2020)
  Phoebe Knight (Sociology)
• Grad profile - Mastering her creativityÌý (Dal News, October 2019)Ìý
  Emily Fraser (Social Anthropology)
• Grad profile - Opening up a whole new worldÌý(Dal News, May 2019)
  Charisma Walker (Combined Honours in Social Anthropology and Psychology)
• Grad profile - Finding meaning in the musicÌý(Dal News, May 2019)
  Liam Clarke (Double Major in International Development Studies and Music)
• Grad profile - Ambition, diligence and dedicationÌý(Dal News, June 2018)
  Zili Pan (German)
• Grad profile - Raising a joyful noiseÌý(Dal News, June 2017)
  Jack Bennet (Combined Honours in Music and Environment, Sustainability & Society)
• Grad profile - A designer degreeÌý(Dal News, June 2017)Ìý
  Tiana Kira (Theatre - Costume Studies)
• Connecting Past and PresentÌý(Dal News, January 2017)
  MercedesÌý Peters (History)

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