Zoe Wreggitt receives her UWinnipeg award from Dan Hurley, Associate Vice-President External Affairs, June 29, 2011.
WINNIPEG, MB – Zoe Wreggitt’s graduation ceremony from Grant Park High School today came with a bonus – an award valued up to $5,000 to attend The University of Winnipeg, covering her first year of tuition, books and fees. Now the 18-year-old, who is an accomplished dancer, entrepreneur and community volunteer, will be able to focus on her dream of studying for a Bachelor of Arts in the senior professional program with Contemporary Dancers as well as working towards her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies.
Wreggitt won the free year of tuition by entering UWinnipeg’s VIP Card contest which is open to high school students. Dan Hurley, Associate Vice-President External Affairs, UWinnipeg, was on hand at her grad ceremony at the Centennial Concert Hall today to present her with the award.
“I am really excited, especially to be studying at the new (Richardson College for the Environment and) Science Complex, which I’ve driven by many times,” said Wreggitt. “I really like learning so it’s exciting to be heading off to university.”
Although this tuition win came to her by luck, Wreggitt is no stranger to hard work. She has received several monetary awards from Grant Park and a $2,000 Loran scholarship based on leadership, character and community. She runs her own Highland dance school because “it is tons of fun teaching children”, she said, and she is a long-time volunteer with the Canadian Cancer Society.
The VIP Card contest is a year-long contest for prospective students who express interest in attending the University of Winnipeg during their grade 12 year. The contest winner is drawn in April, and approximately 4,000-4,500 grade 12 students enter the contest each year. To be eligible to win the draw the student must have applied to and been accepted to the University of Winnipeg
Find out more about attending UWinnipeg at http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/future-student
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