Student of the Year Award: Samantha Sam (Geophysics)

Geophysics major, Samantha Sam, names Science Co-op program the most significant factor in her successful undergraduate journey. During her 16 months at SRK Consulting, Samantha worked with the  Geo-Environmental group as the firm’s very first non-engineering Co-op student. As a Geotechnical Engineering Co-op student and later an integral member of the Hydrogeology Group, she gained invaluable experience not only in the office with her mentors but in the field in Nunavut and Yukon. Her knowledge and skills were quickly recognized and soon she was accomplishing goals beyond what was expected from a co-op student. For all her efforts and achievements, she was awarded the Canadian Exploration Geophysical Society Foundation (KEGS) scholarship. 

Above all, her colleagues truly enjoyed Samantha’s ‘infectious’ energy and Samantha’s supervisor praised her professionalism and thoughtfulness and by the end of her co-op term, considered her performance to be at a level characteristic of first-year consultant rather than a co-op student. Samantha has certainly raised the standard for incoming co-op students.