Academic Success

Are you looking to improve your academic performance? This segment of the blog will have advice and workshop opportunities to help you with your academic experience at AC!

Meet your valedictorian: Laura Burgham

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Laura Burgham, Hospitality and Tourism Management

What is your idea of perfect happiness? Being surrounded by my friends and family.

When and where were you happiest? When I was living out east last summer with my boyfriend.

Which talent would you most like to have? I would like to be able to do a cartwheel.

What is your current state of mind? Content and feeling at peace with everything.

What would you consider your greatest achievement? Obtaining a full-time career fresh out of school.

What do you value most in your friends? Their positive outlook on life

Where would you like to live? New Zealand or Cape Breton Island, only time will tell.

What is your most treasured possession? My pair of running shoes.

Who is your favorite fictional hero(ine)? N/A

Who is your hero(ine) in real life? My mom.

What is your motto? “Everything happens for a reason.”

Which words and/or phrases do you most overuse? Perfect, oh boy, I’m sorry, I completely understand.

Meet your valedictorian: Evan Foti

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Evan Foti, Business Administration- Marketing

What is your idea of perfect happiness? My idea of happiness is skiing first tracks on a powder day.

When and where were you happiest? I was happiest on a trip hiking trip I took with my dad and brother in the White Mountains in New Hampshire when I was 17.

Which talent would you most like to have? I hope to one day be able to solve a rubrics cube.

What is your current state of mind? As I transition from student to professional my current state of mind is one of eagerness to achieve and succeed.

What would you consider your greatest achievement? My greatest achievement was taking 3rd place for Algonquin in the Direct Marketing event at the Ontario Colleges Marketing Competition (2015).

What do you value most in your friends? I value respect and loyalty above all else; other things I value are intuition, drive, and a sense of humor.

Where would you like to live? I would love to live on the west cost of North America in British Columbia or California. I would love to retire to a tropical paradise like Belize or Aruba.

What is your most treasured possession? My most treasured possession is a gold chain given to me at birth by my paternal grandparents.

Who is your favorite fictional hero(ine)? James Bond.

Who is your hero(ine) in real life? Bode Miller.

What is your motto? “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S. Eliot

Which words and/or phrases do you most overuse? “No worries.” “It’s all good.”

Meet your valedictorian: Cindy Koon

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Cindy Koon, Development Services Worker

What is your idea of perfect happiness? The ability to be satisfied with the smaller things in life.

When and where were you happiest? Anytime before the age of 9 when I didn’t have responsibilities and worries.

Which talent would you most like to have? The ability to play any instrument without needing to read notes.

What is your current state of mind? Relaxed and grateful.

What would you consider your greatest achievement? Successfully traveling alone at 18 years of age for 3 months.

What do you value most in your friends? Loyalty, trust, humility, and a good sense of humour.

Where would you like to live? New Zealand.

What is your most treasured possession? My family.

Who is your favorite fictional hero(ine)? Mulan.

Who is your hero(ine) in real life? My mother.

What is your motto? “As long as it makes you happy.”

Which words and/or phrases do you most overuse? I’ve had enough of your shenanigans, oh my god, are you serious, stooooooop.