Erin Johnston is in the first class to graduate with a Bachelor of Applied Science in electrical engineering from the School of Engineering at UBC's Okanagan campus.
From UBC Reports, May 2010
When Erin Johnston steps across the stage this June to accept her degree in electrical engineering, she will be part of the first graduating cohort of the School of Engineering at UBC's Okanagan campus in Kelowna.
"It's been a really amazing, somewhat unexpected journey," says Johnston. "I'm really glad I chose to come through this program. The small class sizes were a huge benefit to me, and I built some really great relationships with both classmates and professors."
A lot of changes have taken place since the School of Engineering was established in 2005, and Johnston has witnessed many of them. The Kelowna native arrived for her first year of studies with a UBC Major Entrance Scholarship of $20,000, and as a student added other awards including the Stantec Scholarship in Engineering, a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Undergraduate Research Award, Canadian Tire A.J. Billes Scholarship, and, most recently, Co-op Student of the Year.
