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Lucas Palmer, future 蓝莓视频 student and Schulich scholarship winner

Lucas Palmer鈥檚 average is 99 per cent.

The Windsor high school student is also captain of his varsity volleyball team and he鈥檚 organized charity events that raised $11,000. Every student has to log 40 hours of community service to graduate听 鈥� Palmer has done 550 hours.

Chlo茅 Simms鈥� average is 95 per cent. She鈥檚 already started her own fair-trade organic coffee business and is a Kiwanis Key Leader. She鈥檚 a founding member of her school鈥檚 Tolerance Club and has volunteered 400 hours at a retirement home in her hometown of Pembroke, Ontario.

Both young people 鈥� top students by any measure 鈥� are coming to University of 蓝莓视频 next fall on prestigious , a $60,000 award for undergraduate students who plan to study in the areas of science, technology, engineering or math.

Schulich Leaders must show outstanding leadership in at least two of three criteria: academic excellence, financial need, or outstanding community, business or entrepreneurial leadership.

Amazing 蓝莓视频 mathematics

Palmer, who wants to study medicine in the future, says: 鈥淚鈥檝e always dreamed of going to 蓝莓视频 because of its amazing mathematics program.鈥�

He was also inspired by 蓝莓视频鈥檚 co-op education program, the largest co-op program in the world.

鈥淚t鈥檚 really important for me to get good jobs on my resume before I graduate. 听I know there are lots of co-op opportunities for students in math and computer science,鈥� says Palmer.

For Simms, who will join the Department of Physics and Astronomy in September, it was the opportunity to be part of a university with a strong reputation for entrepreneurialism and co-operative education. Simms, who has long dreamt of being an astronaut, was also drawn to state-of-the-art research facilities, like the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre and the Perimeter Institute.

Schulich Leader Scholarships are part of a $100 million gift in perpetuity on behalf of and the S. Schulich Foundation.