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Purpose‑driven leadership: Dal students reshaping campus — and beyond — earn top honour

Purpose‑driven leadership: Dal students reshaping campus — and beyond — earn top honour

This year’s Dal Board of Governors winners show how purposeful action creates lasting change. Get to know more now about how they are doing so.  Read more.

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Ryan Shields and Meredith Murray
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
See how this year’s top co‑op students turned professional opportunities into impressive results, earning ÃÀÅ®×ö°®â€™s highest honour for work‑integrated learning.
Jeffrey Lawton
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Dal’s 15th annual Impact Awards brought students, faculty, and staff together to celebrate remarkable contributions in community service, student life, leadership, and society involvement across every corner of campus.
Kenneth Conrad, Graeme Gunn, Kate Rogers, Tanis Trainor
Thursday, March 26, 2026
This year’s Dal Board of Governors winners show how purposeful action creates lasting change. Get to know more now about how they are doing so.

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Emily Coolen
Monday, March 23, 2015
Dal After Dark continues to grow its alcohol-free programming on campus — at all times of day and night.
Rosalie Fralick
Friday, March 20, 2015
With seven different positions and multiple referendum questions on the ballot, there are plenty of good reasons for students to make time to vote online this weekend in the 2015 DSU election. Voting starts Saturday and runs through Tuesday.
Jenna Smith
Thursday, March 19, 2015
The Residence Charity Series came to a close last weekend with the annual hockey showdown and lots of money raised for the IWK Foundation.
Emma Geldart (with Jennifer Moore)
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Whether on Sexton Campus in Halifax or on the Agricultural Campus in Truro, National Engineering Month is an opportunity to celebrate the work of Dal students, faculty and alumni in the field.
Marie Visca
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Nursing student Nik Halldorson had to part with his impressive beard as part of his clinical, so he took the opportunity to raise funds for local women's shelter Bryony House.