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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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Ryan McNutt
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Students from the ÃÀÅ®×ö°® Commerce Society are spending their week outside the Rowe Building, surviving on the generosity of others, to raise awareness and funds to support homeless and at-risk youth.
Laura Rigg
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
The first Atlantic Nursing Games brought together students from across the region to Dal in the spirit of camaraderie, friendly competition and good fun.
Kevin Bradley
Friday, March 6, 2015
Dal students prevailed at the Discovery Centre's second annual Brain War, a challenge event focused on STEM subjects and the liberal arts.
Delainey Wescott
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Student society profile: Dal Action: For the fifth year in a row, a large group of Dal students spent their Reading Week in the U.S. with Habitat for Humanity.
Misha Noble-Hearle
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
After leading the build of a surprise ice wall last February, Dal student Hadrian Laing decided to bring a different kind of winter fun to the Studley Quad this year: a Game of Thrones-style chair of ice.