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Dalhousie University: $1 million Engineering Scholarship for Jamaicans Students
An alumna, Afua Cooper, who is on the faculty of Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada has asked me to circulate the article below about a little publicized scholarship opportunity for Jamaica students wishing to pursue studies in civil engineering at her University.
The Murrays, who spent time in Jamaica building roads and bridges, recently gave a million dollars endowment to Dalhousie Engineering for Jamaican students to come to Dalhousie to study civil engineering.
Please read the article below, and publicize the news to your networks and media, including facebook, etc. it is important for people to know about this, especially engineering students at Jamaica's post secondary institutions, and high school leavers. It seems that the university has not yet recruited any J'can students for this scholarship.
Dr. Afua Cooper
James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
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<span style="font-weight: bold">A $1 million gift to build bridges</span>
The Dalhousie Difference series
Marie Weeren - March 6, 2012
Richard Murray and his wife, Melda. (Danny Abriel photo)
“One of the most important parts of bridge-building is people,” says Richard Murray (BEng’66 (NSTC)). “Whether you’re building a physical bridge or just trying to bridge a gap between people, it’s always the people that make it successful.
Mr. Murray and his wife, Melda, are paving the way for student success through an endowed scholarship fund they have established at Dalhousie with a gift of $1 million to the Faculty of Engineering. Richard & Melda Murray Scholarships will be awarded to two students from Jamaica who are planning to pursue a career in civil engineering. The renewable scholarships, which will be awarded in perpetuity, are each valued at up to $22,000 per year.
The Murrays’ links with Jamaica span more than 40 years, including the decade they lived there. In addition to professional connections with the country, the Murrays have an important personal one – their son, Cameron, was born there.
Today, as president of the Halifax firm R. A. Murray International Limited, Mr. Murray and his team provide engineering, general contracting, material procurement and logistical services to countries throughout the world. They recently completed the project of building 17 bridges plus connector roads across Jamaica. They begin work on a new installment of bridge-building in April 2012.
And now the Murrays are providing a bridge to university education through their scholarship fund at Dalhousie.
“Jamaica gave us a wonderful experience in many ways,” Mrs. Murray says. “We feel that we owe that country something.”
This article is part of the Dalhousie Difference series, exploring what the power of philantrophy means to the university and introducing and showcasing some of the 50 innovative projects in development.
Learn more at: http://www.boldambitions.dal.ca.
An alumna, Afua Cooper, who is on the faculty of Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada has asked me to circulate the article below about a little publicized scholarship opportunity for Jamaica students wishing to pursue studies in civil engineering at her University.
The Murrays, who spent time in Jamaica building roads and bridges, recently gave a million dollars endowment to Dalhousie Engineering for Jamaican students to come to Dalhousie to study civil engineering.
Please read the article below, and publicize the news to your networks and media, including facebook, etc. it is important for people to know about this, especially engineering students at Jamaica's post secondary institutions, and high school leavers. It seems that the university has not yet recruited any J'can students for this scholarship.
Dr. Afua Cooper
James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<span style="font-weight: bold">A $1 million gift to build bridges</span>
The Dalhousie Difference series
Marie Weeren - March 6, 2012
Richard Murray and his wife, Melda. (Danny Abriel photo)
“One of the most important parts of bridge-building is people,” says Richard Murray (BEng’66 (NSTC)). “Whether you’re building a physical bridge or just trying to bridge a gap between people, it’s always the people that make it successful.
Mr. Murray and his wife, Melda, are paving the way for student success through an endowed scholarship fund they have established at Dalhousie with a gift of $1 million to the Faculty of Engineering. Richard & Melda Murray Scholarships will be awarded to two students from Jamaica who are planning to pursue a career in civil engineering. The renewable scholarships, which will be awarded in perpetuity, are each valued at up to $22,000 per year.
The Murrays’ links with Jamaica span more than 40 years, including the decade they lived there. In addition to professional connections with the country, the Murrays have an important personal one – their son, Cameron, was born there.
Today, as president of the Halifax firm R. A. Murray International Limited, Mr. Murray and his team provide engineering, general contracting, material procurement and logistical services to countries throughout the world. They recently completed the project of building 17 bridges plus connector roads across Jamaica. They begin work on a new installment of bridge-building in April 2012.
And now the Murrays are providing a bridge to university education through their scholarship fund at Dalhousie.
“Jamaica gave us a wonderful experience in many ways,” Mrs. Murray says. “We feel that we owe that country something.”
This article is part of the Dalhousie Difference series, exploring what the power of philantrophy means to the university and introducing and showcasing some of the 50 innovative projects in development.
Learn more at: http://www.boldambitions.dal.ca.