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Carolyn Geddert, P.Eng. (left) with Katie Moist (centre) and Friends of Engineering Chair, Robyn Koropatnick, P.Eng. (right)

Friends of Engineering Awards the 2018 – 2019 Co-operative Education Student of the Year Award

March 15, 2019 — 

Friends of Engineering (Manitoba) Ltd. has awarded civil engineering student Katie Moist with the 2018-2019 Co-operative Education Student of the Year Award. Katie, and her family, were on hand last evening at the Friends of Engineering Annual General Meeting in the new Stanley Pauley Engineering Building where incoming chair Robyn Koropatnick, P.Eng. and Carolyn Geddert, P.Eng., Director of Co-operative Education and Industrial Internships Program (Co-op/IIP) for the Faculty of Engineering presented her with the award and a $2000 cash prize.

Since coming to the University of Manitoba in 2014, Katie has been an active member of the Faculty of Engineering. Katie has been involved with University of Manitoba Engineering Society (UMES) as their vice-stick communications, vice-stick internal, WESST-CFES representative and the representative with Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba. She is a committee member with the 30 by 30 Campaign and was chair of the 2019 Western Engineering Competition which had over 200 attendees from across Western Canada.

Katie completed a student work term as an engineering aide at KGS Group in the summer of 2017-18. She received high praise from the firm who described her as a “responsible, hardworking individual” and someone who “demonstrate[d] exemplary capabilities”.

As for Katie, she will be graduating this spring and credits her time in the Faculty and the Co-op/IIP program as central in paving the way for the next chapter in her engineering career.

“The co-op experience has been an invaluable addition to my education, allowing me to bring together everything that I have learned in the classroom and apply it to real life projects. I am honoured to be selected as the Friends of Engineering Cooperative Education Student of the Year, having my employer and professionals recognize the contributions I have made in the industry is a huge compliment.”

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