After five years of full-time study, Giselle McNally was more than ready to say goodbye to textbooks for a while. The agriculture grad freely admits that university was a challenge, and there were times when she wasn’t sure it was worth it. Then, a few weeks before convocation, came her just reward.

McNally was the 2018 recipient of the Manitoba Pork Council Prize for students in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, setting her on a financially secure path from the moment she graduated.