This year the Dalhousie’s Board of Governors’ Award was presented to five students, three of which will be graduating and joining the Dalhousie alumni family this year. Yaser Alkayale, Computer Science, Leah Carrier, Nursing and Jeremy Stroud, International Food Business are all making a large difference in a unique way.

There are nearly 19,000 students at Dalhousie. And for many of them, student life is about so much more than just classes and filling the time in between.

For them, student life is a platform for pushing for change. It’s a way to connect local concerns with global perspectives. It’s a tool for shaping more inclusive communities. And it’s a way to inspire others to build a better world.

Dalhousie’s Board of Governors’ Awards celebrate the most exceptional of these students. It’s the university’s top award for student life, presented annually to recognize exceptional contributions or leadership in the extracurricular realm — building community on campus, service in the broader community, improving diversity and inclusion and so much more.

The recipients — nominated by their peers in the Dal community, and chosen by a committee consisting of the president, three Board members and the vice-provost student affairs — were honoured at Thursday night’s Student IMPACT Awards.

Learn more about this year’s Governors’ Award winners in “Student leadership that matters: Get to Know Dal’s 2018 Governors’ Award Winners” on dal.ca