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COFI News
Congratulations to COFI’s 2007 Convention Legacy Scholarship Winners
We are very pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 COFI Convention Legacy Scholarships. Established in the spring of 2007, the ten $1000 Entry Level Scholarships are awarded to students who enroll in a professional, technical or trades program in one of BC’s Interior Post Secondary colleges or universities leading to a career in the forest industry.
We are proud to recognize:
- Melissa Mjolsness, Prince George, Forest Resource Technology, College of New Caledonia
- Taylor Farquharson, Barriere, Electrical Trade Entry Program, Thompson Rivers University
- Jonathan Van Barneveld, Houston, Resource Management – Forestry, University of Northern BC
- Brandon Kootnekoff, Grand Forks, Sciences, UBC Okanagan
- Jenna Schmid, 150 Mile House, Sciences, Thompson Rivers University
- Jessica Wrench, Sicamous, Natural Resource Sciences, Thompson Rivers University
- Michael Sierhuis, Kelowna, Electronic Engineering Technician, Okanagan College
- Karter de la Nuez, Prince Rupert, Applied Coastal Ecology, Northwest Community College
- Evan Horley, Quesnel, Sciences, College of New Caledonia
- Crystal White, Prince George, Forest Resource Technology, College of New Caledonia
The COFI convention is the largest gathering of the forest industry in Western Canada and attracts forest industry CEOs and their senior management and production teams from continental North America and offshore, senior representatives from customers, suppliers, financial institutions, law firms, local government, chambers of commerce, Federal and Provincial Ministers, MPs, MLAs and senior civic servants.
Four of the COFI Convention Legacy Scholarship winners were in attendance at the COFI Prince George Community Dinner in September.
From L to R: Blair Mayes, Chair COFI Board of Directors, Melissa Mjolsness, Evan Horley, Jonathan Van Barneveld, Crystal White, Chris Lear, Manager, Forest Education, John Allan, CEO.
For more information contact
Chris Lear, Forest Education Manager
COFI North Office
lear@cofi.org ph: 250.564.5136
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