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Ross and Barry Kneabone Award

Granted to a full-time returning student in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering four-year program who is in financial need. Preference will be given to a student who identifies as a woman. This award was established in the winter of 2024 by Barry Kneabone, a proud graduate of the University of Prince Edward Island who completed his BSc in 1972, and his son Ross, who resides in Manhattan and is a VP at Microsoft. Barry's professional career spanned the communications industry in Atlantic Canada, progressing from Island Tel & Aliant to MT&T in various areas including computer services and networking. The award honors Barry's education and experiences at Saint Dunstan's High School and the University of Prince Edward Island. Barry's career exemplified adaptability and problem-solving in an era of rapid technological progress, from early computer systems to the emergence of the internet, and he even had a conversation with Jeff Bezos in 1995 about online purchasing before Amazon became what it is today.

Prince of Wales College Class of 1938 Award

This award is presented to the student from the current graduating class who is receiving a Bachelor of Science (BSc) with a Major or Honours in Biology and who has achieved the highest aggregate in the core Biology courses. The award recognizes outstanding academic achievement in biology at the undergraduate level. The Prince of Wales College Class of 1938 established this generous endowment fund at UPEI to support an award for a student who best exemplifies Prince of Wales College's tradition of excellence. The story of Prince of Wales College (PWC) dates back to 1804, when Edmund Fanning, the Island's second Lieutenant-Governor, granted two blocks of his own land to the Crown, as a site for the purpose of laying the foundation of a College for the education of youth in the learned languages, the arts and sciences, and all the branches of useful and polite literature.

Prince County Hospital Auxiliary Gift Shop Volunteers Award

The Prince County Hospital Auxiliary Gift Shop Volunteers Award is a $500 award designed to support nursing students who demonstrate financial need and a commitment to volunteerism. This award recognizes students who are actively engaged in giving back to their communities through volunteer work. Awarded annually to a full-time student in their second or third year of study in either the BSc. in Nursing or Accelerated BSc. Nursing program at the University of Prince Edward Island. Preference is given to students from Prince County, PEI, reflecting the award's connection to the local community and the Prince County Hospital Auxiliary's mission to support healthcare education and community service.