Joan E. Foley Quality of Student Experience Award / en M. Cynthia Goh receives Joan E. Foley Quality of Student Experience Award /celebrates/m-cynthia-goh-receives-joan-e-foley-quality-student-experience-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">M. Cynthia Goh receives Joan E. Foley Quality of Student Experience Award</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-04-16T16:54:05-04:00" title="Friday, April 16, 2021 - 16:54" class="datetime">Fri, 04/16/2021 - 16:54</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/awards-excellence" hreflang="en">Awards of Excellence</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/alumni-association" hreflang="en">Alumni Association</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/joan-e-foley-quality-student-experience-award" hreflang="en">Joan E. Foley Quality of Student Experience Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-chemistry" hreflang="en">Department of Chemistry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/women-stem" hreflang="en">Women in STEM</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Cynthia%20Goh%20blue%20photo-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Cynthia Goh"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(Photo courtesy of Cynthia Goh)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>For her revolutionary work that forged a thriving entrepreneurial culture within the University and beyond, Professor <b>M. Cynthia Goh </b>has received the Joan E. Foley Quality of Student Experience Award.</p> <p>The honour is one of&nbsp;<a href="https://alumni.utoronto.ca/news-and-stories/news-and-articles/celebrating-winners-2021-utaa-awards-excellence">the Awards of Excellence presented by the ÖØ¿ÚζSM Alumni Association</a>&nbsp;in collaboration with the university. The prestigious program dates back to 1921 and recognizes outstanding faculty, staff and students.</p> <p>A professor in the department of chemistry in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, Goh led the creation of U&nbsp;of&nbsp;T’s ecosystem of experiential learning for the benefit of thousands of undergraduate and graduate students. The inaugural academic director of U of T Entrepreneurship and founder of U of T’s Impact Centre, she&nbsp;also founded Entrepreneurship 101, a flagship program&nbsp;that has attracted 20,000 registrants each year, as well as Techno, one of Canada’s first entrepreneurship programs.</p> <p>In honouring Goh<a href="https://alumni.utoronto.ca/awards-excellence-recipients-2021#foleyfacu">,the alumni association notes</a> that colleagues and alumni describe her&nbsp;as a champion of the student experience, an inspirational educator and a generous mentor.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Alumni Association</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 16 Apr 2021 20:54:05 +0000 lanthierj 169106 at Peter Chengming Zhang receives Joan E. Foley Quality of Student Experience Award /celebrates/peter-chengming-zhang-receives-joan-e-foley-quality-student-experience-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Peter Chengming Zhang receives Joan E. Foley Quality of Student Experience Award</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-04-16T16:09:57-04:00" title="Friday, April 16, 2021 - 16:09" class="datetime">Fri, 04/16/2021 - 16:09</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/students" hreflang="en">Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/staff" hreflang="en">Staff</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/awards-excellence" hreflang="en">Awards of Excellence</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/alumni-association" hreflang="en">Alumni Association</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/joan-e-foley-quality-student-experience-award" hreflang="en">Joan E. Foley Quality of Student Experience Award</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Peter%20Zhang-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Peter Zhang"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(photo by Sera Lee) </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>For his contributions to the student experience and deep commitment to student well-being, <b>Peter Chengming Zhang</b> has received the <b>Joan E. Foley</b> Quality of Student Experience Award.</p> <p>The honour is one of&nbsp;<a href="https://alumni.utoronto.ca/news-and-stories/news-and-articles/celebrating-winners-2021-utaa-awards-excellence">the Awards of Excellence presented by the ÖØ¿ÚζSM Alumni Association</a>&nbsp;in collaboration with the university. The prestigious program dates back to 1921 and recognizes outstanding faculty, staff and students.</p> <p>As a lead residence don at New College, Zhang has reimagined student life programming. inspiring more than 100 students with educational and social programs that drew from their lives, connected them with alumni, and combined the academic with the co-curricular. His annual trips to the Earth Sciences Greenhouse and the Anatomy Museum consistently attracted strong attendance, including record engagement by returning upper-year students</p> <p>When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, Zhang led a team of medical and pharmacy students to organize a grassroots initiative that supplied 25,000 3D-printed face shields to 167 health-care facilities in Toronto and Hamilton.</p> <p>In honouring Zhang<a href="https://alumni.utoronto.ca/awards-excellence-recipients-2021#foleystaff">, the alumni association notes</a> that his professors and peers describe him as humble, generous and dedicated, with a rich emotional intelligence that complements his academic brilliance.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Alumni Association</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 16 Apr 2021 20:09:57 +0000 lanthierj 169109 at