August 26, 2004 for immediate release

UNBC students Erin Doyle and Linda Kerswell, along with 800 other students from 250 universities in six countries, gathered for the Golden Key International Hounour Society Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. UNBC is one of only 17 universities across Canada with a Golden Key chapter, and Doyle and Kerswell are executive members of UNBC’s chapter.

The Golden Key International Honour Society was founded in 1977 in Atlanta. The global not-for-profit organization provides academic recognition to university students in the top 15 percent of their class. Members receive leadership training, community service, career networking, and scholarships. The Society has nearly 350 chapters at universities in Canada, Australia, the United States, Malaysia, New Zealand and South Africa. The UNBC chapter has just over 300 members.

At the August conference in Atlanta, awards were granted to outstanding chapters and individual students for their accomplishments over the past year. UNBC’s chapter helped Canada win the International Spirit Award. Over the past year, the local Golden Key group has been involved with selling daffodils for cancer research, cleaning up local parks, and holding a campus food drive for St Vincent de Paul.

The UNBC members were among other high achieving university students who attended the annual International Conference that offered career and personal development workshops, community service opportunities and leadership training. This year’s conference took place August 12-15, in Downtown Atlanta.

Linda Kerswell is a third-year Psychology student from Prince George. Erin Doyle is from Sechelt and is among the first 24 students registered in the Northern Medical Program.