Monday 8 August 2022
St Catharine’s is delighted to announce that over £57,000 has been awarded to students, based on the high quality of examination results and nominations submitted to Governing Body since June 2022. Awards and prizes enable St Catharine’s to recognise and reward our students for exceptional academic achievements and contributions to College life – and are given in addition to any prizes bestowed by the University of Cambridge and its Departments.
Dr Holly Canuto (2020), Senior Tutor, commented:
“Since joining St Catharine’s in early 2020, my focus has been ensuring that our students feel supported and can achieve their ambitions in the face of exceptional disruption caused by the pandemic. While our individual prizes are small tokens of the College’s pride in our students, it is important to seize every opportunity to celebrate their impressive achievements. The sheer number of prizes awarded by the College this summer is a clear indication of how our current cohort has excelled in difficult circumstances, and I have no doubt that they will continue to flourish long after they’ve graduated.”
St Catharine’s was delighted that over 170 students were eligible for a College prize and scholarship because they had received a First or Distinction in their examinations. A further group of 90 students received an award from the 60+ different prize funds maintained by the College to celebrate contributions to both academic subjects and aspects of College life. Many of these funds have been generously endowed by alumni over the years.
Case studies: Exceptional examples of students contributing to College life
Jess Forsdyke (2015, Engineering) and Souradip Mookerjee (2013, Medicine)
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- Jointly awarded the Nicholas Prize for Leadership by St Catharine’s
- Co-Presidents of the St Catharine’s Middle Combination Room (MCR), sharing responsibility for representing postgraduate students, rebuilding social cohesion and supporting student welfare with a busy programme of events, and working with other parts of the College throughout the pandemic: Jess served 2019–21 and Souradip has just completed his term in office 2020–22
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Tsemaye Uwejamomere (2018, Engineering)
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- Awarded the Lamont Prize for Leadership and the Birfield Memorial Scholarship in Engineering by St Catharine’s
- Awarded a Social Impact Award by the University’s Vice Chancellor in 2021
- Awarded the Charles Belling Diamond Jubilee Scholarship by the Institution of Engineering and Technology
- Spearheaded countless initiatives to address social and climate justice alongside her academic studies
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Kit Treadwell (2019, Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic)
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- Awarded the Master’s Sizar by St Catharine’s in recognition of his many contributions to the College community
- Served as a Student Ambassador for St Catharine’s, reserve player for the University Challenge team in 2021, on the Student Minds Cambridge committee (2020–22) and @cambtweetasnac for the #CambTweet project, which helps prospective students find out about life at Cambridge on Twitter
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Malik Al Nasir, History PhD candidate
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- Awarded a Sydney Smith Memorial Prize by St Catharine’s in recognition of his outstanding achievement and contribution to the artistic and literary life of the College
- Recently published his coming-of-age memoir, which was the focus of an event during the College’s Black History Month celebrations in October 2021 where Malik performed spoken word and took questions about his experiences
- Also awarded a Cambridge Digital Humanities digital resources award worth £10,000 and a Economic and Social Research Council Doctoral Training Partnerships discretionary award worth £3000, both in support of digitising material from his personal Sandbach Tinne slavery archive
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Maddie Lynes (2019, English)
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- Awarded a Sydney Smith Memorial Prize by St Catharine’s in recognition of her outstanding achievement and contribution to the artistic and literary life of the College
- Awarded the 2022 ‘Other’ Prize for Drama by Churchill College, the Faculty of English and the Marlowe Society for the play Her Very Many Faces
- Her short film Swim won the inaugural Cambridge Creatives Screenwriting Competition in 2021, while her play called When We Were Normal was performed in Cambridge in February 2022 and will be going to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe with support from the Master’s Fund
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Nadia Lines, who has just finished her second year as an English undergraduate
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- Awarded a Sydney Smith Memorial Prize by St Catharine’s in recognition of her outstanding achievement and contribution to the artistic and literary life of the College
- Serves as the Student Editor of the St Catharine’s Magazine and President of the Shirley Society
- Recently published her debut pamphlet of original poetry that includes reflections on the intensity and loneliness of life as a Fresher during the pandemic, but also the cherished friendships and connections made with others at St Catharine’s
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