This year's Pathways Scholarship winners, Tailer Gallerno (top), Alexandria Walker (bottom left), and Bowen Qin. (Photos provided by Megan Zinn)
Three Fanshawe students have been named this year’s Pathway Scholarship winners. The purpose of the Pathways scholarship is to support students as they continue on their education, whether it be in another program at Fanshawe, domestically, or internationally.
“The idea is to take a little bit of the burden off of the students when they embark on their second journey. We know that financial support is one of the barriers for some students to continue their education,” says the Pathways coordinator, Gabriela Kongkham-Fernandez
Tailer Gallerno is the recipient of the International Pathway Scholarship this year. She graduated from Fanshawe’s Fitness and Health Promotion program and is now attending the Institute of Technology Silgo in Ireland. Gallerno entered year three of a Bachelor of Science Honours in Health Science and Physical Activity.
“This pathway will allow me to finish my undergrad, as well as meet people in a different country to make connections. Ultimately, this pathway will allow me to go on and complete a master’s in physiotherapy [and achieve my end goal of becoming a physiotherapist],” says Gallerno.
Alexandria Walker is the recipient of the Domestic Pathway Scholarship. She graduated from Fanshawe’s General Arts and Science Certificate and transferred to King’s University College for a degree in Social Sciences.
“Deciding to go back to college at 26 wasn’t an easy decision and with two children to raise, I was hesitant to take the leap. Fortunately, Fanshawe made the transition easy and by enrolling in the General Arts and Science program, I was able to receive academic upgrading as well as new knowledge that was crucial to achieve a university transfer,” says Walker.
The recipient of the Internal Pathway Scholarship is Bowen Qin. After graduating from Fanshawe’s Business Accounting program, she carried on into Fanshawe’s Honours Bachelor of Commerce — Accounting.
“I like the flexibility of the Fanshawe pathway program. The Accounting diploma program opens every term so that I can take courses based on my interest and personal schedule. Now I can get a degree and courses that are qualified for CPA pre-required courses,” says Qin.
The application process is very simple, but there are some requirements that students have to meet.
“They do have to make sure that they’re maintaining the minimum GPA requirement under the pathway. Normally, once they have been admitted to the receiving institution, they provide us with their offer letter so that we can see that they have been admitted under one of our defined pathways,” says Kaitlin Mariott, the Pathways and Special Events Consultant in the Lawrence Kinlin School of Business.
For students interested in learning more, there is a free virtual Pathways Fair on October 20. For more information, visit fanshawec.ca/pathways.
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