Three undergraduate students at York University have earned the Governor General’s Silver Medal, an award that recognizes the outstanding scholastic achievements of undergraduate students in Canada.
Receiving the medals are changemakers Samuel Isaac Dreyzin (SAS BCom student), Robert Alexander Khatib and Rosie Giannone.
Recipients are selected based on their academic averages.
“It is a special pleasure for me to recognize the prestigious undergraduate Governor General’s Silver Medal award winners,” says Rhonda L. Lenton, York University president and vice-chancellor. “It is here, at this important moment that we can see the result of countless decisive steps that our talented students have taken to launch their extraordinary futures. Rosie, Samuel, and Robert are inspirational not only in their academic achievements at York, but in their desire to give back to their support networks and to the larger community. We are proud to note that they are each on their way to further studies in law and medicine. I am looking forward to hearing more about these amazing young people in the future.”
Samuel Isaac Dreyzin
Dreyzin is graduating from the Commerce program (BCom) in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS). In addition to receiving the Governor General Silver Medal, he is a recipient of the York University Faculty Association Scholarship for his achievement in earning the highest grade point average in LA&PS. Dreyzin has also been awarded the John A. Sheran Memorial Scholarship and HSBC Bank Canada Scholarship in Administrative Studies for having the highest average in the Commerce program.
Dreyzin is passionate about law, finance and investment management, and says he was fortunate to learn from many finance-related courses in his final year of the Commerce program.
“It is such an honour to be awarded the Governor General Silver Medal,” said Dreyzin. “In addition to representing all of the time and hard work I have put into my academics, I want to dedicate this award to everyone who has helped me along the way: my parents, family, girlfriend, friends, and faculty members who have all supported me throughout my undergraduate studies.”
During his studies at York University, he says he was fortunate to meet many supportive professors and TAs who assisted him in his studies.
“In particular, I want to thank my TA, Mr. Lee Danes, from my first-year class Law and Morality in Literature and Culture (HUMA 1825),” said Dreyzin. “Mr. Danes not only offered an immense amount of care and assistance for all of his students during our class, but also provided a lot of support to me during my more recent law school applications.”
Dreyzin says he will be pursuing a law degree in the JD program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in the fall.
Read Khatib and Giannone’s biographies in yFile.
