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"This award will significantly support my academic journey by easing financial pressure and allowing me to focus more fully on my studies and technical development. It will also enable me to stay actively involved in leadership, community service, and project-based activities that let me apply engineering beyond the classroom. Professionally, this recognition reinforces my commitment to the energy industry and my goal of becoming an engineer who makes meaningful contributions and continues to grow beyond limitations. As Neil deGrasse Tyson writes in The Sky Is Not The Limit, it is about rising beyond the judgment of others and aiming higher than perceived boundaries."

Rifa Nisar Khawaja
Memorial University of Newfoundland
2025-26 B. Hanson Leadership Award Recipient

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