{"id":116072,"date":"2022-09-15T11:53:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T15:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=116072"},"modified":"2022-09-15T12:27:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T16:27:11","slug":"top-stem-scholarship-recipient-and-queens-student-looks-to-make-math-more-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/top-stem-scholarship-recipient-and-queens-student-looks-to-make-math-more-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Top STEM scholarship recipient and Queen’s student looks to make math more fun"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ten new Queen\u2019s University Students are recipients of Canada\u2019s top STEM scholarship, the <\/span>Schulich Leader Scholarships.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the recipients Vivian Hughes, originally from Calgary, Alberta, is now a first year student in mathematics at Queen's University. Hughes says it feels incredible and unreal to receive this scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout my daily life I\u2019m just reminded of it and every single time it\u2019s a new shock that I\u2019m among some of the top STEM minds in the country\u2026Often I feel like an imposter because I feel I don\u2019t deserve it, but I\u2019m constantly brought back down to I did something to deserve this,\u201d says Hughes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hughes says the project she is most proud of is creating a math and science peer tutoring club at her high school.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted students to receive an outlet to learn math and be as excited as I was. I felt if we gave students that outlet to not only tutor others but to be tutored we could extend that love of STEM\u2026Sometimes just receiving knowledge from a teacher isn\u2019t enough\u2026not only did it stretch my entrepreneurial mind, but it made me consistently involved in STEM,\u201d says Hughes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Schulich Leader Scholarships are worth between <\/span>$80,000-$100,000 for students pursuing <\/span>science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) at one of the program\u2019s 20 Canadian partner universities.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt allows me especially in summers to focus on internships and develop my skills that way, as well as not needing a part time job during the year and focusing completely on my studies which so far have been pretty rigorous,\u201d says Hughes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hughes says she is encouraged to see girls are being more encouraged to pursue STEM and adds in general for everyone not to be afraid of it.<\/p>\n

\"STEM is not just doing straight math, physics or engineering, it's such a flexible area...You can totally find something that interestes you...Don't think it's some hard and impossible course...It's so easy to find your passion, and love the field of STEM and the field of numbers.\"<\/p>\n

Hughes says originally she hoped to pursue a career in data analysis for major corporations, but now says if she decides to double major in computer science and math, she is thinking of taking an artifical intelligence approach.<\/p>\n

Listen to the full CFRC interview with Vivian Hughes below:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ten new Queen\u2019s University Students are recipients of Canada\u2019s top STEM scholarship, the Schulich Leader Scholarships. One of the recipients Vivian Hughes, originally from Calgary, Alberta, is now a first year student in mathematics at Queen’s University. Hughes says it feels incredible and unreal to receive this scholarship. \u201cThroughout my daily life I\u2019m just reminded…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":116075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,221],"tags":[15070,18761,15637,18759,18760,18758],"radio":[13056],"origine":[267,13051,269],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116072"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116072"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116086,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116072\/revisions\/116086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116072"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=116072"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=116072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}