McMaster celebrated some of its brightest student minds last week at the President's Awards and Provost's Honour Roll reception.

Some 224 first year students were awarded the President's Award in recognition of their achievement of a 95 per cent admission average in their final year of secondary school, while 60 students earned medals and were named to the Provost's Honour Roll with a perfect 12.0 average over 30 units of study.

"You are stellar role models, both for your accomplishments and for taking your place among the best of the best here at McMaster," Provost Ilene Busch-Vishniac told reception attendees, gathered in Convocation Hall. "This is a great achievement in your lives and I hope you take the time to enjoy the moment and congratulate yourselves for all of the hard work it took to get here."

Though hard work and a great deal of studying is necessary for achieving academic success, they aren't the only things needed to win such awards, according to Dorina Simeonov.

"What really made my fourth year a success was the supportive friends and faculty members I had around me," said the first-time Provost's Honour Roll Medal recipient. "I had the help of a wonderfully supportive community."

Andrew Lambert, a mechanical engineering student, received his fourth Provost's Honour Roll Medal at the ceremony, while Michael Chan and Stephanie Low earned their third awards.

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