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The riches of St. Lucia |
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While Kevin Scotland is now an alumnus, he won't be going far – he will be working for the coming year with Dr. Andrew Vreugdenhil in Trent's Chemistry department. Mr. Scotland will be continuing the work he started as part of his honours thesis with Prof. Vreugdenhil, the creation of thin films from silicon materials, as a research assistant. Mr. Scotland, who says he was ready for a change of scenery after high school, chose Trent because of its relatively small size. Many things stand out for him as he reflects on his four years at Trent, but mainly the "wonderful" people he had the opportunity to meet – professors and students alike. "I got to meet students from many different cultures and I don't think I would have had that experience anywhere else," he says. Mr. Scotland found his passion for chemistry in first year and for the last two years, has been running a help session for students in first-year chemistry. He has also been a teaching assistant in first-year chemistry and in organic chemistry. Mr. Scotland also presented his undergraduate honours thesis this year at the 33rd annual Southwestern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference, held at the St. George Campus of the University of Toronto in March. And while Mr. Scotland is planning on pursuing graduate studies, he would also like to head home to St. Lucia at some point. He misses the seas and the summer here, he says, is too hot. "It's a different type of heat – it's stifling and sticky (here). Spring is lovely, fall is fantastic and winter, while not so much. I like the snow but not the -30 or -40." Posted June 29, 2005
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