Neb Zachariah is used to giving her all. The second-year Master’s in Human Kinetics student earns high grades and excels as a member of the Lancer track and field team. She captured a gold medal in triple jump at the CIS championships in March 2011.
Zachariah has many tools in her arsenal to meet the high goals she has set for herself on the field and in the classroom, from supportive professors to the best spikes. Among the most valuable, though, is the $3500 Blue and Gold Scholarship she earned as a top scholar-athlete.
“When I received the letter saying that I had won the scholarship, I was so excited. It made a huge difference,” she says.
“It covered part of my first semester’s tuition and almost all of second semester. Given how many hours I devote to school and practice, I really have no time or energy left for a job. Something would have suffered.”
While her athletic skills are exceptional, Zachariah’s experience is not. Students in UWindsor’s human kinetics programs overwhelmingly say they are happy with their choice to study here.
In the most recent National Survey of Student Engagement, conducted in April 2011, 91 per cent of our HK students said that if they could do it over, they would select the University of Windsor again. Eighty-five per cent praised professors as accessible and supportive, and fully 100 per cent of first-year students said the university provides support for students to deal with their academic needs.
Of course, Zachariah and her classmates would argue you got out what you put in. Almost two-thirds of the survey respondents said they are involved with co-curricular activities like clubs, sports, or student government.