BBA Student Named a Sobey’s Scholar

Thor Jenson, a fourth year Bachelor of Business Administration student at UNB Fredericton, was named a recipient of the 2009 Frank H. Sobey Award for Excellence in Business Studies.

The scholarship, valued at $10,000, is awarded each year to six business students studying at Atlantic Canadian universities. Deans of Business at each university are asked to nominate candidates – based on academic standing, entrepreneurial interest, extracurricular and community activities, employment history and career aspirations.

Since their establishment in 1989, the Frank H. Sobey Award for Excellence in Business Studies have awarded more than $700,000 to business students in the four Atlantic Provinces. Each university in the region offering a business program has had more than one recipient of a Frank H. Sobey Award.

The scholarship has been awarded to UNB Fredericton students 13 times since its establishment. Two of the most recent winners are Lynn MacKinnon in 2008 and Gordon Margison, in 2006.

"Year after year, it is inspiring to see the recipients of the Frank H. Sobeys Award for Excellence in Business Studies continue to demonstrate dedication, entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to not only succeed, but excel as business leaders,” said David F. Sobey, Chair of the Board of Directors for the Frank H. Sobey Award for Excellence in Business Studies.

"It is both an honour and privilege to meet these remarkable students from Atlantic Canada whom we recognize today, and we offer each of them our sincere congratulations for their achievements and best wishes in their future endeavours.”

This year’s award recipients along with their respective business school deans were formally recognized at a presentation ceremony held at Crombie House, home of the late Frank H. Sobey, in Abercrombie, Nova Scotia.

The event was attended by Board members of the Frank H. Sobey Award as well as executives of Empire Company and its subsidiaries, Sobeys Inc. and Crombie REIT.

Thor Jensen, of High River, A.B. is a member of the Student Investment Fund (SIF) and is a participant in the Law in Society program, which explores the economic, social, and philosophical interactions of law.