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Media Release - For Immediate Release

February 9, 2011

Saint Mary's Westergard to Receive Frank H. Sobey Excellence in Business Scholarship

Louis Westergard at the Sobey Building at Saint Mary's University

Louis Westergard one of six university students in Atlantic Canada to receive $10,000 scholarship

Louis Westergard, a fourth year student at Saint Mary’s University, is one six business students studying at Atlantic Canadian universities that will receive $10,000 as a recipient of a 2011 Frank H. Sobey Awards for Excellence in Business Studies.

Nominated by the deans of business at each university, the recipients are recognized for academic standing, entrepreneurial interest, extracurricular and community activities, and career aspirations. More than $830,000 has been awarded to aspiring leaders and entrepreneurs since 1989.

Westergard, originally from Ste. Anne du Ruisseau, is fluently bilingual and has become an active leader in the Saint Mary’s student community. As the most senior member of the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) and its current vice president of finance, Louis helped drive a dramatic increase in student membership and expanded program activities. Louis has secured an internship with an accounting firm in Calgary, Alberta, with plans to continue his studies to become a Chartered Accountant and pursue a career in Nova Scotia.

“The level of academic excellence and leadership skill shown by these students is truly extraordinary,” said David F. Sobey, Chair of the Board of Directors for the Frank H. Sobey Awards for Excellence in Business Studies. “We take great pride in supporting the university studies of this year’s recipients as they continue to challenge themselves academically, give back to their communities, and advance their overall knowledge of the business world.”

The other recipients of the 2011 Frank H. Sobey Award for Excellence in Business Studies are: Gorica Kurilic, Dalhousie University, Timothy Frazer, University of New Brunswick, Samuel Imbeault, Mount Allison University, Genevieve Taylor, St. Francis Xavier University and Kyle Smith, University of Prince Edward Island.

About the Frank H. Sobey Awards for Excellence in Business Studies

Each year, the Frank H. Sobey Awards for Excellence in Business Studies presents six awards of $10,000 each. All full-time business students attending Atlantic universities are eligible for consideration. 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 Awards for Excellence in Business Studies have awarded more than $830,000 to business students in the four Atlantic Provinces. Each university in the region offering a business program has had at least one recipient of a Frank H. Sobey Award.

For further information, please contact:

Cynthia Thompson

Director, Communications and Corporate Affairs

Sobeys Atlantic

Phone: 902.752.8371 ext. 8455