Meet Mount Allison’s 2025-2026 Bell Scholars
This year, six students were awarded °®¶¹´«Ã½app’s prestigious Bell Scholarship, recognizing outstanding high school graduates who demonstrate strong academic achievement, leadership, community involvement, extracurricular engagement, work experience, and good citizenship.
“Every year, I am astounded by the calibre of students who join the Mount Allison community as Bell Scholars, and this year is no exception,� says President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Ian Sutherland. “Their dedication, leadership, and commitment to their communities have already set them apart, and I look forward to seeing the ways they will contribute at Mount Allison, New Brunswick, and beyond. Congratulations to each of this year’s extraordinary recipients on this well-deserved achievement.�
The Bell Scholarship program offers up to eight scholarships to entering students per year, valued at $70,000 ($17,500/year) with an optional paid internship.
The 2025-2026 recipients are:
- Boluwatife Adefemi — Bachelor of Arts — Aviation, Oshawa, ON
- Thomas Casey — BSc Biochemistry, Halifax, NS
- Kaein Jenner — BA History, Chilliwack, BC
- Réka Lajtha — BSc Biochemistry, Saint John, NB (originally Budapest, Hungary)
- Nevaeh LeBlanc — BSc Biopsychology, Dieppe, NB
- Delphine Reid — BA Political Science, Minor English, Philadelphia, PA
Read features about the recipients at mta.ca/bellscholars.