WE ALL BENEFITED FROM AN EXCELLENT SYSTEM AT WATERLOO, AND THAT PRIVILEGE SHOULD BE CAREFULLY NURTURED.
PROFESSOR MAURICE DUSSEAULT
WE ALL BENEFITED FROM AN EXCELLENT SYSTEM AT WATERLOO, AND THAT PRIVILEGE SHOULD BE CAREFULLY NURTURED.
PROFESSOR MAURICE DUSSEAULT
RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE AND ADDRESSING NEED
Professor Maurice Dusseault was once a university dropout who got his hands dirty on a northern Albertan rig, drilling thousands of feet into the earth in search of oil.
Today, Maurice is a professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Waterloo. But he hasn’t forgotten his hardscrabble beginnings. That’s why he has established or contributed to several awards for students in need; the latest, the Dusseault Bursary in Geology, supports students from the faculties of Science and Engineering.
With four decades of teaching, running three active companies and several useful patents under his belt, Maurice feels that supporting the next generation of geologists and engineers – especially those facing challenging circumstances – is vital. The skyrocketing cost of living can negatively impact students as they worry about how to pay for their education.
“Excellence deserves to be rewarded, and that’s why need and merit are the main criteria for these awards,” he added.
Maurice first started giving back to the Waterloo community in 1988, supporting both University-wide initiatives and programs specific to his faculty. Recently, he contributed to the Andre Vorauer Memorial Award for students enrolled in an Earth Sciences or Geological Engineering program. In addition, Maurice supports the Danny Lam Memorial Scholarship, awarded to students interested in climate change and sustainable energy. He has also remembered the University in his will.
After 42 years of service at Waterloo, Maurice is retiring later this year. His hope for students receiving his bursary is “success in their program.” He added that Waterloo does “a particularly fabulous job” of training the technically orientated people Canada needs to manage and engineer major construction, transportation and mining projects.
“My prosperity was built, in large part, on the activities I’ve partaken in at Waterloo. Giving some of that back to support students is important. I’ve had students in financial distress, like a single mom who couldn’t afford tuition, but sometimes we can find a way,” said Maurice.
He offers the following advice to other faculty, staff and retiree (FSR) donors. “If your giving is focused on achieving the outcomes that you personally feel are important, then do so. For example, if you want to support an undergrad student working in environmental engineering, then aim your gift at that department. We all benefited from an excellent system at Waterloo, and that privilege should be carefully nurtured.”
Learn why Professor Maurice Dusseault believes in supporting the University of Waterloo community.
Professor Maurice Dusseault was once a university dropout who got his hands dirty on a northern Albertan rig, drilling thousands of feet into the earth in search of oil.
Today, Maurice is a professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Waterloo. But he hasn’t forgotten his hardscrabble beginnings. That’s why he has established or contributed to several awards for students in need; the latest, the Dusseault Bursary in Geology, supports students from the faculties of Science and Engineering.
With four decades of teaching, running three active companies and several useful patents under his belt, Maurice feels that supporting the next generation of geologists and engineers – especially those facing challenging circumstances – is vital. The skyrocketing cost of living can negatively impact students as they worry about how to pay for their education.
“Excellence deserves to be rewarded, and that’s why need and merit are the main criteria for these awards,” he added.
Maurice first started giving back to the Waterloo community in 1988, supporting both University-wide initiatives and programs specific to his faculty. Recently, he contributed to the Andre Vorauer Memorial Award for students enrolled in an Earth Sciences or Geological Engineering program. In addition, Maurice supports the Danny Lam Memorial Scholarship, awarded to students interested in climate change and sustainable energy. He has also remembered the University in his will.
After 42 years of service at Waterloo, Maurice is retiring later this year. His hope for students receiving his bursary is “success in their program.” He added that Waterloo does “a particularly fabulous job” of training the technically orientated people Canada needs to manage and engineer major construction, transportation and mining projects.
“My prosperity was built, in large part, on the activities I’ve partaken in at Waterloo. Giving some of that back to support students is important. I’ve had students in financial distress, like a single mom who couldn’t afford tuition, but sometimes we can find a way,” said Maurice.
He offers the following advice to other faculty, staff and retiree (FSR) donors. “If your giving is focused on achieving the outcomes that you personally feel are important, then do so. For example, if you want to support an undergrad student working in environmental engineering, then aim your gift at that department. We all benefited from an excellent system at Waterloo, and that privilege should be carefully nurtured.”
Learn why Professor Maurice Dusseault believes in supporting the University of Waterloo community.
