Taryn Davis (ChemE, 1T0), the Chair of the 2010 Skule™ Arts Festival, has been honoured with a University of Toronto Arts Council Award for Student Engagement. The award recognizes Davis’s contribution to the arts community within the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, where she helped establish the one-week festival for Engineering students and displayed several of her own works of art. Davis also served as a prop coordinator for Skule™ Nite 2009, an annual musical comedy review, and helped create a mural in the atrium of the Sandford Fleming Building.

“I’m delighted that Taryn has won this well-deserved award,” said Professor Grant Allen (ChemE) Vice-Dean, Undergraduate. “Her award also helps recognize the connection between engineering and the arts, both of which are creative processes. In particular, the Skule™ Arts Festival allows students to display their artwork and inspires others to also take up the arts as well, thereby fostering creativity.”

Follow the link to read the full announcement of the award recipients for 2009-2010.