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Tim Winsor
Fry Family Foundation J.M.C. Facey Engineering Scholarship, 2003
Fry Family Foundation J.M.C. Facey Engineering Scholarship, 2003
Always give yourself a chance. I almost never applied to the Facey scholarship. I had a long day with basketball training and classes. It was late. It required an essay...ugh...I wasn't in engineering for my writing skills. A phone call from my ever-financially conscious father gave me the push I needed to complete the application and submit it before the midnight deadline. Still, I didn't think my chances were all that great.
A few weeks later I was notified to pick up a letter from the dean's office. Absentmindedly, I opened the envelope as I walked through the halls of the SJ Carew Building. It stopped me in my tracks. I had won?!? And the amount, more than my bank account had seen! It was a moment of realization. Of what was possible. Of how little I knew about how things can turn out. It has stayed with me as a major stepping stone in my development as a student and eventual engineer. Receiving the award taught me to never count myself out and to always try my best. Even if my best at the moment is less than what I think is enough, the effort can often achieve more than we ever dream.
I’m now 13 years into my career at the Iron Ore Company of Canada in Labrador City. I’ve worked in capital projects and currently am pursuing asset management engineering in a plant with 65 year old equipment and over 300 conveyor belts, besides mills, filters, pumps, fans and induration machines. There are new challenges every day and I am looking forward to building my knowledge and experience level for a long term career here.
Tim
A few weeks later I was notified to pick up a letter from the dean's office. Absentmindedly, I opened the envelope as I walked through the halls of the SJ Carew Building. It stopped me in my tracks. I had won?!? And the amount, more than my bank account had seen! It was a moment of realization. Of what was possible. Of how little I knew about how things can turn out. It has stayed with me as a major stepping stone in my development as a student and eventual engineer. Receiving the award taught me to never count myself out and to always try my best. Even if my best at the moment is less than what I think is enough, the effort can often achieve more than we ever dream.
I’m now 13 years into my career at the Iron Ore Company of Canada in Labrador City. I’ve worked in capital projects and currently am pursuing asset management engineering in a plant with 65 year old equipment and over 300 conveyor belts, besides mills, filters, pumps, fans and induration machines. There are new challenges every day and I am looking forward to building my knowledge and experience level for a long term career here.
Tim